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CLEP Political Science Us
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Bill of Rights
Pork Barrel Legislation
Jim Crow Laws
2. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Power to Declare War
Jurisdiction
Civil Service Act of 1883
9
3. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Alexander Hamilton
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
4th Amendment protections
President's Inherent Powers
4. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Filibuster
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Power to Declare War
Daniel Shays
5. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Delegated Powers
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Jurisdiction
Habeas Corpus
6. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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7. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Strict Scrutiny
14th Amendment
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Lawyers
8. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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9. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Regulatory Agency
Gideon v. Wainwright
Last time Congress declared war
Administrative Rule Making
10. Not allowed.
Articles of Confederation
Native American Smoking
Dred Scot v. Standford
Habeas Corpus
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.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Independent Agency
Presidential Mandate
Clear and Present Danger Test
12. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Stare Decisis
Standing
State of the Union Address
Daniel Shays
13. % of House that get reelected
8th Amendment
Bill of Rights
90% or higher
Lawrence v. Texas
14. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Logrolling
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
James Madison
8th Amendment
15. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Gouverneur Morris
Executive Order
Pork Barrel Legislation
Congressional Oversight
16. 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
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Class Action Suit
Power to Declare War
17. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
The Declaration of Independence.
Around 100
Administrative Rule Making
Redlining
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. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Executive Order
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Plessy v. Fergueson
Articles of Confederation
20. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
James Madison
Devolution
Independent Agency
The Federalist Papers
21. 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.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Miranda v. Arizona
CA Prop 187
Conference Committee
22. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Strict Scrutiny
President's Appointment Power
The Right of Due Process
The Exclusionary Rule
23. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Delegated Powers
CA Prop 187
Redlining
Prior Restraint
24. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Activist Judges
Executive office of the President
Griswald v. Connecticut
The Right of Due Process
25. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
James Madison
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Regulatory Agency
Logrolling
26. Most common job of Senators
Lawyers
Redlining
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
President's Appointment Power
27. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Filibuster
Civil Service Act of 1883
Dred Scot v. Standford
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
28. 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.
Senatorial Courtesy
Daniel Shays
Griswald v. Connecticut
Class Action Suit
29. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Executive office of the President
Jim Crow Laws
Logrolling
Executive Agreements
30. 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
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Griswald v. Connecticut
8th Amendment
31. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
The Right of Due Process
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Devolution
Brown v. Board of Education
32. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Plessy v. Fergueson
4th Amendment protections
Power of the Federal Reserve
President's Inherent Powers
33. 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
Administrative Rule Making
Critical Period
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Griswald v. Connecticut
34. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
War Powers Resolution
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Marbury v. Madison
Griswald v. Connecticut
35. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Senatorial Courtesy
8th Amendment
Clear and Present Danger Test
Lawyers
36. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Bill of Rights
Executive office of the President
Gideon v. Wainwright
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
37. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Prior Restraint
Last time Congress declared war
90% or higher
Congressional Oversight
38. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
The Exclusionary Rule
Lawrence v. Texas
Buckley v. Valeo
State of the Union Address
39. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Lawyers
Habeas Corpus
President's Inherent Powers
Devolution
40. 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.
Marbury v. Madison
Around 100
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Class Action Suit
41. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Around 100
Government Corporation
Civil Service Act of 1883
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
42. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Civil Rights Act of 1964
2/3 from Congress
9
43. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
CA Prop 187
Presidential Mandate
American Government and Politics
Devolution
44. 30 minutes.
Griswald v. Connecticut
President's Appointment Power
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
American Government and Politics
45. Term of Senate/House
Daniel Shays
4th Amendment protections
Bill of Rights
6 years/2 years
46. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Executive Order
Jim Crow Laws
Class Action Suit
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
47. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Gouverneur Morris
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Activist Judges
48. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
State of the Union Address
Stare Decisis
Constitutional Convention
Brown v. Board of Education
49. 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.
Jurisdiction
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
6 years/2 years
President's Appointment Power
50. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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