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CLEP Political Science Us
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1. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Independent Agency
Conference Committee
Stare Decisis
2. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Stare Decisis
Gouverneur Morris
3. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Alexander Hamilton
Executive Agreements
Independent Agency
Dred Scot v. Standford
4. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
5. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Critical Period
Gideon v. Wainwright
Administrative Rule Making
Government Corporation
6. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Power to Declare War
Articles of Confederation
Filibuster
Senatorial Courtesy
7. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Around 100
Filibuster
President's Inherent Powers
Bill of Rights
8. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Filibuster
The Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton
Jim Crow Laws
9. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Administrative Rule Making
Amicus Curiae
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Constitutional Convention
10. % of votes to override a presidential veto
Delegated Powers
Standing
2/3 from Congress
Executive office of the President
11. % of House that get reelected
90% or higher
Shays' Rebellion
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
12. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Government Corporation
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Regulatory Agency
13. 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
Bill of Rights
Last time Congress declared war
9
American Government and Politics
14. Term of Senate/House
The Right of Due Process
6 years/2 years
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Senatorial Courtesy
15. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Lawyers
Bill of Rights
Around 100
8th Amendment
16. High-ranking military officers who represent the Navy - Army - Air Force and Marines. They assist the civilian leaders of the Department of Defense-advise the president on security matters.
Activist Judges
Pork Barrel Legislation
Strict Scrutiny
Joint Chiefs of Staff
17. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Last time Congress declared war
War Powers Resolution
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
18. 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.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Thomas Jefferson
Speaker of the House
Marbury v. Madison
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.
Marbury v. Madison
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Presidential Mandate
Brown v. Board of Education
20. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Standing
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Miranda v. Arizona
Independent Agency
21. 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
Critical Period
Activist Judges
Lawrence v. Texas
Government Corporation
22. 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.
Articles of Confederation
Senatorial Courtesy
14th Amendment
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
23. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
The Federalist Papers
Executive Agreements
State of the Union Address
Jim Crow Laws
24. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
Class Action Suit
Shays' Rebellion
Native American Smoking
The Exclusionary Rule
25. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Pork Barrel Legislation
Bill of Rights
Senatorial Courtesy
The Federalist Papers
26. 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
Dred Scot v. Standford
Constitutional Convention
Senatorial Courtesy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
27. 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.
Constitutional Convention
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Activist Judges
Jim Crow Laws
28. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Independent Agency
Griswald v. Connecticut
Delegated Powers
Executive Agreements
29. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
8th Amendment
Devolution
Daniel Shays
Executive Agreements
30. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
31. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
The Federalist Papers
War Powers Resolution
Stare Decisis
Speaker of the House
32. Temp. committees whose members are appointed by SotH and officer of the Senate. They are charged with reaching compromise on legislation once it has been passed by the House. Determine what laws are passed.
Alexander Hamilton
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Griswald v. Connecticut
Conference Committee
33. WWll - 1941
Administrative Rule Making
Last time Congress declared war
Independent Agency
Class Action Suit
34. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
8th Amendment
Lawrence v. Texas
Government Corporation
35. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Constitutional Convention
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Conference Committee
36. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Redlining
Gouverneur Morris
President's Appointment Power
37. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
The Declaration of Independence.
Conference Committee
Strict Scrutiny
The Federalist Papers
38. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
39. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Critical Period
Jim Crow Laws
The Right of Due Process
Around 100
40. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Around 100
Executive office of the President
Gideon v. Wainwright
2/3 from Congress
41. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Daniel Shays
2/3 from Congress
Independent Agency
Filibuster
42. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Activist Judges
Gideon v. Wainwright
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Amicus Curiae
43. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
4th Amendment protections
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Devolution
44. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Administrative Rule Making
Strict Scrutiny
Regulatory Agency
45. 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.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Power to Declare War
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
War Powers Resolution
46. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Strict Scrutiny
Independent Agency
Executive Agreements
Clear and Present Danger Test
47. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Devolution
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Clear and Present Danger Test
48. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Executive Order
Delegated Powers
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
The Federalist Papers
49. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Executive Order
Presidential Mandate
Redlining
Executive office of the President
50. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
James Madison
9
Shays' Rebellion