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CLEP Political Science Us
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
Jim Crow Laws
George Washington
Congressional Oversight
President's Appointment Power
2. Term of Senate/House
6 years/2 years
Redlining
Presidential Mandate
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
3. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Redlining
State of the Union Address
Power to Declare War
4. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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5. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Power to Declare War
Jim Crow Laws
Speaker of the House
Around 100
6. 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.
Class Action Suit
Gideon v. Wainwright
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
The Declaration of Independence.
7. 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
Speaker of the House
Delegated Powers
Dred Scot v. Standford
Critical Period
8. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Regulatory Agency
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Conference Committee
Activist Judges
9. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Buckley v. Valeo
Habeas Corpus
10. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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11. Most common job of Senators
Alexander Hamilton
Devolution
Native American Smoking
Lawyers
12. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Redlining
James Madison
Lawrence v. Texas
Regulatory Agency
13. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Logrolling
Prior Restraint
Administrative Rule Making
The Federalist Papers
14. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Constitutional Convention
Regulatory Agency
Griswald v. Connecticut
Critical Period
15. 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
Thomas Jefferson
Independent Agency
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
16. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Speaker of the House
De facto and de jure segregation
Executive Agreements
Native American Smoking
17. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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18. % of votes to override a presidential veto
2/3 from Congress
Amicus Curiae
Lawyers
Stare Decisis
19. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Strict Scrutiny
90% or higher
Class Action Suit
De facto and de jure segregation
20. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
4th Amendment protections
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Speaker of the House
Executive Agreements
21. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
War Powers Resolution
90% or higher
Government Corporation
Articles of Confederation
22. 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.
Native American Smoking
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Independent Agency
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
23. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Devolution
American Government and Politics
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Power to Declare War
24. 30 minutes.
Brown v. Board of Education
Miranda v. Arizona
Jim Crow Laws
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
25. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Standing
4th Amendment protections
Congressional Oversight
8th Amendment
26. 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.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Shays' Rebellion
Articles of Confederation
Joint Chiefs of Staff
27. 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
Critical Period
American Government and Politics
Government Corporation
Gideon v. Wainwright
28. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
90% or higher
Thomas Jefferson
Gouverneur Morris
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
29. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Civil Service Act of 1883
War Powers Resolution
Standing
30. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
9
Presidential Mandate
14th Amendment
Devolution
31. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Executive office of the President
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Alexander Hamilton
Constitutional Convention
32. 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
Lawrence v. Texas
Speaker of the House
Administrative Rule Making
33. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Clear and Present Danger Test
Independent Agency
The Right of Due Process
The Declaration of Independence.
34. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
The Exclusionary Rule
Bill of Rights
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
2/3 from Congress
35. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Logrolling
Alexander Hamilton
Stare Decisis
2/3 from Congress
36. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
8th Amendment
Congressional Oversight
Delegated Powers
37. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
90% or higher
Activist Judges
Plessy v. Fergueson
Executive Agreements
38. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Gouverneur Morris
Regulatory Agency
Class Action Suit
39. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Congressional Oversight
President's Appointment Power
Lawrence v. Texas
Power of the Federal Reserve
40. Number of Supreme Court Justices
9
8th Amendment
Power of the Federal Reserve
The Declaration of Independence.
41. 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
CA Prop 187
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Civil Rights Act of 1964
42. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
4th Amendment protections
Buckley v. Valeo
Articles of Confederation
90% or higher
43. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Presidential Mandate
President's Appointment Power
Amicus Curiae
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
44. 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
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Critical Period
Standing
45. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Senatorial Courtesy
CA Prop 187
Executive office of the President
2/3 from Congress
46. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
The Exclusionary Rule
Speaker of the House
Conference Committee
Strict Scrutiny
47. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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48. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Class Action Suit
Thomas Jefferson
The Federalist Papers
Civil Service Act of 1883
49. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Independent Agency
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
9
War Powers Resolution
50. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Logrolling
Last time Congress declared war