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CLEP American Government
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1. An extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion
Writ of Mandamus
Max Weber
Patriot Act
Balance of Payments
2. A system in which national and state governments are competitors with distinct powers. This system was prominent in the US from the during the 19th century until 1937.
Republican
270
Elastic Clause
Dual / Layer Cake Federalism
3. The federal fiscal year begins ___________.
Government Corporations
Bureaucracy
Secondary Group
October 1st
4. Elections that reflect the basic party identification of the voters.
8th Amendment
Department of State
Maintaining Elections
Foreign Relations and the Judiciary Committees
5. _____________ is responsible for monetary policy.
Probable Cause
Nationalism
The Federal Reserve Board
8th Amendment
6. Government branch established in Article I of the Constitution.
General Accounting Office
Legislative
Laissez-Faire
Poll Tax
7. The only amendments to be ratified through the process of 'ratifying conventions -' not a vote in the state legislatures
Elite and Class Theory
Public hearing
Bill of Rights
Executive
8. California measure designed to deny welfare and other benefits to illegal aliens. Overwhelmingly passed the popular vote - but overturned in federal court because it extending beyond the bounds of state rights to attempt to control immigration.
Proposition 187
Oligopoly
Deficit
Enterprise Zones
9. This 1972 Supreme Court case struck down all state laws allowing the death penalty stating that they allowed for too much discretion on the part of the judge and jury resulting in lack of consistent administration of the penalty.
Furman v. Georgia
Policy
9
Dynamic Conservatism
10. 1974 Act mandating that all government files about private citizens be kept confidential.
Enterprise Zones
Vice President
Straight Ticket Voting
Privacy Act
11. Programs are designed to give preferential access to education - employment - health care - or social welfare to groups of people - especially minorities and women - who have historically been discriminated against.
Affirmative Action
Public Bills
Standing Committees
Interest Groups
12. At one time - the press generally refrained from publishing personal information that would be damaging. FDR - Eisenhower - and JFK all benefited from this reluctance to engage in _____________________. However - the American publics appetite for sen
Scandal Mongering
Standing Committees
Issue network
Executive Agencies
13. Redefined Presidential succession and disability.
Safe seat
25th Amendment
Cold War
Judicial Review
14. In charge of state's legal business. provide advice to other state official and represents the state in court if the state is involved in a lawsuit
binding
Attorney General
Writ of Certiorari
Procedural Due Process
15. There are 11 circuit ____________________ who have no original jurisdiction.
Court of Appeals
Ways and Means Committee
Joint Committees
It Failed to be Ratified
16. During the period from 1976 to 1824 - This party was lead by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. They wanted a stronger national government that would rectify the pitfalls of the Articles of Confederation. Their supporters held a stronghold in New
Federalist
Antitrust Legislation
National Security Council
School Desegregation
17. New Jersey v. TLO (1985) established that school authorities may search students without _____________ as long as they are reasonable.
12th Amendment
Probable Cause
Scandal Mongering
Weber
18. In the 1925 Gitlow case - the Supreme Court began a process of ______________ of the Bill of Rights to the states.
Permanent Registration
Selective Incorporation
30
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
19. The Medicaid and Food Stamp programs are examples of two very large
Horse race
Categorical Grants
Family
Closed
20. Representing - characterized by - or including members from two parties or factions
Bipartisanship
Block Grant
Lafolette's Progressive s
Independent Expenditures
21. 1976 Law requiring all governmental agency meetings to be open to the public unless classified information will be discussed.
Policy Making Cycle
Unitary System
The Sugar Act and the Currency Act
Open Meeting Law
22. In the 1990 case OR State Employment Division v. Smith 1990 - the Supreme court allowed the state to fire employees who use peyote during native American religious ceremonies because it is in violation of drug laws. In this case - which clause of the
Separation of Powers
Free Exercise Clause
Parallel
District of Columbia
23. This event was an important factor in creating the climate for a new Constitution.
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24. The 19th Century __________ party platform was opposed to the spread of slavery - promoted preservation of the union - supported the abolition of slavery - and promoted post civil was reconstruction.
