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CLEP American Government
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1. Corporations formed by the government to act as a business to produce a product or service. Often monopolies with varying degrees of independence.
Presidential Veto
Governmental Corporations
Right to Counsel
Cooperative / Marble Cake Federalism
2. A series of 85 articles written by Alexander Hamilton - John Jay - and James Madison under the pseudonym Publius advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution.
Federalist Papers
Seniority System
Politics
State of the Union
3. The only amendments to be ratified through the process of 'ratifying conventions -' not a vote in the state legislatures
Bill of Rights
Democratic-Republicans
Roe v. Wade
Public Policy
4. This type of government suits a large country with a diverse population
Collective Action
National Security Council
Establishment Clause
Federal
5. A place of work in which only union members may be hired.
Original
20th
Two Trial
Closed Shop
6. 1976 Law requiring all governmental agency meetings to be open to the public unless classified information will be discussed.
Open Meeting Law
Court of Appeals
Executive
Ad Hoc Structure
7. 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
Bowers v. Hardwick
Right to Counsel
Lobbying
Unlimited
8. These two Senate standing committees have existed - largely unchanged - since 1816.
Foreign Relations and the Judiciary Committees
Enumerated Powers
Popular Sovereignty
Mayor-Council Plan
9. This 1964 case established strict standards for proving slander and libel - court must prove intent of malice on the part of the publisher.
Cluster Sampling
6
Death penalty
NY Times v. Sullivan
10. The main mechanism used by modern political parties to nominate their candidate for President.
3
Negative
Independent Regulatory Agencies
Caucus
11. Number of justices of the Supreme Court.
Lord Acton
9
Balance of Payments
Marshall Plan
12. Most likely to board a foreign ship suspected of drug trafficking at a U.S. port
Ways and Means Committee
Coast Guard
Equity
Spoils System
13. A legal principle of fair dealing - which may provide preventive measures and legal remedies that are unavailable under existing common law and statutory law.
89
Free Exercise of Religion
Equity
12
14. The gap between the government's income and outlays.
Deficit
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Family
Whips
15. A broadly based coalition that attempts to gain control of the government by winning elections in order to exercise power and reward its members.
Articles of Confederation
National Security Council
Regulatory Federalism
Major Political Party
16. The expansion of cable and satellite tv has _________________ the president's power to influence public opinion.
Increased
Safe seat
31
Recorded Vote
17. The 5th amendment protect against _____________.
Enumerated Powers
Self-Incrimination
Recorded Vote
Jim Crow Laws
18. Prompted by the ____________________ - the 26th Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
Vietnam War
Home Rule
Logrolling
Veteran's Affairs
19. Eisenhower's philosophy of being liberal in all things human and being conservative with all things fiscal. Appealed to both Republicans and Democrats.
Categorical Grants
Independent Expenditures
Adversarial
Dynamic Conservatism
20. 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.
de jure
Good Faith Exception
Jus Sanguinis
Confederation
21. 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
25
Republican
Office of Management and Budget
Safe seat
22. A form of city government under which a council - usually elected on a nonpartisan ticket - hires a professional city manager - who runs the city government and has power to hire and fire officials.
Ways and Means Committee
Strategic Deterrence
Council-Manager Plan
Social Contract
23. Lead by Daniel Webster and Henry Clay. Dedicated to defending federal authority and high tariffs. Gained supports of merchants - bankers - industrialists and planters.
Shay's Rebellion
Whigs
Conventions
Right to Counsel
24. After the bill reaches the house floor - if opponents have many changes - they may vote to ______________________.
Recommit the Bill to Committee
Globalization
Pentagon Papers
Proportional Representation
25. There is an _____________ relationship between Presidential approval ratings and unemployment.
Lord Acton
Inverse
2nd Amendment
a senior senator of the majority party
26. Political strategists believe that presidential elections will normally be won or lost in _______________states.
US Trade Representatives
Populous
Enacted
Equal Protection Clause
27. A ruling by the Supreme Court in 1857
Veto
Government Corporations
Dred Scott Decision
Pocket Veto
28. Once the Supreme Court justices have agreed to hear an appeal - they issue a _________________.
Selective exposure
Murray v. Curlett
Writ of Certiorari
Enumerated Powers
29. The Supreme Court has sometimes used a narrow interpretation of the Establishment Clause allowing the government to provide aid to religious groups as long as it remains ______________ and does not promote one religion at the expense of another. This
Party Activists
Impartial
Commander in Chief
Pluralist Theory
30. 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?
de facto
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
Free Exercise of Religion
State Treasurer
31. 1940 Act Prohibiting any person from advocating overthrowing the government through violence or force.
Ways and Mean Committee
Smith Act
Voting
2
32. Lead by Theodore Roosevelt - this party platform focused on women's suffrage - social reform - fair business practices - and direct election of senators. The won 25% of the popular vote in 1911 - splitting the Republican vote and allowing Democrat Wo
Institutional
5
Bull Moose Progressives
General Purpose Grants
33. Capital punishment is also known as the _________________.
Lemon Test
Suburbia
Executive
Death penalty
34. The pursuit and exercise of power.
Politics
Agriculture
Libel
Impoundment
35. People may vote in a party's primary only if they are registered members of that party. Independents cannot participate. Note that because some political parties name themselves independent - the term 'non-partisan' often replaces 'independent' when
Segregation
Charismatic authority
Closed
Salient Agenda
36. President requires their approval to appoint judges - ambassadors and other high officials.
Realigning Elections
Constitutional Initiative
Legislative
Senate
37. In the year 2000 - the Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts of America had a constitutional right to ban _____________ members.
Shay's Rebellion
Gay
Political Action Committees
5
38. A public assistance program established in 1965 to help pay hospital - doctor - and medical bills for people with low incomes.
Medicaid
Habeas Corpus
Police Powers
Executive Agencies
39. A group of people - chosen by poll-takers - that is representative of the universe that is being polled.
President
Social Contract
Random Sample
State Treasurer
40. It is possible either to describe people - government - politics - and power as isolated - static elements - or to look at them as interacting elements in a_______________.
Energy
Federalist
Political System
School Desegregation
41. Control of a market by a single company.
Monopoly
Right of Expatriation
Lobbying
Probable Cause
42. 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
Party Column Ballot
Right to Work Laws
Permanent Registration
Majority and Minority Leader
43. Concept of the British statesman Edmund Burke that legislators should act according to their own consciences.
Republicans
Declining
Third Party
Trustee
44. Federal grants in which the recipient has a lot of discretion over how the money is spent. These grants are issued in support of general government functions such as education and law enforcement.
Open rule
Block Grant
School Desegregation
Closed Shop
45. 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
Pork-Barrel Legislation
Free Exercise Clause
Pendleton Civil Service Act
12
46. An official document - published every weekday - which lists the new and proposed regulations of executive departments and regulatory agencies.
Internationalism
Federal Register
Seniority System
Political Machines
47. This branch of government checks Bureaucracy through its control over lawsuits filed against the agency.
Judicial
Political System
Negative
Judicial Restraint
48. The structure and set of regulations in place to control activity - usually in large organizations and government. it is represented by standardized procedure (rule-following) that dictates the execution of most or all processes within the body - for
Populous
Death penalty
Power Structure
Bureaucracy
49. 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.
Impeachment
Clear and Present Danger
7th Amendment
Appropriations
50. Between conventions - the governing body of a major political party. Members of this group are chosen in the states and formally elected by the party
Selective Incorporation
Civil Liberties
National Committee
Misdemeanors
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