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






2. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






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






4. Number of Supreme Court Justices






5. Congress has this power - only used twice.






6. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.






7. % of House that get reelected






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






9. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.






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






11. Term of Senate/House






12. 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






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






14. 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.






15. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.






16. 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






17. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






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






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






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






21. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






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






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






24. 30 minutes.






25. 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.






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






27. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






28. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.


29. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions






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






31. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.






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.






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






34. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.






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


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






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






38. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






39. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






40. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






41. 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






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






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






44. Most common job of Senators






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


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






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


48. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.






49. 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.






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