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CLEP Political Science Us

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






2. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.






3. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






4. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.






5. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.






6. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.


7. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






8. The chief presiding officer of the HoR. The speaker is the most important party and House leader - can influence lefislative agenda - fate of individual pieces of legislation - and members positions with the House.






9. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.






10. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.






11. A survey of the origins and development of the political system in the United States from the colonial days to modern times with an emphasis on the Constitution - various political structures such as the legislative - executive - and judicial branche






12. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?






13. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.






14. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions






15. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.






16. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.






17. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.






18. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.






19. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.






20. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).






21. de jure - 'by law'. Legally enforced practices - such as school segregation in the South before the 1960s. De facto - 'by fact'. Practices that occur even when there is no legal enforcement - such as school segregation in much of the US today.






22. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.






23. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






24. Congress because they're tied to the people.


25. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).






26. Civil liberties are rights that individuals have against government. Among our civil liberties are the right to free expression - the right to worship (or not) as we choose - and the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. Only the






27. Court found detainess held both at US and Guantanamo bay had the right to challenge their detention before a judge or other neutral decision maker.






28. Not allowed.






29. % of votes to override a presidential veto






30. The 1803 case in which Chief Justice John Marshall and his associates first asserted the right of the Supreme Court to determine the meaning of the U.S. Constitution. The decision established the Court's power of judicial review over acts of Congress






31. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.


32. Congress has this power - only used twice.






33. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.






34. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.






35. WWll - 1941






36. An inability to regulate interstate and foreign trade - lack of a chief executive and a national court system - and its rule that amendments must be approved by unanimous consent.






37. Implemented following the successful revolt of the British colonies in North America against imperial rule - the articles served as the national government from 1781-1787.






38. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.






39. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.






40. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






41. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.






42. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.






43. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






44. Most common job of Senators






45. Term of Senate/House






46. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






47. Delegate - member of Congress acts on the express preference of his constituents. Trustee - member is more loosely tied to constituents and makes the decisions she thinks best.






48. A system in which the president submits the name of a candidate for judicial appointment to the senators from the candidate's state before formally submitting it for full senate approval.






49. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.






50. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?