Test your basic knowledge |

CLEP Political Science Us

Subjects : clep, political-science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.






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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


3. Number of Supreme Court Justices






4. 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






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






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






7. % of House that get reelected






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






9. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






10. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.






11. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






12. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.






13. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






14. Most common job of Senators






15. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.






16. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.






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






18. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.






19. 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.






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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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






22. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.






23. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.






24. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


25. WWll - 1941






26. 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.






27. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






28. 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.






29. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.






30. 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






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. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






33. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.






34. 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.






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






36. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.






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






38. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.






39. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






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






41. 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.






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






43. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.






44. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


45. Not allowed.






46. Term of Senate/House






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






48. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.






49. 30 minutes.






50. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.