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CLEP Political Science Us

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






2. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






3. 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.






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






5. Term of Senate/House






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






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






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

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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Not allowed.






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






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






23. Number of Supreme Court Justices






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






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






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

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35. % of votes to override a presidential veto






36. 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






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






38. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






39. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






40. 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.






41. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.






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






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






44. Congress has this power - only used twice.






45. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






46. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.






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






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






49. Most common job of Senators






50. 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