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CLEP Political Science Us

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.






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






3. 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






4. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






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






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






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






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






9. Congress has this power - only used twice.






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






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






12. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






13. Not allowed.






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

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15. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).






16. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






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






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






20. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.






21. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






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

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23. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.






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






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






26. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.






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






28. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.






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






30. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






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






32. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






33. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






34. 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






35. 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






36. WWll - 1941






37. 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






38. Number of Supreme Court Justices






39. 30 minutes.






40. 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.






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






42. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






43. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.






44. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.






45. 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






46. % of votes to override a presidential veto






47. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.






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






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






50. 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.