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CLEP Political Science Us

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 30 minutes.






2. Most common job of Senators






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






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






5. A series of meetings to reform the Articles of Confederation convened in Philadelphia in 1787 in response to the economic and social disorder and the dangers of foreign intervention. The result was an entirely new plan of government - the Constitutio






6. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






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






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


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






10. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






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






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






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






14. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.






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






16. 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.






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


18. 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.






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






20. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.


24. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.






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






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






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






28. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






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






30. WWll - 1941






31. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






32. 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






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






34. Congress has this power - only used twice.






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






36. A rule that gov't action toward religion is permissible if it is secular in purpose. Separation of law and religion.


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






38. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.






39. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions






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






41. 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






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






43. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.






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






45. 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.






46. 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






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






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






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






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