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CLEP American Government
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1. The only amendments to be ratified through the process of 'ratifying conventions -' not a vote in the state legislatures
Political Socialization
Bill of Rights
National
Socialism
2. Executive Check on the Legislative Branch.
Federal Appellate
Policy
Select Committee
Presidential Veto
3. A law passed in 1966 that requires federal executive branch and regulatory agencies to make information available to journalists - scholars - and the public unless it falls into one of several confidential categories.
Budget Surplus
14th
Mark Up Session
Freedom of Information Act
4. This 1972 Supreme Court case struck down all state laws allowing the death penalty stating that they allowed for too much discretion on the part of the judge and jury resulting in lack of consistent administration of the penalty.
Federal
Selective Incorporation
Interest groups
Furman v. Georgia
5. The absent colony at the 2nd Continental Congress.
Valence issue
Joseph McCarthy
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Rhode Island
6. After a bill is assigned to a committee - the next step is typically a ______________.
1776
Public hearing
Monetary Policy
Freedom of Religion
7. 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.
Miranda Rights
Republic
Internationalism
Standing Committees
8. What principle - contained in the Fourth Amendment - protects a citizen from unwarranted search and seizure?
100
Probable Cause
Parallel
Logrolling
9. Article I of the Constitution establishes the ___________________ branch.
New Federalism
Legislative
Democratic
Mixed Economy
10. The doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
NY Times v. Sullivan
Governmental Corporations
Conference Committee
Majority Rule
11. The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments provide for _____________.
Bowers v. Hardwick
General Purpose Grants
Entitlement Spending
Due Process of Law
12. To negotiate a complex and politically sensitive trade treaty - a President will often
Ratification
8th Amendment
Libel
Fast Track Authority
13. A broadly based coalition that attempts to gain control of the government by winning elections in order to exercise power and reward its members.
blockbusting and redlining
Commerce
Ad Hoc Structure
Major Political Party
14. Organizations or groups - such as labor unions or fraternal - professional - or religious groups - that may influence an individual's opinion.
Secondary Group
Institutional
Take Care Clause
Antitrust Legislation
15. Law intended to promote free competition in the market place by outlawing monopolies
30
Antitrust Legislation
Hatch Act
Iron Triangle
16. Popular until the early 20th century when they lost favor to primaries due to corruption - now used in only 12 states.
Television and Radio
October 1st
Jim Crow Laws
Caucuses
17. The President's role in the armed forces which during the 20th century has allowed Presidents to circumvent Congress' refusal to declare war.
Democratic
Judicial Activism
Commander in Chief
Majority Opinion
18. A declaration by the President in 1823 that warned European powers to keep out of the Western Hemisphere and pledged that the United States would not intervene in the internal affairs of Europe.
Confirmed
Monroe Doctrine
Unlimited
Civil Liberties
19. First step in the Policy Making Cycle.
Albany Plan
Raise Public Awareness
Pass the fundraising threshold
Inverse
20. This 1964 case established strict standards for proving slander and libel - court must prove intent of malice on the part of the publisher.
Foreign Relations and the Judiciary Committees
NY Times v. Sullivan
Ways and Means Committee
Party Activists
21. The right to privacy is ___________ in the Constitution.
Implied
Flexible Construction
Focus Groups
15
22. In 1978 - the Supreme Court - in the 'seven dirty words' case - ruled that the government has the right to prohibit the broadcasting of _______________.
Senate Standing Committees
Offensive Language
Third Party
Articles of Confederation
23. A vote in the House of Representatives in which the position of each member is noted and published in the Congressional Record.
Public hearing
Recorded Vote
Weber
Standing Committees
24. A form of city government under which power is divided between a mayor and an elected city council.
Bundling
527 Organizations
Mayor-Council Plan
Electoral Connection
25. A legislature with only one house.
Slander
Federalist Papers
Unicameral
Libertarianism
26. The permanent committees of a legislature that consider bills and conduct hearings and investigations.
Standing Committees
527 Organizations
Lose
Unlimited
27. The Articles of Confederation established a ________________ legislature.
Spoiler Candidate
Catholics
Preamble
Unicameral
28. The pursuit and exercise of power
Foreign Relations and the Judiciary Committees
Unitary System
John Locke
Politics
29. A course of action decided upon by a government
Senate
Policy
Veto
Town Meeting
30. German sociologist theorized that the engine of government needs bureaucracies to provide expertise in a way that short-term elected or appointed official cannot.
Lose
Max Weber
Democracy
18th Amendment
31. After analyzing 1 -795 platform pledges over a 10-year period - Gerald M. Pomper concluded that almost ____________ of these promises were fulfilled
2/3
Categorical Grants
State
Take Care Clause
32. Responsible for further investigation - hearings - and amendment to a bill
Sub-committee
Grant Clemency
27th Amendment
12th Amendment
33. The 1896 case of Plessy v. Fergusan established the racial segregation policy of __________________.
Proportional Representation
Separate but Equal
35
Executive
34. _______________ indicates a citizens' faith and trust in government and their own belief that they can understand and influence political affairs
Chief Justice
Political Efficacy
Third Party
Majority Opinion
35. This house committee is responsible for Supervising the authority of the federal government to borrow money - Raising the revenue required to finance the federal government by levying taxes - Overseeing Social Security and other social insurance prog
Ways and Means Committee
Albany Plan
Little Difference
5 -000
36. Legislative branch incorporating two houses.
Warrant
Rank and File
Bicameral
Murray v. Curlett
37. Infamous 1735 English case established the precedent for Freedom of the Press in the US.
Zenger
Judicial Review
Royal Colonies
2
38. The drawing of the lines of congressional districts - or of any other political district - in order to favor one political party or group over another.
Probable Cause
Gerrymandering
The Sugar Act and the Currency Act
Rank and File
39. The coming to power of a new coalition - replacing an old dominant coalition of the other party
Critical Election
Equality
Earmarks
Presidential Veto
40. A course of action chosen by government officials
Public Policy
Probable Cause
Populous
Town Meeting
41. Number of years a Senator must reside in the US prior to taking office
9
Bowers v. Hardwick
Muckrakers
Politics
42. In 1998 - the Supreme Court struck down the________________ law - declaring it unconstitutional - because Congress did not have the constitutional authority to hand that power to the President.
Negative
12
presidential line-item veto
20th
43. The concept that political power rests with the people who can create - alter - and abolish government. People express themselves through voting and free participation in government
Ratification
Selective Incorporation
19th Amendment
Popular Sovereignty
44. Gave authority over atomic energy from military to civilians.
Containment
Thomas Hobbes
Negative Advertising
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
45. As part of the negotiations concerning the Constitution - the South fought for and won an agreement forbidding the imposition of _______________.
Internal Efficacy
Federalist Papers
Export Taxes
Low
46. A pluralist theory by C. Wright Mills where a small number of wealthy elite wield most of the power. Fundamental to all governments around the world - the elite rule while they make the lower classes feel like they are involved in democracy. The elit
Elastic Clause
Elite and Class Theory
House of Representatives
Selective exposure
47. This 1932 case established that a case can be too speedy and under-counseled - providing defendants in a capital case the right to a reasonable amount of time to establish a defense.
Grant Clemency
Patriot Act
Scottsboro Boys Case
Retrospective Voting
48. A law passed by Congress in 1973 in an effort to set a time limit on the use of combat forces abroad by a president.
Interventionism
War Powers Resolution
Constituencies
Salient Agenda
49. The Supreme Court is the only judicial body that may hear disputes between _________________.
States
Reverse Discrimination
Katz. v US
House of Representatives
50. 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
Exit Polls
Fiscal Federalism
Impartial
Felonies
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