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CLEP American Government
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1. The expression of attitudes about government and politics.
Public Opinion
legislative and executive
Rhode Island
Violation of Law
2. ________________ of the Constitution governs the relationships of the states.
Committees of Correspondence
Situational
Grant Clemency
Article IV
3. A legislature with only one house.
Smith Act
Unicameral
Politics
527 Organizations
4. _______________ indicates a citizens' faith and trust in government and their own belief that they can understand and influence political affairs
Magna Carta
Transportation
Political Efficacy
Prior Restraint
5. Constitutionally empowered to appoint judges - ambassadors - and other high officials - Constitutionally empowered to make treaties with foreign countries.
Whigs
English Bill of Rights
President
Swing Voters in the Democratic Party
6. Judicial Check on Legislative Branch. Not specifically outlined in the Constitution - but established in the case of Marbury v. Madison through the application of the Supremacy Clause in Article VI.
Universe
Bicameral
Judicial Review
Implied Powers
7. This group of voters historically supported Republicans - a party founded on an anti-slavery platform. During the 1930's they began supporting the New Deal policies of the Democratic party.
2
Blacks
Balance of Trade
Judicial Restraint
8. Guaranteed women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
Independent
Private Bills
Bipartisanship
9. Washington v. Chrisman (1982) established the _________________ - allowing police officers to seize evidence without a warrant if the evidence is in obvious sight.
Statutory Law
Redistributive Policy
Plain View
6th Amendment
10. The binding decisions that the government makes whether in the form of laws -regulations - or judicial decisions
House of Representatives
Lord Acton
Outputs
Enumerated Powers
11. The view advocated by Supreme Court Justices Hugo Black and William O. Douglas that there are provisions of the Bill of Rights that cannot be diluted by judicial decisions.
Absolute Position
Elite
Executive Agreements
Entitlement Programs
12. Presidential management model in which corporate CEO tactics are used employing committees - task forces - and special advisors. Successfully utilized by Clinton and G W Bush.
2nd Amendment
Ad Hoc Structure
Truman
Balance of Payments
13. Age Requirement for House of Representatives.
Categorical Grants
Dred Scott
Unitary System
25
14. According to the Speedy Trial Act of 1974 - federal trials must commence within _______ days of arrest with the exception of delay for mental health testing of the defendant and illness of the defendant or key witness.
Implied Powers
Violation of Law
Distribution
100
15. Also known as the Indiana ballot - lists the candidates of each party in a row or column - beside or under the party emblem. In most cases - the voter can make one mark at the top of the column - or pull one lever - and thus vote for all the party's
national quotas
Smith Act
Party Column Ballot
Probable Cause
16. The head of a national political party
2
National Chair
State Government
Lose
17. Finding that enough evidence exists to warrant a criminal trial.
Committees of Correspondence
Grand Jury Indictment
Republicans
Riders
18. Number of Senators elected at large per state -
Misdemeanors
Impoundment
Standing Committees
2
19. A compulsory national insurance program - financed by taxes on employers and employees. The insurance falls into four categories: old-age and survivors insurance - disability insurance - Medicare - and unemployment insurance.
Private Bills
Social Security
John Locke
Speech Plus
20. Today the South is is a two-party battleground - in which the ______________ often have the upper hand
Republicans
Valence issue
Budget Resolution
Family
21. An economic system in which the factors of production are owned by the publicand operate for the welfare of all.
Implied Powers
Seniority System
Socialism
Right to Work Laws
22. Serious crimes - such as murder - arson - or rape.
Supreme Court
legislative and executive
Felonies
Baker v. Wingo
23. 1963 ruling prohibiting prayer in public schools.
2nd Amendment
Impeachment
Murray v. Curlett
Gideon v. Wainwright
24. Compromise between the large states and small states that established the bicameral Legislature consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. Also included 3/5 compromise on the status of slaves in representation.
Jus Sanguinis
Implied
Great or Connecticut Compromise
Social Contract
25. In this case - a gay man from Georgia charged with committing sodomy in his own home with a consenting adult. The court ruled that the Constitution does not explicitly grant the right for homosexuals to practice their lifestyle and that laws against
National
Bowers v. Hardwick
Freedom of Speech
It Failed to be Ratified
26. Eisenhower's philosophy of being liberal in all things human and being conservative with all things fiscal. Appealed to both Republicans and Democrats.
