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CLEP American Government
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1. The body composed of electors from the 50 states who formally have the power to elect the president and vice president of the United States. Each state has a number of electors and electoral votes equal to its number of senators and representatives i
Impeachment
Judicial Selection
Electoral College
Redistributive Policy
2. Assigns bills to the appropriate House committee.
Unlimited
presidential line-item veto
High
Speaker of the House
3. When the population's overall feeling of political efficacy is low - voter turnout is _______.
Concurring Opinion
Independent Expenditures
Executive Agreements
Low
4. This branch of government checks Bureaucracy through its control over budget and appointments of leadership.
Truman
Joseph McCarthy
Confederation
Executive
5. Population migration patterns since the second World War have increased the power of _____________.
Committees
Suburbia
Eminent Domain
Roth v. US
6. Concept of the British statesman Edmund Burke that legislators should act according to their own consciences.
Trustee
Open
Confederation
Dynamic Conservatism
7. The issue of slavery split the Democratic Party into what two factions?
Northern and Southern
Impoundment
national quotas
Good Faith Exception
8. An ideology that advocates limits on government power to address economic and social problems - relying instead on economic markets and individual initiative to address problems like health care and education - while promoting government involvement
Conservatism
2nd Amendment
Suburbia
Legislative
9. Baby boomers - women - and voters with higher levels of education tend to have a ____________ voter turnout.
Open Meeting Law
527 Organizations
Earmarks
High
10. Loose - competitive relationships among policy experts - interest groups - congressional committees - and federal agencies. Many observers argue that these have replaced iron triangles.
Concurrent
Patriot Act
Chief Justice
Issue network
11. Constitutionally empowered to appoint judges - ambassadors - and other high officials - Constitutionally empowered to make treaties with foreign countries.
US Trade Representatives
President
Lafolette's Progressive s
John Locke
12. Grants that an accused may not be held in custody without charge - literally 'You shall have the body'.
Habeas Corpus
Increased competition
18th Amendment
October 1st
13. The fundamental flaw in plural theory contends that pluralism weakens the backbone of democracy with too many common interest groups attempt to wield power - often leading to standstill because of unwillingness to compromise.
Jus Soli
Hyperpluralism
2/3
Republicans
14. In the last 30 years - voter turnout among American 18- to 24-year-olds has been
Declining
Preamble
Commerce
Republicans
15. After a bill is assigned to a committee - the next step is typically a ______________.
Party Realignment
Oligopoly
Public hearing
Republicans
16. To negotiate a complex and politically sensitive trade treaty - a President will often
Fast Track Authority
Internal Efficacy
Whip
Murray v. Curlett
17. The response of the rest of society to actions by the authorities.
Referendum
Mixed Economy
Petition of Right
Feedback
18. Special spending projects that are set aside on behalf of individual members of Congress for their constituents.
Lemon Test
Mark Up Session
Earmarks
Cruel and Unusual
19. A word that comes from two Greek roots - demos - 'the populace -' and kratia - 'rule'
2nd Amendment
Cabinet
Democracy
Brown v. Board of Education Topeka - Kansas
20. Court cases that concern crimes committed against the public order.
Criminal Cases
Low
Restrictive Covenant
Fiscal Policy
21. Includes the 13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments. Abolished slavery and guaranteed due process and equal protection to all citizens.
Senatorial Courtesy
Conference Committee
Civil War Amendments
Politics
22. Capital punishment is also known as the _________________.
Unlimited
Death penalty
Monopoly
Double Jeopardy
23. These voters tend to have a high voter turnout because of their strong since of civic duty due to growing up during an era of political and civil unrest.
Baby Boomers
Good Faith Exception
Electoral Votes
Death penalty
24. The philosophy that government should intervene as little as possible in economic affairs.
War Powers Resolution
Constituencies
Third Party
Laissez-Faire
25. ______________ refers to the differences in political attitudes and voting behavior between men and women
Gender Gap
Pluralist Theory
Original Jurisdiction
Balance of Payments
26. (1781-1789) The written framework for the government of the original 13 states before the Constitution was adopted. Under this - the national government was weak and dominated by the states. There was a unicameral legislature - but no national execut
Articles of Confederation
Delegate
Exit Polls
Smith Act
27. Committees of Congress composed of both representatives and senators.
Democratic
Cruel and Unusual
Joint Committees
Focus Groups
28. Federal categorical grants in which the granting agency has much discretion over how the recipient spends the money.
Equal Time
7
Project Grant
18th Amendment
29. This influential English document refuted divine right of monarchy and made monarchs subject to laws and responsible for crimes
18th Amendment
Petition of Right
2/3
Intelligence
30. The tendency of presidents to lose support over time.
9
Privileges and Immunities Clause
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
Raiding
31. The only court specifically outlined in the Constitution.
Supreme Court
Shield Laws
Closed
National Supremacy
32. 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.
Social Security
Third Parties
Policy Making Cycle
Capitalism
33. 1963 ruling prohibiting prayer in public schools.
Murray v. Curlett
Tariff
de facto
Enterprise Zones
34. In _______________ cases such as Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) - the Supreme Court has upheld that while Affirmative action policies are legal - race and gender cannot be the only determining factors.
Reverse Discrimination
Rank and File
Offensive Language
Containment
35. 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 ______________)
Free Exercise Clause
Permanent Registration
Civil War Amendments
Balancing Test
36. A 1972 treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union limiting the number of defensive missiles each country could build. In 2001 President George W. Bush withdrew the United States from the treaty.
Royal Colonies
Free Exercise
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Globalization
37. A small group of voters chosen by a political campaign for their demographic similarities who are brought together to gauge how the group they represent feels about the candidate.
English Bill of Rights
Focus Groups
Woodrow Wilson
It Failed to be Ratified
38. 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.
Universe
Equity
Probable Cause
Federal Register
39. President requires their approval to appoint judges - ambassadors and other high officials.
Right to Work Laws
Senate
Petition of Right
Probable Cause
40. Cabinet department responsible for managing school lunch programs and food safety. Established in 1862.
Agriculture
Violation of Law
14th Amendment
binding
41. This Supreme Court case infamously decided that a slave was not a citizen but property to be 'used in subservience to the interests - the convenience - or the will of his owner'
Department of Treasury
2/3
Dred Scott
Categorical Grants
42. The practice of victorious politicians to reward their followers with jobs. Also known as the spoils system.
Party Realignment
Right to Work Laws
The Federalist #10
Political Patronage
43. 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.
Reference Group
Miranda Rights
Good Faith Exception
Committee of the Whole
44. Tips the balance between two leading candidates by attracting a minority of voters who otherwise might have voted for one of the leading candidates.
Distribution
Spoiler Candidate
blockbusting and redlining
President Pro Tempore
45. An elected office that is predictably won by one party or the other - so the success of that party's candidate is almost taken for granted
Delegated Powers
binding
New Jersey Plan
Safe seat
46. Its the responsibility of ___________ committees of a political party to solidify the party within each state and organize primary elections
Rules Committee
Social Contract
Spoils System
State
47. A government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.
Issue network
Redistributive Policy
Welfare State
National
48. In the mid-term elections following a President's inauguration - his party tends to ___________ seats in Congress.
Woodrow Wilson
Suburbia
District of Columbia
Lose
49. Between 1909 and 2002 - the number of daily newspapers in the United States______________.
Decreased
Patriot Act
Selective Incorporation
Pre-clearance
50. Dissenting Democrats focused on foreign affairs. Aligned with the US Communist Party.
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