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CLEP American Government
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This rule established by US v. Leon (1984) angered civil liberties groups by allowing exception to the Exclusionary Rule in instances where probably cause may not fully exist.
Good Faith Exception
Democratic
Muckrakers
Cold War
2. 3 person executive panel responsible for helping the President develop an economic plan for the nation.
Demands
Council of Economic Advisors
Transnational Relations
Caucus
3. Defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing - pictures
Television and Radio
Federal
Slander
Transportation
4. Baby boomers - women - and voters with higher levels of education tend to have a ____________ voter turnout.
Legislative Veto
Article III
High
Unicameral
5. The 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act banned contributions of soft money to______________.
15
Creative Federalism
Gender Gap
National Political Parties
6. Minor criminal offenses - such as speeding.
Misdemeanors
Redistributive Policy
Electoral Votes
Filibuster
7. This clause of the 1st amendment establishes a 'wall of separation' between church and state.
Original Jurisdiction
Establishment Clause
Budget Surplus
Military-Industrial Complex
8. The House appropriations committee has ___ subcommittees.
Jus Soli
Democratic
John F. Kennedy
12
9. Laws passed by state legislatures that are designed to protect reporters from being forced to reveal their news sources.
Shield Laws
Thomas Hobbes
Home Rule
Ratification
10. Government regulation of the economy through its control over taxes and government spending. Controlled by the Department of Treasury.
Fiscal Policy
Cluster Sampling
Speaker of the House
Monroe Doctrine
11. This category of interest groups has been the strongest and most effective in lobbying Washington
Presidential Ticket
Economic Interest Groups
Ways and Means Committee
Majority and Minority Leader
12. A test established by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes - Jr. - in 1919 to define the point at which speech loses the protection of the First Amendment.
Probable Cause
Clear and Present Danger
Formula Grant
2
13. A term often used to describe the economic and political ties between the military establishment and the defense-aerospace industry.
Military-Industrial Complex
Third Parties
Majority Whip
435
14. Established by President Hoover - It is the _______________ job to keep the press informed and orchestrate press conferences
National Security Council
Press Secretary
Separate but Equal
Take Care Clause
15. Plan that proposed unicameral legislature with each state having one vote.
Due Process
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
New Jersey Plan
Energy
16. A tax on voting abolished by the Twenty-fourth Amendment in 1964 - long used by southern states to keep blacks (and - in some cases - poor whites) from participating in elections.
Concurrent
Republicans
Poll Tax
Libel
17. Loose - competitive relationships among policy experts - interest groups - congressional committees - and federal agencies. Many observers argue that these have replaced iron triangles.
Veto
Issue network
Entitlement Programs
Marbury v. Madison
18. The yearly value of goods and services produced within a country.
Criminal Information
Gross Domestic Product
Free Exercise Clause
Statutory Law
19. The power to tax is an example of _______________ powers.
Third Party
Concurrent
National Security
imprisoned
20. 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
Executive Privilege
national quotas
Commission Plan
21. A federal program established in 1965 to provide hospital and medical services to older people through the Social Security system.
Medicare
Political ideology
Warrant
Patriot Act
22. The kinds of cases that a court has the authority to decide.
Concurrent Powers
Jurisdiction
Tammany Hall
congressional oversight committee
23. The term most political scientists prefer to describe the bureaucratic process
Articles of Confederation
Interest Groups
Roth v. US
Public Administration
24. Colonies in which the proprietors (who had obtained their patents from the king) named the governors - subject to the king's approval.
Ways and Means Committee
Jurisdiction
Proprietary Colonies
Baby Boomers
25. Contacts - coalitions - and interactions across national boundaries
Federalist
Transnational Relations
Diminish
2nd Amendment
26. This 1932 case established that a case can be too speedy and under-counseled - providing defendants in a capital case the right to a reasonable amount of time to establish a defense.
