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CLEP Political Science Us
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
4th Amendment protections
Critical Period
Civil Rights Act of 1964
9
2. 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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3. 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.
Marbury v. Madison
De facto and de jure segregation
Plessy v. Fergueson
State of the Union Address
4. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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5. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Presidential Mandate
Buckley v. Valeo
State of the Union Address
6. 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.
Alexander Hamilton
Power to Declare War
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Buckley v. Valeo
7. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
President's Appointment Power
Critical Period
Habeas Corpus
Activist Judges
8. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Government Corporation
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Prior Restraint
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
9. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Bill of Rights
James Madison
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
10. Most common job of Senators
6 years/2 years
Lawyers
2/3 from Congress
The Federalist Papers
11. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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12. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Independent Agency
Gouverneur Morris
90% or higher
Standing
13. Not allowed.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Native American Smoking
Jurisdiction
CA Prop 187
14. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
The Right of Due Process
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Clear and Present Danger Test
15. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Executive Agreements
Critical Period
Speaker of the House
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
16. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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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
Constitutional Convention
CA Prop 187
Habeas Corpus
Executive Agreements
18. 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
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Lawrence v. Texas
4th Amendment protections
19. 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.
Pork Barrel Legislation
CA Prop 187
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
20. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Civil Service Act of 1883
Standing
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Devolution
21. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
9
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
14th Amendment
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
22. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Stare Decisis
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Around 100
Plessy v. Fergueson
23. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Articles of Confederation
Redlining
Jim Crow Laws
George Washington
24. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Amicus Curiae
Civil Service Act of 1883
Lawrence v. Texas
Gouverneur Morris
25. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Jim Crow Laws
Devolution
Alexander Hamilton
Regulatory Agency
26. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
4th Amendment protections
George Washington
2/3 from Congress
27. 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.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
9
Joint Chiefs of Staff
28. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Class Action Suit
Native American Smoking
Buckley v. Valeo
Constitutional Convention
29. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Brown v. Board of Education
Lawyers
14th Amendment
Executive Order
30. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Conference Committee
Executive Agreements
31. 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
Congressional Oversight
Bill of Rights
6 years/2 years
32. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Clear and Present Danger Test
Constitutional Convention
Critical Period
Senatorial Courtesy
33. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Last time Congress declared war
The Federalist Papers
Delegated Powers
Gideon v. Wainwright
34. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Shays' Rebellion
Articles of Confederation
Logrolling
Griswald v. Connecticut
35. 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.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Speaker of the House
Congressional Oversight
Conference Committee
36. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Executive Order
Gouverneur Morris
Independent Agency
37. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Gouverneur Morris
Habeas Corpus
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Logrolling
38. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Presidential Mandate
Filibuster
The Federalist Papers
George Washington
39. Term of Senate/House
Standing
6 years/2 years
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Jurisdiction
40. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Executive Order
Miranda v. Arizona
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Marbury v. Madison
41. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Government Corporation
Articles of Confederation
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Jim Crow Laws
42. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Power to Declare War
Daniel Shays
Around 100
Joint Chiefs of Staff
43. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Native American Smoking
Presidential Mandate
Executive office of the President
Around 100
44. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
Power of the Federal Reserve
14th Amendment
Marbury v. Madison
The Exclusionary Rule
45. 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
Power to Declare War
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Filibuster
90% or higher
46. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Articles of Confederation
47. % of votes to override a presidential veto
2/3 from Congress
Regulatory Agency
Activist Judges
Congressional Oversight
48. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Government Corporation
Gouverneur Morris
Jurisdiction
Logrolling
49. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
George Washington
Civil Service Act of 1883
Last time Congress declared war
Power to Declare War
50. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Independent Agency
Pork Barrel Legislation
James Madison
6 years/2 years