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CLEP Political Science Us

Subjects : clep, political-science
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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13. % of votes to override a presidential veto






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






15. 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






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






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






18. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.






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






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






21. 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.






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






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

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






26. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.






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






28. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






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






30. 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






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






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






33. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.






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

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






36. 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






37. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. Number of Supreme Court Justices






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






44. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






45. Term of Senate/House






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






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






48. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






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






50. 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.