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CLEP American Government

Subjects : clep, civics
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1. Requires the Electoral College to vote for President and Vice President separately.






2. The state officer typically responsible for overseeing federal elections at the state level is the






3. The 1803 case in which the Supreme Court - by declaring a portion of an act of Congress unconstitutional - first firmly set forth and established the power of judicial review.






4. In addition to a quick and speedy trial - the 6th Amendment also guarantees ________________.






5. 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.






6. A system in which national and state government have shared or overlapping powers. FDR's New Deal legislation established this system in the US.






7. 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.






8. In the mid-term elections following a President's inauguration - his party tends to ___________ seats in Congress.






9. A loose grouping of people and organizations who seek to influence policy formation.






10. When neither political party is dominant.






11. The uprising of farmers angered by crushing debt and taxes that revealed the failure of the Articles of Confederation.

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12. In order to win support for ratification of the Constitution - the Federalists had to promise that the first order of business under a new government would be to _______________.






13. Literally meaning 'right of soil' - confers citizenship by place of birth.






14. The only amendments to be ratified through the process of 'ratifying conventions -' not a vote in the state legislatures






15. The Democrats control over politics during the 20th century ended with this President's unpopular handling of the Vietnam War.






16. The elected position of President pro tempore of the Senate is almost always held by






17. Article VI - Paragraph 2 - of the Constitution - which declares that the Constitution - and the laws and treaties of the United States made under it - are 'the supreme Law of the Land' and prevail over any conflicting state constitutions or laws.






18. This amendment includes the due process clause - the equal protection clause - and gave rights to former slaves.






19. In 2002 - a federal appeals court struck down the Pledge of Allegiance on the grounds that it violated ________________.






20. The House appropriations committee has ___ subcommittees.






21. The net balance or relationship between total income and total expenditures by the nation in its dealings with the rest of the world - including trade - loans - and investments.






22. The practice under which victorious politicians reward their followers with jobs.






23. States that arrestees must be informed of their right to remain silent - that anything they say can be held against them in a court - that they have a right to an attorney and that an attorney will be appointed to them if they cannot afford one.






24. In the last 30 years - voter turnout among American 18- to 24-year-olds has been






25. Presidential refusal to allow an agency to spend funds that Congress authorized and appropriated.






26. In the view of W. Lance Bennett - the people who hold and express opinions are constantly changing - as are the issues and conditions to which the public responds. As a result - Bennett suggests that public opinion is______________.






27. Authority based on an individual's outstanding traits - which attract followers






28. Guarantees the right to a civil trial by jury.






29. While these voters have traditionally supported the Democrats - some have begun to support Republicans in light of the Democrats liberal policies on abortion.






30. The gap between the government's income and outlays.






31. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was somewhat undermined by racist practices in the real estate market such as _____________ and ______________ - which continued illegally in many areas following passage of the Act.






32. In 1978 - the Supreme Court - in the 'seven dirty words' case - ruled that the government has the right to prohibit the broadcasting of _______________.






33. The right to renounce one's citizenship.






34. Contacts - coalitions - and interactions across national boundaries






35. Laws must be reasonable. The Supreme Court has abandoned this concept in regards to business matters citing that it is the responsibility of Congress to regulate economic matters. The court has continued to apply this to matters of civil liberties an






36. Smith v. Allwight (1994) was the first vase in which the Supreme Court upheld the voting rights of _____________ in state primary elections.






37. An elected office that is predictably won by one party or the other - so the success of that party's candidate is almost taken for granted






38. A system in which the national government sets requirements that are then implemented by state and local governments.






39. This amendment applied the Bill of Rights to states.






40. _____________ are expected to specialize in a few policy areas rather than claim expertise in the whole range of legislative concerns






41. The primary purpose of _______________consolidate the nation's disability laws and provide for strong federal enforcement of a strengthened disability rights mandate






42. Disapproval of a bill by a chief executive - such as the president or a governor.






43. A pluralist theory by C. Wright Mills where a small number of wealthy elite wield most of the power. Fundamental to all governments around the world - the elite rule while they make the lower classes feel like they are involved in democracy. The elit






44. 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






45. ________________ of the Constitution dictates how the Constitution shall be amended.






46. Considered the most sacred right in American history. Colonists felt oppressed by the tyranny of the crown but were unable to speak up about it for fear of repercussion.






47. This contraversial 2001 law allows anti-terrorism authorities to monitor e-mail and Internet traffic in order to prevent terrorist attacks. The government argues that cyberspace is public domain and that no warrants should be needed to access informa






48. This 1963 case extended the right to counsel to all felony cases.






49. The power of the president - struck down by the Supreme Court in 1998 - to veto parts of appropriations bills. Most state governors have this power.






50. Redefined Presidential succession and disability.







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