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CLEP Political Science Us

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.






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






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






4. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






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






6. 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.






7. WWll - 1941






8. Not allowed.






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






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






11. Number of Supreme Court Justices






12. 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.






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






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






15. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






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






17. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.






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






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






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






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


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






23. 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






24. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.






25. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






26. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.






27. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






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






29. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






30. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.






31. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.






32. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






33. Implemented following the successful revolt of the British colonies in North America against imperial rule - the articles served as the national government from 1781-1787.






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






35. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. 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






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






42. Most common job of Senators






43. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.






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






45. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






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






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






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






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


50. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.