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CLEP Political Science Us

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.






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






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






4. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






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






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






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






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

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9. 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






10. A rule that gov't action toward religion is permissible if it is secular in purpose. Separation of law and religion.

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11. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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12. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






16. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






17. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.






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






22. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






23. 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






24. Congress has this power - only used twice.






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.






32. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






36. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.






37. Number of Supreme Court Justices






38. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






45. 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.






46. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.






47. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






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






49. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.






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