National Convention
State Legislatures
Dynamic Conservatism
77
27. Things government decides to do - example: taxation - crime control - national defense - education - etc.
Petit Jury
Smith Act
Public Policies
Enumerated Powers
28. Federal laws limit the amount of ___________ that can be donated directly to campaign coffers.
Free Exercise of Religion
Supreme Court
3
Soft money
29. German sociologist theorized that the engine of government needs bureaucracies to provide expertise in a way that short-term elected or appointed official cannot.
Royal Colonies
Max Weber
Incumbents
Mixed Economy
30. Which two British Acts - passed in 1764 - caused American colonists for the first time to organize protests against the injustices of British rule - and sparked the rallying cry 'no taxation without representation'?
Exit Polls
Habeas Corpus
The Sugar Act and the Currency Act
Slander
31. Practice by which voters of one party crossing over and voting in the primary of another party - effectively allowing a party to help choose its opposition's candidate.
2
Outputs
Raiding
Bowers v. Hardwick
32. A method of polling - considered less reliable than a random sample - in which interviewers are instructed to question members of a particular group in proportion to their percentage in the population as a whole.
Nationalism
Ratification
Poll Tax
Quota Sampling
33. The practice that allows senators to delay or even kill floor action on legislation - a nomination - or other matters by asking their party leaders not to schedule them.
Republic
Concurrent
Increased
Hold
34. Impact elections by siphoning off votes from major parties spoiling a party's chance in a close race.
Open
Preamble
Custom
Third Parties
35. To an extent - the press and the government have a relationship that is _______________ and mutually dependent.
Instructed Delegate
Adversarial
Pure Speech
Winston Churchill
36. The ruling in this case provided that the government must prove a threat to national security in order to impose prior restraint.
Pentagon Papers
Swing Voters in the Democratic Party
Cloture
Discharge Petition
37. In which case did the Supreme Court rule that the 1964 Civil Rights Act does not prohibit private affirmative action programs?
Baron de Montesquieu
18th Amendment
Union Shop
Weber
38. In WV State BOE v Barnette (1943) - the Supreme Court ruled that compelling citizens to salute the flag violates the principles of a free society - upholding which 1st Amendment rights?
Party Dealignment
Television and Radio
Dies
Free Exercise of Religion
39. The Democrats control over politics during the 20th century ended with this President's unpopular handling of the Vietnam War.
Federal Appellate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Privileges and Immunities Clause
Judicial
40. In 1992 - the television networks agreed not to release these until a majority of polling places had closed in each state
Gay
Categorical Grants
Dred Scott Decision
Exit Polls
41. Electoral college system and other campaign practices make it exceedingly difficult for even popular ______________ candidates to successfully run for the presidency.
Legislative Veto
Veto
Jurisdiction
Third Party
42. _____________ is responsible for monetary policy.
Pluralist Theory
Committees of Correspondence
Confederation
The Federal Reserve Board
43. Under this governing document - national government lacked authority to set up tariffs - regulate commerce - levy taxes - control international relations - establish common currency
Gerrymandering
Rank and File
Articles of Confederation
Civil War Amendments
44. A system in which the national government sets requirements that are then implemented by state and local governments.
Regulatory Federalism
Detente
Federalist Papers
Original
45. Defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing - pictures
Slander
Monetary Policy
14
It Failed to be Ratified
46. The issuance of this document by a judge requires probably cause and must be worded so as to allow for the search and seizure of specific evidence.
Legislative
Warrant
Monopoly
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
47. Leader of the House of Representatives - elected by the majority party. 2nd in line of succession for the Presidency.
Independent Regulatory Agencies
Swing Voters in the Democratic Party
Speaker of the House
Third Parties
48. Courts of original jurisdiction in federal crimes - civil suits under federal law - civil suits between citizens of different states where the amount in question exceeds $50 -000 - bankruptcy proceedings - cases involving some federal administrative
Legislative Courts
Mark Up Session
Federal District
Caucuses
49. Most house committees are limited to _____ subcommittees.
25th Amendment
5
Establishment Clause
Public Bills
50. While the voting rights act of 1965 did direct the Attorney General to investigate the constitutionality of poll taxes and prohibit literacy tests - it did not expressly prohibit _____________.
Internal Efficacy
Gerrymandering
Nationalism
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