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CLEP Political Science Us

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.






3. 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.






4. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.






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






6. 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






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






8. 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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9. 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.






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






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

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12. Temp. committees whose members are appointed by SotH and officer of the Senate. They are charged with reaching compromise on legislation once it has been passed by the House. Determine what laws are passed.






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






14. 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






15. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






16. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.






17. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.






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






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






20. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.






21. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.






22. Most common job of Senators






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






24. WWll - 1941






25. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).






26. 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.






27. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






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






29. 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






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






31. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






32. % of House that get reelected






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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40. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






41. 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.






42. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.






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