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CLEP American Government

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1. The chair and the heads of the three armed services - and - when Marine Corps matters are under consideration - the commandant of the marines. By law - they advise the president and the secretary of defense and are the chiefs of their respective mili






2. Court cases that involve relations between individuals and organizations - such as a divorce action - or a suit for damages arising from an automobile accident or for violation of a business contract.






3. Congress defined the steps for the creation and admission of new states. It forbade slavery while the region remained a territory although citizens could legalize it. First congress would appoint a territorial governor and judges. Second as soon as 5






4. An opinion of one or more judges expressing disagreement with the majority opinion of the court which gives rise to its judgment.






5. Government agencies that exercise quasi-judicial and quasi-legislative powers and are administratively independent of both the president and Congress (although politically independent of neither).






6. 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






7. Responsible for assigning bills to committee in the Senate.






8. A method of polling - considered less reliable than a random sample - in which interviewers are instructed to question members of a particular group in proportion to their percentage in the population as a whole.






9. Dissenting Democrats focused on foreign affairs. Aligned with the US Communist Party.

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10. A study of Bennington College students in the 1930s illustrated that the influence of the family on political attitudes tends to ______________ as they grow older and come into contact with other groups.






11. A controversial law overwhelmingly passed by Congress in October 2001 - after the terrorist attacks of September 11 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. It greatly expanded the power of federal law enforcement authorities to move against suspe






12. Leader of the House of Representatives - elected by the majority party. 2nd in line of succession for the Presidency.






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






14. An annual meeting held in the spring in many New England towns - at which the townspeople come together to elect a board of selectmen and to discuss local policy questions. It has become a symbol of participatory democracy.






15. The oldest House committee still in existence.






16. According to this nineteenth-century British peer and historian - 'power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.'






17. 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.






18. 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






19. A method available in most states that allows voters - in effect - to 'veto' a bill passed by the legislature or to accept or reject a proposal - such as a bond issue - made by a government agency.






20. Presides over the Senate in the absence of the Vice President. Position awarded to the longest serving Senator from the majority party. 3rd in line of succession for the Presidency.






21. PACs may donate a ______________ amount of indirect or in-kind donations to a campaign. (Ex. placing ads to support their candidate)






22. The House appropriations committee has ___ subcommittees.






23. Powers not specifically granted to the federal government or denied to the states belong to the states and the people






24. 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.






25. An act of legislature declaring a person or group of persons guilty of some crime and punishing them without benefit of a trial. Constitutionally prohibited.






26. Each Senate committee may have ________ subcommittees.






27. Special courts assigned to deal with specific legislative issues such as taxes - military appeals - and international trade.






28. Included are Agriculture - Nutrition - and Forestry; Appropriations; Armed Services; Banking - Housing and Urban Affairs; Commerce - Science and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Environment and Public Works; Finance; Health - Education -






29. 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.






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






31. Germany - Switzerland - and India are examples of countries with a _______________ system of government.






32. This act prohibited Discrimination because of race - color - sex - religion - or national origin by employers or labor unions; The adoption by voting registrars of different standards for black and white applicants; and Racial or religious discrimina






33. Number of Electoral College votes required to win the Presidency.






34. 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:






35. Clause in the 14th Amendment that forbids any state to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. The 5th Amendment also imposes this limitation on the national government.






36. This 1957 judgement prohibited pornography material as utterly without redeeming social significance - later reversed in Miller v. California






37. 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.






38. A term often used to describe the economic and political ties between the military establishment and the defense-aerospace industry.






39. Theory that a government requires the consent of the governed.






40. The ___________ aspects of Federalism include: conflicts between state and national government - economic and racial discrimination - uneven enforcement of law - and dominance of local governments by special interest groups






41. A strand of American foreign policy that was visible by the end of the 19th century; it included 'gunboat diplomacy' and other forms of military involvement by the United States in various parts of the world.






42. The expression of attitudes about government and politics.






43. Established national income tax.






44. Although camera are allowed in most trial courts - they are banned from ______________.






45. Form of government in which the people are sovereign but their power is exercised by their elected representatives.






46. Legislature bills that affect all citizens.






47. Age requirement for President






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






49. Minimum number of voters per state in the Electoral College.






50. Today the South is is a two-party battleground - in which the ______________ often have the upper hand







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