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CLEP American Government
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1. Theory that a government requires the consent of the governed.
Due Process of Law
Social Contract
Writ of Assistance
Unicameral
2. A broadly based coalition that attempts to gain control of the government by winning elections in order to exercise power and reward its members.
Right of Expatriation
Confirmed
Take Care Clause
Major Political Party
3. James Madison proposed to deal with the threat of political factions by ______________________.
Self-Incrimination
Separation of Powers
Clear and Present Danger
Social Security
4. Article I of the Constitution establishes the ___________________ branch.
Legislative
2/3
Standing Committees
Senate
5. It the job of _________ committees of a political party to hold voter registration drives - recruit new party members and final candidates for city and county positions.
Local
Political Advertising
3
Free Exercise Clause
6. 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).
Caucuses
Establishment Clause
4th Amendment
Independent Regulatory Agencies
7. Authority based on an individual's outstanding traits - which attract followers
Take Care Clause
Charismatic authority
Mallory Rule
Political Socialization
8. 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.
35
Muckrakers
Equal Protection Clause
Supreme Court
9. Information sent out in order to observe the reaction of an audience. Used by politicians who deliberately leak information on a policy change under consideration.
Securities and Exchange Commission or Securities Act of 1933
House Standing Committees
Natural Rights
Trial Balloon
10. 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
Permanent Registration
Government
Appealed
Initiative
11. The number of ______________ a state receives is based on the number Representatives and Senators that the state has in Congress
Electoral Votes
Shay's Rebellion
Secretary of State
Members of Congress
12. A joint committee of Congress established to help negotiate discrepancies and gain consensus between legislation passed in each house before sending the bill to the President.
Majority Opinion
District of Columbia
Conference Committee
Antitrust Legislation
13. Colonies controlled by the British king through governors appointed by him and through the king's veto power over colonial laws.
Freedom of Speech
Royal Colonies
Internationalism
Freedom of Speech
14. This 1st amendment clause prohibits the government from making any law prohibiting the exercise of any religion
Natural Rights
Free Exercise Clause
Concurrent
Original Jurisdiction
15. A policy adopted by the United States after the Second World War that assumed that if enough nuclear weapons were deployed by the United States - an enemy would not attack for fear of being destroyed in retaliation.
Great Compromise
Strategic Deterrence
Restrictive Covenant
Isolationism
16. Which powers of the national government flow from its enumerated powers and from the 'elastic clause' of the Constitution?
Democracy
Bull Moose Progressives
Energy
Implied Powers
17. The term 'Reagan Democrats' has become a generic term for
Unlimited
Statutory Law
External Efficacy
Swing Voters in the Democratic Party
18. The 23rd Amendment guaranteed voting rights to whom?
Legislative Veto
Joint Committees
9
District of Columbia
19. Author of The Spirit of the Laws advocating balance of power in politics with liberty is dependant upon a separation of the judicial - legislative - and executive branches of government.
Political Patronage
Poll Tax
Public Policies
Baron de Montesquieu
20. The provisions of the Constitution that divide power among three constitutionally equal and independent branches of government
Checks and Balances
Petit Jury
Independent Expenditures
Espionage Act
21. 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
10th Amendment
Independent Regulatory Agencies
Realigning Elections
Bureaucracy
22. A philosophy that Supreme Court justices and other judges should boldly apply the Constitution to social and political questions.
Custom
Presidential Veto
Judicial Activism
Appropriations
23. Makes sure that funds are used safely and wisely. They oversee the state's financial records
Appealed
State Auditor
2/3
Pentagon Papers
24. 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
Patriot Act
Thurgood Marshall
Entitlement Spending
Free Exercise
25. Walter DeVries and Lance Tarrance have concluded that in many elections the outcome is determined by ______________.
2
Ticket Splitters
Civil Liberties
Discharge Petition
26. In this essay - James Madison recognized that reconciling the competing interests of various groups was what legislation was all about
House of Representatives
The Federalist #10
Petition of Right
Select Committee
27. The Articles of Confederation established a ________________ legislature.
Unicameral
77
Marbury v. Madison
Economic Interest Groups
28. In Woodson v. North Carolina - the Supreme Court struck down mandatory sentencing of capital punishment as ______________________ because it does not allow for any discretion.
