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CLEP Political Science Us

Subjects : clep, political-science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.

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






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






4. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






5. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






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






7. 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.






8. 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.






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






10. 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.






11. 30 minutes.






12. 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






13. Term of Senate/House






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






15. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






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






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






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






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






26. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. % of House that get reelected






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






38. % of votes to override a presidential veto






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






40. 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






41. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






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






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






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

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45. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






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






47. 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.






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

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






50. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.