Good Faith Exception
Exit Polls
Issue Networks
Republican
25. Literally meaning 'right of soil' - confers citizenship by place of birth.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Jus Soli
Categorical Grants
Presidential Veto
26. An ideology that cherishes individual liberty and insists on a sharply limited government - promoting a free market economy - a non-interventionist foreign policy - and an absence of regulation in the moral and social spheres.
Monetary Policy
Rousseau
Retrospective Voting
Libertarianism
27. The belief that all people possess certain basic rights that may not be abridged by government.
Natural Rights
Bicameral
Constituencies
John F. Kennedy
28. A study of Bennington College students in the 1930s illustrated that the influence of the family on political attitudes tends to ______________ as they grow older and come into contact with other groups.
Executive Privilege
Categorical Grants
Diminish
Strategic Deterrence
29. As part of the negotiations concerning the Constitution - the South fought for and won an agreement forbidding the imposition of _______________.
5
Situational
Export Taxes
Unitary System
30. Included are Agriculture - Nutrition - and Forestry; Appropriations; Armed Services; Banking - Housing and Urban Affairs; Commerce - Science and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Environment and Public Works; Finance; Health - Education -
Senate Standing Committees
Pork-Barrel Legislation
Political ideology
Pluralist
31. A government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.
Welfare State
Conglomerates
Great Compromise
Katz. v US
32. A term popularized by sociologist Floyd Hunter to describe the community leaders who he said determined policy in Atlanta - Georgia. More broadly - the term is used to describe 'power elites' generally.
Impeachment
Power Structure
Issue network
Third Parties
33. Largest interest group in the US.
Reynolds v. Sims
527 Organizations
Closed
AARP
34. Voters in a political district - or supporters of an elected official; or interest groups or client groups that are either directly regulated by the bureaucracy or vitally affected by its decisions.
Constituencies
Proportional Representation
Felonies
14th Amendment
35. Number of justices of the Supreme Court.
Procedural Due Process
9
Albany Plan
Probable Cause
36. A system of _______________ - as in Italy - encourages the existence of many parties by allotting seats to competing candidates according to the percentage of votes they win.
National Committee
Primary
Proportional Representation
Zenger
37. American politics is dominated by a small ___________ who is responsible for most of the important policy decisions
Elite
Thurgood Marshall
blockbusting and redlining
Public Administration
38. An official document - published every weekday - which lists the new and proposed regulations of executive departments and regulatory agencies.
Rank and File
Earl Warren
External Efficacy
Federal Register
39. Powers of government that are specifically granted to the three branches of the federal government under the Constitution.
Enumerated Powers
31
Monetary Policy
Pork Barrel Spending
40. Presides over any impeachment trial.
Plurality
Self-Incrimination
National Chair
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
41. The spread of nuclear weapons to new nations
The Sugar Act and the Currency Act
Nuclear Proliferation
Due Process of Law
Closed Shop
42. The separation of people by race.
Segregation
Internal Efficacy
Legislative
Quid Pro Quo
43. A jury of 6 to 12 persons who determine guilt or innocence in a civil or criminal action
Civil War Amendments
9
Petit Jury
Speech Plus
44. While both Asian and Hispanic immigrants experience various types of discrimination - Hispanic immigrants are more likely to experience economic discrimination. This explains why most Hispanics identify with the ____________ party - while Asians do n
Political Party
Democratic
Legislative
Bull Moose Progressives
45. Charge of misconduct brought against a government official.
Interest Groups
Democrats
Impeachment
Civil Cases
46. The responsibility of the President to appoint federal judges when vacancies occur on the bench is referred to as
Judicial Selection
Implied
Declining
Mayflower Compact
47. Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial.
Party Identification
14th
Independent
6th Amendment
48. A term often used to describe the economic and political ties between the military establishment and the defense-aerospace industry.
Earmarks
Military-Industrial Complex
Categorical Grant
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
49. The practice under which victorious politicians reward their followers with jobs.
Permanent Registration
Spoils System
Party Column Ballot
Coordinated Spending
50. Year of the 2nd Continental Congress.
Republicans
16th Amendment
1776
Categorical Grant
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