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CLEP Political Science Us
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1. 30 minutes.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Bill of Rights
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Administrative Rule Making
2. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
Amicus Curiae
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Lawyers
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
3. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Civil Service Act of 1883
Around 100
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
The Declaration of Independence.
4. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Redlining
American Government and Politics
Plessy v. Fergueson
Senatorial Courtesy
5. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Constitutional Convention
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Activist Judges
6. 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
Marbury v. Madison
Constitutional Convention
Executive Agreements
Class Action Suit
7. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
De facto and de jure segregation
James Madison
Jim Crow Laws
90% or higher
8. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Delegated Powers
Gouverneur Morris
Daniel Shays
Plessy v. Fergueson
9. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Gouverneur Morris
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Power to Declare War
10. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Filibuster
President's Appointment Power
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Miranda v. Arizona
11. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Standing
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Daniel Shays
American Government and Politics
12. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Civil Service Act of 1883
James Madison
Habeas Corpus
Presidential Mandate
13. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
President's Appointment Power
Government Corporation
Class Action Suit
Executive Agreements
14. Congress because they're tied to the people.
15. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Clear and Present Danger Test
Brown v. Board of Education
Gouverneur Morris
Griswald v. Connecticut
16. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Thomas Jefferson
Power to Declare War
Jim Crow Laws
17. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Daniel Shays
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Thomas Jefferson
18. 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
Around 100
American Government and Politics
Joint Chiefs of Staff
State of the Union Address
19. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Redlining
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Regulatory Agency
Class Action Suit
20. 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.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Congressional Oversight
Devolution
14th Amendment
21. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Griswald v. Connecticut
President's Inherent Powers
Power to Declare War
Activist Judges
22. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
4th Amendment protections
Griswald v. Connecticut
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Class Action Suit
23. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
14th Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
24. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Presidential Mandate
Thomas Jefferson
4th Amendment protections
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
25. 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.
President's Appointment Power
The Exclusionary Rule
Devolution
Senatorial Courtesy
26. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Power to Declare War
Administrative Rule Making
The Exclusionary Rule
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
27. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
Executive office of the President
President's Appointment Power
Executive Agreements
George Washington
28. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Administrative Rule Making
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Executive Order
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
29. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
4th Amendment protections
Constitutional Convention
CA Prop 187
Filibuster
30. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
9
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Bill of Rights
31. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Class Action Suit
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Joint Chiefs of Staff
32. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Lawrence v. Texas
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Senatorial Courtesy
33. 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
Habeas Corpus
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Marbury v. Madison
Critical Period
34. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Native American Smoking
Dred Scot v. Standford
Activist Judges
President's Appointment Power
35. 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
Dred Scot v. Standford
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Marbury v. Madison
36. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Power to Declare War
War Powers Resolution
9
The Federalist Papers
37. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
90% or higher
The Right of Due Process
The Federalist Papers
Prior Restraint
38. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Strict Scrutiny
Government Corporation
4th Amendment protections
39. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Jurisdiction
Power to Declare War
Lawyers
40. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Buckley v. Valeo
President's Appointment Power
90% or higher
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
41. A rule that gov't action toward religion is permissible if it is secular in purpose. Separation of law and religion.
42. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Executive office of the President
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Filibuster
Lawrence v. Texas
43. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
44. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Executive Order
2/3 from Congress
CA Prop 187
The Federalist Papers
45. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
The Right of Due Process
Native American Smoking
Plessy v. Fergueson
6 years/2 years
46. Most common job of Senators
The Declaration of Independence.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lawyers
Strict Scrutiny
47. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Executive Agreements
Alexander Hamilton
Filibuster
Senatorial Courtesy
48. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Strict Scrutiny
The Right of Due Process
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
90% or higher
49. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
The Exclusionary Rule
Devolution
Thomas Jefferson
Filibuster
50. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Power to Declare War
Congressional Oversight
Redlining
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction