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CLEP Political Science Us
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1. WWll - 1941
Last time Congress declared war
The Right of Due Process
American Government and Politics
Conference Committee
2. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Strict Scrutiny
Brown v. Board of Education
Filibuster
Speaker of the House
3. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
President's Appointment Power
4th Amendment protections
Executive office of the President
Shays' Rebellion
4. Term of Senate/House
6 years/2 years
Filibuster
De facto and de jure segregation
Prior Restraint
5. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
Power of the Federal Reserve
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
George Washington
Gouverneur Morris
6. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
8th Amendment
Habeas Corpus
9
Stare Decisis
7. 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.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Buckley v. Valeo
Prior Restraint
Government Corporation
8. 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
Congressional Oversight
Regulatory Agency
The Declaration of Independence.
9. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Independent Agency
Government Corporation
Dred Scot v. Standford
Conference Committee
10. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Congressional Oversight
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Jim Crow Laws
Constitutional Convention
11. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Stare Decisis
Gouverneur Morris
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Last time Congress declared war
12. % of House that get reelected
Power to Declare War
Presidential Mandate
Buckley v. Valeo
90% or higher
13. 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
Filibuster
American Government and Politics
War Powers Resolution
6 years/2 years
14. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
The Federalist Papers
Griswald v. Connecticut
2/3 from Congress
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
15. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Miranda v. Arizona
The Federalist Papers
Devolution
Marbury v. Madison
16. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Griswald v. Connecticut
De facto and de jure segregation
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
4th Amendment protections
17. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Logrolling
Amicus Curiae
Brown v. Board of Education
Around 100
18. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Lawrence v. Texas
Lawyers
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
19. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Constitutional Convention
Griswald v. Connecticut
8th Amendment
Presidential Mandate
20. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Regulatory Agency
Habeas Corpus
State of the Union Address
Griswald v. Connecticut
21. 30 minutes.
Devolution
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Presidential Mandate
The Federalist Papers
22. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Executive Agreements
James Madison
Regulatory Agency
Administrative Rule Making
23. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Critical Period
Pork Barrel Legislation
Lawyers
James Madison
24. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Lawrence v. Texas
The Right of Due Process
James Madison
Conference Committee
25. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
14th Amendment
Power of the Federal Reserve
4th Amendment protections
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
26. % of votes to override a presidential veto
2/3 from Congress
Bill of Rights
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Thomas Jefferson
27. 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
Gideon v. Wainwright
Stare Decisis
Senatorial Courtesy
28. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Stare Decisis
Clear and Present Danger Test
Alexander Hamilton
Jim Crow Laws
29. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
14th Amendment
Delegated Powers
James Madison
Power of the Federal Reserve
30. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Pork Barrel Legislation
Speaker of the House
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Class Action Suit
31. 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
President's Appointment Power
Buckley v. Valeo
Independent Agency
32. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Speaker of the House
Class Action Suit
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Articles of Confederation
33. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Executive office of the President
Standing
Native American Smoking
34. Not allowed.
Strict Scrutiny
Conference Committee
Native American Smoking
Gouverneur Morris
35. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
4th Amendment protections
Power of the Federal Reserve
Class Action Suit
Dred Scot v. Standford
36. 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.
Presidential Mandate
De facto and de jure segregation
Speaker of the House
Gouverneur Morris
37. 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.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
De facto and de jure segregation
The Federalist Papers
Class Action Suit
38. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Articles of Confederation
American Government and Politics
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.
39. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
8th Amendment
Buckley v. Valeo
Griswald v. Connecticut
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
40. 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.
Strict Scrutiny
Griswald v. Connecticut
Delegated Powers
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
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
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Filibuster
Prior Restraint
Marbury v. Madison
42. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Logrolling
Strict Scrutiny
Regulatory Agency
Miranda v. Arizona
43. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Redlining
Filibuster
Devolution
44. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Logrolling
George Washington
Power of the Federal Reserve
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
45. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Articles of Confederation
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Activist Judges
Marbury v. Madison
46. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
The Declaration of Independence.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Buckley v. Valeo
Class Action Suit
47. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Presidential Mandate
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
9
The Right of Due Process
48. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Constitutional Convention
Class Action Suit
Clear and Present Danger Test
Executive office of the President
49. 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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50. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
The Declaration of Independence.
James Madison
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Redlining