National Debt
Scottsboro Boys Case
Office Column Ballot
Charter Colonies
27. The vote cast by a person who does not like either candidate and so votes for the less objectionable of the two - putting a clothespin over his nose to keep out the unpleasant stench
Bill of Attainder
2
Clothespin vote
The Federalist #10
28. Guarantees that any rights not explicitly outlined heretofore are reserved for the states.
Focus Groups
Welfare State
10th Amendment
14th Amendment
29. Washington v. Chrisman (1982) established the _________________ - allowing police officers to seize evidence without a warrant if the evidence is in obvious sight.
Federal District
Federalist
Plain View
Implied Powers
30. If 10 days remain in session and the president does not sign an act of Congress - the law is ___________.
Party of Economic Protest
Committees of Correspondence
Enacted
Republic
31. German sociologist theorized that the engine of government needs bureaucracies to provide expertise in a way that short-term elected or appointed official cannot.
Max Weber
Article IV
Caucuses
Restrictive Covenant
32. David R. Mayhew has suggested that this influences congressional behavior. The ________________ is the relationship between members of Congress and their constituents.
270
Whip
Selective Incorporation
Electoral Connection
33. President requires their approval to appoint judges - ambassadors and other high officials.
Constitutional Initiative
Senate
Democratic
Conference Committee
34. PACs may donate a ______________ amount of indirect or in-kind donations to a campaign. (Ex. placing ads to support their candidate)
General Accounting
Pluralist
Unlimited
Sub-government
35. James Madison proposed to deal with the threat of political factions by ______________________.
Entitlement Spending
Separation of Powers
Vice President
Logrolling
36. Agencies that were at one time semi-autonomous but that through legislation have been placed under presidential control since 1945.
House of Representatives
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Government Corporations
Omaha platform
37. Term limit for House of Representatives.
Primary
Charter Colonies
Voting
Unlimited
38. Bills passed by Congress to pay for the spending it has authorized.
Department of Treasury
Appropriation Bills
Plain View
Concurrent
39. Laws that were designed to segregate black and white Americans and give legal recognition to discrimination.
Jim Crow Laws
blockbusting and redlining
Elastic Clause
National Security Council
40. A broad concept that may be defined in many ways - but the term is generally used to refer to the basic protection and defense of the nation.
National Security
New Jersey Plan
Supreme Court
Writ of Assistance
41. 14th Amendment is often used to support the right to ____________.
Judicial Activism
School Desegregation
State
Due Process
42. According to the Constitution - the electors in the Electoral College shall be appointed in a manner to be determined by the
Ticket Splitters
state legislatures
Office Column Ballot
6th Amendment
43. Cabinet department responsible for managing school lunch programs and food safety. Established in 1862.
Agriculture
Political Efficacy
30
Committees of Correspondence
44. Legislative house whose members were intended to represent the people.
9
Affirmative Action
House of Representatives
Cabinet
45. The principle of civilian control of the military - based on the clear constitutional power of the president as supreme commander of the armed forces.
Gitlow v. New York
Council of Economic Advisors
Cooperative / Marble Cake Federalism
Civilian Supremacy
46. The expression of attitudes about government and politics.
Public Opinion
Public hearing
Miranda Rights
Committee of the Whole
47. Government regulation of the economy through its control over the supply of money and the cost and availability of credit. Controlled by the Federal Reserve Board.
Monetary Policy
Ratification
Redistributive Policy
Omaha platform
48. Formal approval or consent given to a constitution - constitutional amendment - or treaty before it goes into effect.
Ratification
Caucus
Commonwealth
Albany Plan
49. The President's role in the armed forces which during the 20th century has allowed Presidents to circumvent Congress' refusal to declare war.
Freedom of Information Act
Coast Guard
Commander in Chief
Rhode Island
50. A powerful alliance of mutual benefit among an agency or unit of the government - an interest group - and a committee or subcommittee of Congress. Also called a triangle or a subgovernment.
Parallel
Iron Triangle
Lafolette's Progressive s
Antitrust Legislation