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CLEP Political Science Us
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Buckley v. Valeo
Dred Scot v. Standford
Stare Decisis
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
2. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Congressional Oversight
Habeas Corpus
14th Amendment
Shays' Rebellion
3. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Griswald v. Connecticut
War Powers Resolution
Logrolling
Strict Scrutiny
4. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Critical Period
Pork Barrel Legislation
2/3 from Congress
Daniel Shays
5. Number of Supreme Court Justices
9
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
2/3 from Congress
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
6. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Constitutional Convention
Griswald v. Connecticut
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
6 years/2 years
7. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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8. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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9. 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
State of the Union Address
American Government and Politics
Bill of Rights
Presidential Mandate
10. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
CA Prop 187
Miranda v. Arizona
Daniel Shays
Critical Period
11. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
State of the Union Address
Executive Order
Filibuster
12. 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.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Clear and Present Danger Test
Amicus Curiae
Joint Chiefs of Staff
13. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Power of the Federal Reserve
Regulatory Agency
Redlining
14. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Prior Restraint
Government Corporation
Brown v. Board of Education
Strict Scrutiny
15. 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
Logrolling
The Exclusionary Rule
Shays' Rebellion
16. Term of Senate/House
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
State of the Union Address
6 years/2 years
17. 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
Class Action Suit
Strict Scrutiny
Constitutional Convention
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
18. WWll - 1941
Logrolling
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Last time Congress declared war
8th Amendment
19. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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20. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Government Corporation
George Washington
Delegated Powers
Around 100
21. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Congressional Oversight
14th Amendment
Plessy v. Fergueson
Conference Committee
22. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Devolution
Standing
Congressional Oversight
Thomas Jefferson
23. 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
President's Appointment Power
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Miranda v. Arizona
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
24. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Congressional Oversight
Lawrence v. Texas
Alexander Hamilton
The Right of Due Process
25. % of House that get reelected
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
90% or higher
Presidential Mandate
Lawrence v. Texas
26. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Habeas Corpus
Standing
The Federalist Papers
27. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
American Government and Politics
Alexander Hamilton
Standing
28. 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.
Logrolling
Dred Scot v. Standford
Articles of Confederation
Presidential Mandate
29. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
14th Amendment
Class Action Suit
Shays' Rebellion
Conference Committee
30. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Stare Decisis
Speaker of the House
Gideon v. Wainwright
Lawrence v. Texas
31. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Independent Agency
Bill of Rights
Miranda v. Arizona
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
32. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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33. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
President's Appointment Power
Power of the Federal Reserve
14th Amendment
Around 100
34. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
6 years/2 years
De facto and de jure segregation
American Government and Politics
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
35. 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.
Articles of Confederation
De facto and de jure segregation
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
9
36. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Activist Judges
Civil Service Act of 1883
Jurisdiction
37. Most common job of Senators
Lawyers
De facto and de jure segregation
Pork Barrel Legislation
Shays' Rebellion
38. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Brown v. Board of Education
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Activist Judges
39. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Stare Decisis
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Executive office of the President
Government Corporation
40. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
90% or higher
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Jim Crow Laws
Congressional Oversight
41. 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.
Senatorial Courtesy
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Bill of Rights
Conference Committee
42. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Redlining
Constitutional Convention
Conference Committee
Strict Scrutiny
43. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Senatorial Courtesy
Constitutional Convention
Power of the Federal Reserve
44. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Jurisdiction
Executive Order
The Right of Due Process
Articles of Confederation
45. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
President's Inherent Powers
Around 100
Redlining
Regulatory Agency
46. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Marbury v. Madison
8th Amendment
Dred Scot v. Standford
President's Appointment Power
47. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Native American Smoking
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Executive Order
48. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Presidential Mandate
Dred Scot v. Standford
14th Amendment
49. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Alexander Hamilton
Griswald v. Connecticut
Clear and Present Danger Test
Executive Agreements
50. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
CA Prop 187
Class Action Suit
90% or higher
Conference Committee