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CLEP Political Science Us
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Marbury v. Madison
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
9
Filibuster
2. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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3. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Activist Judges
Executive Order
4. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Daniel Shays
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Brown v. Board of Education
James Madison
5. Most common job of Senators
Lawyers
Jurisdiction
The Federalist Papers
Daniel Shays
6. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
2/3 from Congress
Bill of Rights
Conference Committee
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
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.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
4th Amendment protections
George Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
8. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Delegated Powers
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Gouverneur Morris
9. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Logrolling
James Madison
2/3 from Congress
Jurisdiction
10. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation
Activist Judges
State of the Union Address
11. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Administrative Rule Making
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
War Powers Resolution
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
12. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Lawrence v. Texas
Strict Scrutiny
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
14th Amendment
13. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Last time Congress declared war
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Jim Crow Laws
Alexander Hamilton
14. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
The Declaration of Independence.
6 years/2 years
Delegated Powers
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
15. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Executive Order
4th Amendment protections
De facto and de jure segregation
Standing
16. 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
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Jurisdiction
9
17. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Power to Declare War
6 years/2 years
Critical Period
18. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Last time Congress declared war
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
19. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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20. 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
Jim Crow Laws
Gideon v. Wainwright
Marbury v. Madison
CA Prop 187
21. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Miranda v. Arizona
Daniel Shays
President's Inherent Powers
Constitutional Convention
22. 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
President's Appointment Power
Stare Decisis
Last time Congress declared war
American Government and Politics
23. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Government Corporation
Gideon v. Wainwright
Constitutional Convention
President's Appointment Power
24. 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.
Prior Restraint
Senatorial Courtesy
The Declaration of Independence.
Speaker of the House
25. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Brown v. Board of Education
Stare Decisis
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Civil Rights Act of 1964
26. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Activist Judges
Government Corporation
Executive office of the President
27. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Congressional Oversight
14th Amendment
Executive Order
The Right of Due Process
28. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Independent Agency
4th Amendment protections
Civil Service Act of 1883
Thomas Jefferson
29. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
The Right of Due Process
Plessy v. Fergueson
President's Appointment Power
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
30. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Executive Order
James Madison
Administrative Rule Making
Delegated Powers
31. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
9
4th Amendment protections
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Devolution
32. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Senatorial Courtesy
Class Action Suit
14th Amendment
90% or higher
33. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Prior Restraint
Administrative Rule Making
Senatorial Courtesy
Executive Agreements
34. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
Administrative Rule Making
The Exclusionary Rule
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Jurisdiction
35. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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36. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Activist Judges
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Congressional Oversight
37. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Stare Decisis
Buckley v. Valeo
George Washington
Amicus Curiae
38. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
Lawyers
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Daniel Shays
War Powers Resolution
39. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Stare Decisis
Griswald v. Connecticut
90% or higher
Independent Agency
40. % of votes to override a presidential veto
Native American Smoking
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
2/3 from Congress
Miranda v. Arizona
41. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Buckley v. Valeo
Thomas Jefferson
Gouverneur Morris
Joint Chiefs of Staff
42. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Articles of Confederation
Clear and Present Danger Test
Gouverneur Morris
Amicus Curiae
43. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Civil Service Act of 1883
Habeas Corpus
Activist Judges
44. % of House that get reelected
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
90% or higher
The Declaration of Independence.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
45. 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.
Redlining
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
90% or higher
9
46. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Pork Barrel Legislation
47. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
War Powers Resolution
Lawrence v. Texas
Independent Agency
Jim Crow Laws
48. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Redlining
President's Appointment Power
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Filibuster
49. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Executive Agreements
Conference Committee
Constitutional Convention
50. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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