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CLEP Political Science Us

Subjects : clep, political-science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.






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






3. 30 minutes.






4. 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






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






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






7. Term of Senate/House






8. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






9. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






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






11. Not allowed.






12. 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.






13. 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






14. 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.






15. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






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






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






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






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






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






29. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.






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

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31. 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.






32. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






33. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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






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






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






37. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






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






39. Most common job of Senators






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






41. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






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






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

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44. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.






45. WWll - 1941






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






47. 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






48. 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.






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






50. 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