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CLEP Political Science Us
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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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2. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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3. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Strict Scrutiny
Standing
Bill of Rights
Power to Declare War
4. % of House that get reelected
Native American Smoking
Gideon v. Wainwright
State of the Union Address
90% or higher
5. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
14th Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1964
6. 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.
Devolution
Constitutional Convention
De facto and de jure segregation
The Declaration of Independence.
7. 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.
Government Corporation
Delegated Powers
Senatorial Courtesy
90% or higher
8. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Jurisdiction
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Executive Agreements
9. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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10. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Logrolling
Clear and Present Danger Test
Power to Declare War
9
11. 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.
Conference Committee
The Right of Due Process
State of the Union Address
Native American Smoking
12. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Delegated Powers
Around 100
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
State of the Union Address
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.
Alexander Hamilton
Dred Scot v. Standford
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
14. 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.
Speaker of the House
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Jim Crow Laws
The Federalist Papers
15. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Jurisdiction
Pork Barrel Legislation
The Federalist Papers
Civil Service Act of 1883
16. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Gouverneur Morris
Jurisdiction
The Declaration of Independence.
Civil Service Act of 1883
17. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Presidential Mandate
Filibuster
Logrolling
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
18. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
George Washington
Congressional Oversight
Government Corporation
Griswald v. Connecticut
19. 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.
Bill of Rights
Senatorial Courtesy
The Declaration of Independence.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
20. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Redlining
Plessy v. Fergueson
Conference Committee
The Federalist Papers
21. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Conference Committee
Shays' Rebellion
Miranda v. Arizona
Redlining
22. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Civil Service Act of 1883
Standing
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Pork Barrel Legislation
23. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Lawrence v. Texas
Power of the Federal Reserve
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
24. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Strict Scrutiny
Shays' Rebellion
Daniel Shays
9
25. Term of Senate/House
Redlining
6 years/2 years
Around 100
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
26. 30 minutes.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Speaker of the House
Executive Order
Jim Crow Laws
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.
Strict Scrutiny
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
6 years/2 years
28. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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29. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Miranda v. Arizona
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Civil Service Act of 1883
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
30. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Regulatory Agency
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Pork Barrel Legislation
31. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Pork Barrel Legislation
The Declaration of Independence.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Dred Scot v. Standford
32. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Power of the Federal Reserve
Activist Judges
State of the Union Address
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
33. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Daniel Shays
Buckley v. Valeo
Lawrence v. Texas
Jim Crow Laws
34. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
Around 100
CA Prop 187
War Powers Resolution
George Washington
35. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Marbury v. Madison
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Delegated Powers
90% or higher
36. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Jurisdiction
Habeas Corpus
Power to Declare War
37. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
14th Amendment
Habeas Corpus
Power of the Federal Reserve
Clear and Present Danger Test
38. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
President's Inherent Powers
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Constitutional Convention
Alexander Hamilton
39. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
2/3 from Congress
8th Amendment
Stare Decisis
Around 100
40. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Regulatory Agency
Dred Scot v. Standford
Amicus Curiae
Plessy v. Fergueson
41. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Buckley v. Valeo
Delegated Powers
Congressional Oversight
Speaker of the House
42. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Lawrence v. Texas
Executive office of the President
American Government and Politics
43. 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.
Around 100
Native American Smoking
Articles of Confederation
Habeas Corpus
44. 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
Civil Service Act of 1883
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Gouverneur Morris
Amicus Curiae
45. 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
Speaker of the House
Presidential Mandate
President's Inherent Powers
46. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Logrolling
14th Amendment
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
47. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
The Exclusionary Rule
Stare Decisis
Native American Smoking
Gideon v. Wainwright
48. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Independent Agency
Jurisdiction
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
49. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Jim Crow Laws
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Logrolling
Civil Service Act of 1883
50. 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.
Filibuster
90% or higher
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Joint Chiefs of Staff