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CLEP American Government

Subjects : clep, civics
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1. The philosophy that government should intervene as little as possible in economic affairs.






2. These two Senate standing committees have existed - largely unchanged - since 1816.






3. Plan that proposed bicameral legislature where states were to have representation based on size in both houses.






4. The Supreme Court practice of applying most of the provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states under the 14th Amendment.






5. 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.






6. Method by which federal court judges may lose their position.






7. 'lame duck' amendment






8. A political candidate who is thought to have only an outside chance of gaining the nomination.






9. ___________ vote in both the House and Senate may override a Presidential veto of legislation.






10. A federal program established in 1965 to provide hospital and medical services to older people through the Social Security system.






11. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) - founded in 1932 by President Herbert Hoover to help combat the Great Depression - was the predecessor of which federal agencies?






12. Executive Check on the Legislative Branch.






13. Which branch has the power to stop an executive order?






14. This customary power allows the President to grant reprieves and pardons for federal offenses.






15. Freedoms that protect the individual from the government.






16. In 1943 - The Supreme Court upheld the Jehovah's Witnesses right to refrain from saluting the American flag based on their right to _____________.






17. Most likely to board a foreign ship suspected of drug trafficking at a U.S. port






18. Political theorist proposed the separation of church and state.






19. Protects against unreasonable search and seizure.






20. Tax legislation must originate in this house.






21. Agenda that includes issues that affect the daily lives of the people.






22. Independent organizations - but more often the political arms of corporations - labor unions - or interest groups - established to contribute to candidates or to work for general political goals.






23. The Constitution requires that state governments - like the federal government - must be _____________ in form - with final authority resting with the people.






24. Executive office responsible for helping the President write the federal budget and monitoring federal spending.






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






26. Cabinet department that includes the FAA and the National Hwy Traffic Safety Administration. Established in 1966.






27. The demands of and supports for a political system






28. In states using primaries - the most common form of primary election is the ___________ primary.






29. The policy established after the Second World War that America must take an active leadership role in world affairs






30. A system of voter registration in which voters must register every year or at other stated intervals.






31. 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.






32. Approximately 33% of American voters identify themselves as _______________ party.






33. 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.






34. A method of amending state constitutions under which proposed constitutional amendments can be placed on the ballot if enough signatures are obtained on a petition. Almost half the states also employ the initiative on the ballot to allow voters to en






35. Requests from people or groups for health care for the aged - loans for college students - equal opportunity for minorities - and higher subsidies for farmers are examples of:






36. First civil rights organization to use non-violent tactics to promote racial equality and desegregation






37. A procedure that in certain circumstances permits voters to remove elected state or local officials from office before their terms have expired.






38. A judicial opinion agreed to by a majority of the members of a court. A majority opinion sets forth the decision of the court and an explanation of the rationale behind the court's decision.






39. The process by which individuals screen out messages that do not conform to their own biases






40. The spread of nuclear weapons to more nations.






41. Early civil rights leader established the Niagara Movement and helped to establish the NAACP.






42. Proponents of limited government - unregulated free markets - national self-reliance - and conventional social values are best describes as






43. Because there is no Senate Rules Committee - Senators can debate a bill for an _________________ time.






44. The process through which an individual acquires a set of political attitudes and forms opinions about political and social issues.






45. Control of a market by a single company.






46. Signed the executive order banning segregation in the armed forces.






47. Law intended to promote free competition in the market place by outlawing monopolies






48. The provisions of the Constitution that divide power among three constitutionally equal and independent branches of government






49. A provision in a deed to real property prohibiting its sale to a person of a particular race or religion. Judicial enforcement is unconstitutional.






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






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