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CLEP Political Science Us
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Senatorial Courtesy
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
2. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
George Washington
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
James Madison
3. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Congressional Oversight
Constitutional Convention
Activist Judges
Redlining
4. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Daniel Shays
Constitutional Convention
Lawyers
The Right of Due Process
5. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
90% or higher
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Executive Order
6. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Amicus Curiae
Jim Crow Laws
Habeas Corpus
2/3 from Congress
7. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Regulatory Agency
Daniel Shays
Bill of Rights
Speaker of the House
8. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Prior Restraint
Independent Agency
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
9
9. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Native American Smoking
Habeas Corpus
Civil Service Act of 1883
Pork Barrel Legislation
10. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
Senatorial Courtesy
The Exclusionary Rule
Lawrence v. Texas
Regulatory Agency
11. % of House that get reelected
Amicus Curiae
Congressional Oversight
Conference Committee
90% or higher
12. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
The Declaration of Independence.
Regulatory Agency
Lawyers
Class Action Suit
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
6 years/2 years
Joint Chiefs of Staff
American Government and Politics
Presidential Mandate
14. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Delegated Powers
Civil Service Act of 1883
Clear and Present Danger Test
De facto and de jure segregation
15. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Jurisdiction
James Madison
Class Action Suit
Activist Judges
16. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Class Action Suit
6 years/2 years
James Madison
2/3 from Congress
17. Most common job of Senators
The Right of Due Process
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Critical Period
Lawyers
18. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Around 100
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Presidential Mandate
De facto and de jure segregation
19. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Class Action Suit
Delegated Powers
Pork Barrel Legislation
20. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Presidential Mandate
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Executive office of the President
Strict Scrutiny
21. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Critical Period
Civil Service Act of 1883
Dred Scot v. Standford
Administrative Rule Making
22. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Standing
Marbury v. Madison
Jim Crow Laws
9
23. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
The Exclusionary Rule
Stare Decisis
Bill of Rights
Native American Smoking
24. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
The Federalist Papers
Executive Agreements
Gideon v. Wainwright
Miranda v. Arizona
25. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Devolution
Around 100
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
26. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Prior Restraint
Power of the Federal Reserve
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Shays' Rebellion
27. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Dred Scot v. Standford
Lawrence v. Texas
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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.
De facto and de jure segregation
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
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
29. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Buckley v. Valeo
President's Appointment Power
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
State of the Union Address
30. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
90% or higher
Devolution
Lawyers
31. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Filibuster
Logrolling
Buckley v. Valeo
Congressional Oversight
32. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Standing
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Amicus Curiae
33. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Devolution
4th Amendment protections
Independent Agency
Jim Crow Laws
34. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
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.
14th Amendment
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
35. 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
Gouverneur Morris
Presidential Mandate
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
36. 30 minutes.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
State of the Union Address
Critical Period
De facto and de jure segregation
37. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Congressional Oversight
14th Amendment
Gouverneur Morris
Marbury v. Madison
38. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Power of the Federal Reserve
Executive office of the President
The Federalist Papers
American Government and Politics
39. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Jim Crow Laws
The Exclusionary Rule
Filibuster
40. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Class Action Suit
Jim Crow Laws
Amicus Curiae
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
41. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Gouverneur Morris
Standing
War Powers Resolution
American Government and Politics
42. 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
Constitutional Convention
9
Gideon v. Wainwright
43. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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44. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Executive Order
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
President's Inherent Powers
Marbury v. Madison
45. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Power to Declare War
Prior Restraint
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Executive Agreements
46. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Standing
Delegated Powers
Marbury v. Madison
Pork Barrel Legislation
47. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Regulatory Agency
State of the Union Address
Executive Order
90% or higher
48. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Executive Agreements
Activist Judges
Filibuster
Devolution
49. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
4th Amendment protections
War Powers Resolution
Griswald v. Connecticut
The Right of Due Process
50. 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
Gouverneur Morris
Jurisdiction
Prior Restraint