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CLEP American Government
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1. Independent agencies governed by an appointed and confirmed commission. Examples include the Food and Drug Administration - Environmental Protection Agency - and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Regulatory Agencies
Voting
Federal Courts
Misdemeanors
2. A federal law passed by Congress in 1939 to restrict political activities by federal workers. The law prevents federal employees while on duty from taking an active part in party politics or campaigns and also bars federal employees from running for
Hatch Act
Right to Counsel
Freedom of Speech
Veto
3. 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
Resolutions
Joseph McCarthy
Bull Moose Progressives
Presidential Veto
4. Prompted by FDR's 4th election to the Presidency - the 22nd Amendment limited the number of Presidential terms to _____ terms.
Commander in Chief
2
Petition of Right
2/3
5. The average voter turnout between 1960 and 2004 was __________ percent
Enacted
Probable Cause
55
Constituencies
6. First governing document of the Plymouth Colony establishing freedom of religion.
Conference Committee
Majority Whip
Pure Speech
Mayflower Compact
7. 1946 Act requiring bureaucratic agencies to appeal to the affected parties before adopting new policies. Legislative check on Bureaucracy.
Administrative Procedure Act
Residual
Policy
Republicans
8. Beginning with the election of Abraham Lincoln - the period between 1860 and the Great Depression was dominated by this political party.
Political Party
Probable Cause
Affirmative Action
Republicans
9. 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.
Right to Work Laws
Ways and Means Committee
Power Structure
Preamble
10. Responsibilities include: Coordinating the nation's intelligence activities and Evaluating and disseminating intelligence that affects national security
blockbusting and redlining
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
1964 Civil Rights Act
Ratification
11. When the President's own party gains power and influence - it more puts pressure on the President to conform to the will of the party - leading to________________ between the President and the party to define their public identities
Increased competition
Bowers v. Hardwick
Interior
Closed
12. In Congress - _____________ are informal organizations of individual congressional representatives with like interests or constituencies. Members work together to promote the interests of the groups they represent through legislation - policy - and p
Elite and Class Theory
Political ideology
Segregation
Caucuses
13. Responsible for further investigation - hearings - and amendment to a bill
Hub and Spoke Model
Residual
Sub-committee
4th Amendment
14. A ruling by the Supreme Court in 1857
Dred Scott Decision
Open
Northern and Southern
Export Taxes
15. To an extent - the press and the government have a relationship that is _______________ and mutually dependent.
Scottsboro Boys Case
Democrats
Adversarial
Jurisdiction
16. Theory that a government requires the consent of the governed.
Hatch Act
1st Amendment
Social Contract
Medicaid
17. The median income of women is ___________ percent of men.
State Auditor
77
Party of Economic Protest
Royal Colonies
18. Legislative house whose members were intended to represent the people.
2/3
Catholics
Suburbia
House of Representatives
19. Individual contributions to PACs are limited to ______________ dollars per candidate per election with primaries - general and special elections counting separately.
5 -000
Political Socialization
Fiscal Policy
Rousseau
20. A system in which the national government sets requirements that are then implemented by state and local governments.
Quid Pro Quo
Interventionism
Line-Item Veto
Regulatory Federalism
21. Cabinet department responsible for insuring mortgages and providing housing subsidies. Established in 1965
Weber
25th Amendment
Housing and Urban Development
Democratic
22. 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______________.
Executive
Outputs
Situational
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
23. In addition to a quick and speedy trial - the 6th Amendment also guarantees ________________.
Right to Counsel
Due Process
Warrant
Mayflower Compact
24. The framers of the Constitution created the Senate to function as a check on the ________________.
Dark Horse
New Jersey Plan
National Committee
House of Representatives
25. 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.
Proportional Representation
Lord Acton
Implied
Residual
26. Most states have ___________ legislatures.
CORE
2
Bicameral
Discharge Petition
27. Method by which federal court judges may lose their position.
Writ of Mandamus
Discharge Petition
Impeachment
Gitlow v. New York
28. Inherent powers of state governments to pass laws to protect health - safety - and welfare; the national government has no directly granted police powers but accomplishes the same goals through other delegated powers.
Checks and Balances
Police Powers
Supreme Court
Initiative
29. Political leaders typically try to both lead and follow ____________.
Commander in Chief
Zenger
Dynamic Conservatism
Public Opinion
30. Overall spending targets set by the Congress.
Budget Resolutions
Cruel and Unusual
Pentagon Papers
Elastic Clause
31. As part of the negotiations concerning the Constitution - the South fought for and won an agreement forbidding the imposition of _______________.
Reynolds v. Sims
Arraignment
Pass the fundraising threshold
Export Taxes
32. An economic system of free enterprise with private ownership of the means of production.
1964 Civil Rights Act
Grand Jury Indictment
Capitalism
Universe
33. The introductory statement of the U.S. Constitution - setting forth the general principles of American government and beginning with the words - 'We the people of the United States - in order to form a more perfect union. ...'
Writ of Certiorari
National Debt
Probable Cause
Preamble
34. ________ of voters identify with one political party in advance of the campaign.
Republicans
Appealed
2/3
Antitrust Legislation
35. What principle - contained in the Fourth Amendment - protects a citizen from unwarranted search and seizure?
Incorporation Doctrine
US v. Ballard
Probable Cause
Committees of Correspondence
36. Senators have a __________ rate of re-election than Representatives primarily because of their larger constituency and lack of direct involvement with them.
Positive
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Negative
Lower
37. The only court specifically outlined in the Constitution.
Jus Sanguinis
Electoral Connection
Policy
Supreme Court
38. The yearly value of goods and services produced within a country.
Gross Domestic Product
Great Compromise
Pork Barrel Spending
3
39. Political party lead by Andrew Jackson from 1828 to 1856. Campaigned against strong central government and fought to end elitism.
Speech Plus
Coordinated Spending
Democrats
Hub and Spoke Model
40. Constitutionally empowered to appoint judges - ambassadors - and other high officials - Constitutionally empowered to make treaties with foreign countries.
Charter Colonies
Exit Polls
President
Republicans
41. Powers not specifically granted to the federal government or denied to the states belong to the states and the people
Reserved Powers
Project Grant
Northern and Southern
Government
42. This contraversial legal technicality intended to protect civil liberties has allowed criminals to remain free when the courts refuse to admit evidence that may have been obtained illegally.
Gender Gap
Rules Committee
Commonwealth
Exclusionary Rule
43. German sociologist theorized that the engine of government needs bureaucracies to provide expertise in a way that short-term elected or appointed official cannot.
Public Bills
Secretary of State
Max Weber
Republicans
44. The claim by presidents of an inherent right to withhold information from Congress and the judiciary.
Civil War Amendments
Royal Colonies
Executive Privilege
Intelligence
45. Each Senate committee may have ________ subcommittees.
unlimited
High
Political Efficacy
Major Political Party
46. Organization of individuals with similar policy goals who enter the political process to influence legislation that affects the organizations interests
Interest Groups
Civilian Supremacy
Foreign Policy
Impoundment
47. Process by which citizens propose an amendment by petition.
Constitutional Initiative
Entitlement Spending
Patriot Act
Horse race
48. A policy that takes something away from one person and gives it to someone else -
Dissenting Opinion
Redistributive Policy
Economic Interest Groups
Earl Warren
49. The primary purpose of _______________consolidate the nation's disability laws and provide for strong federal enforcement of a strengthened disability rights mandate
Maintaining Elections
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Due Process of Law
Voting
50. Plan that proposed unicameral legislature with each state having one vote.
Right to Work Laws
New Jersey Plan
Power Structure
Self-Incrimination
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