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CLEP Political Science Us

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.






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

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






4. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.






5. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






6. Term of Senate/House






7. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






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






9. A series of meetings to reform the Articles of Confederation convened in Philadelphia in 1787 in response to the economic and social disorder and the dangers of foreign intervention. The result was an entirely new plan of government - the Constitutio






10. 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.






11. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.






12. 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.






13. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






14. 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






15. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.






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






17. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






18. 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.






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

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






21. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.






22. 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






23. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






24. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






25. The 1780s in the United States - maked by internal conflict. The economy deteriorated as individual states printed their own currencies - taxed the products of their neighbors - and ignored foreign trade agreements. Inflation soared - small farmers l






26. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.






27. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






31. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.






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






33. 30 minutes.






34. Number of Supreme Court Justices






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






36. 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.






37. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.






38. Congress has this power - only used twice.






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






40. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.






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






42. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.






43. 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






44. WWll - 1941






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






46. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.






47. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






48. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.






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






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