John F. Kennedy
Closed rule
Public Opinion
Cruel and Unusual
29. If significant amendments are made to a bill during committee - the bill is sometimes given a new number as a _______________.
Ratification
Probable Cause
Clean bill
President
30. A court decision in an earlier case with facts and legal issues similar to a dispute currently before a court.
Flexible Construction
Implied Powers
Precedent
Federalist Papers
31. The action - or actions - taken by government to carry out a policy.
Political ideology
6
Implementation
Separate but Equal
32. The right to privacy is ___________ in the Constitution.
Interior
Implied
Coast Guard
Equal Time
33. In Reynolds v. US (1879) - the Supreme Court denied this right to Reynolds because his religion's practice of polygamy violated federal law.
Senate Standing Committees
Categorical Grants
Free Exercise
Labor
34. A place of work in which any person may be hired provided that he or she joins the union within a specified time.
Gerrymandering
527 Organization
Proprietary Colonies
Union Shop
35. The separation of people by race.
Segregation
Social Contract
Positive
Independent Regulatory Agencies
36. Guarantees that citizens cannot be compelled by the government to act in a way that is contrary to their religious beliefs. (ex. Conscientious objection to military service required by the draft is the execution of ______________)
Conference Committee
Original
Free Exercise Clause
Due Process of Law
37. 14th Amendment is often used to support the right to ____________.
Government
Electoral Votes
Due Process
Separate but Equal
38. Members of this party typically include women who support liberal policies on abortion and equal pay - Jews - Catholics - Blacks and other minorities - Blue-collar working class - urban - labor unions - and intelligensia
Freedom of Speech
Violation of Law
National Chair
Democrats
39. Largest interest group in the US.
Common Law
AARP
State Government
Whistle-blowers
40. The right of the Supreme Court - under the Constitution - to hear certain kinds of cases directly - such as cases involving foreign diplomats - or cases in which one of the 50 states is a party.
Elite
Original Jurisdiction
Independent
Affirmative Action
41. Responsibilities include: Coordinating the nation's intelligence activities and Evaluating and disseminating intelligence that affects national security
Elite and Class Theory
Television and Radio
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Bicameral
42. This amendment includes the due process clause - the equal protection clause - and gave rights to former slaves.
John F. Kennedy
14th Amendment
Impeachment
Due Process
43. Special courts assigned to deal with specific legislative issues such as taxes - military appeals - and international trade.
Free Rider
Medicaid
Legislative Courts
Executive
44. Practice by which voters of one party crossing over and voting in the primary of another party - effectively allowing a party to help choose its opposition's candidate.
Civilian Supremacy
Raiding
Permanent Registration
Commonwealth
45. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 required states in the covered jurisdiction to attain _________________ from the Attorney General before making changes to voting standards - practice - or procedure
Negative
Federalist
Soft Money
Pre-clearance
46. The view of the majority of the Supreme Court that First Amendment rights must be weighed against the competing needs of the community to preserve order.
Balancing Test
State of the Union
New Deal Era
Unlimited
47. _____________ was the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City politics and helping immigrants (most notably the Irish) rise up in American politics from the 1790s to the 1960s.
7th Amendment
Mayor-Council Plan
Tammany Hall
Declining
48. A form of city government under which a board of city commissioners is popularly elected (often on a nonpartisan ballot). The commissioners make policy as a city council - but they also run city departments as administrators.
Speaker of the House
Commission Plan
Caucus
Monroe Doctrine
49. While the verbiage of the 4th Amendment is vague as to what constitutes 'reasonable'. Police departments must rely on _____________; they cannot act on unfounded suspicion.
Regulatory Agencies
Probable Cause
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Senior Executive Service
50. A system in which national and state governments are competitors with distinct powers. This system was prominent in the US from the during the 19th century until 1937.
Dual / Layer Cake Federalism
blockbusting and redlining
Commander in Chief
Sub-government
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