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CLEP American Government
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1. A written opinion by some of the judges of a court which agrees with the majority of the court but might arrive there in a different manner.
Little Difference
Katz. v US
Concurring Opinion
Political Efficacy
2. The case of Gregg v. Georgia set the precedent for a ________________ system in which guilt and sentencing and tried separately.
Mayor-Council Plan
Foreign Relations and the Judiciary Committees
Transportation
Two Trial
3. The main mechanism used by modern political parties to nominate their candidate for President.
Republicans
Pure Speech
House of Representatives
Caucus
4. Signed the executive order banning segregation in the armed forces.
Conservatism
Truman
Equal Time
Ratification
5. These party members take active non-leadership roles such as working polls or contributing money to campaigns. Tend to compromise on important issues and are mostly concerned about winning elections.
Party Regulars
Amicus Curiae Brief
18th Amendment
Unicameral
6. The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 restructured the number of ______________ in both the House and Senate.
Establishment Clause
7
Committees
2
7. Devolutionary system in which the national government returns tax dollars to the state and local governments primarily in the form of block grants.
Initiative
Popular Sovereignty
Ad Hoc Structure
New Federalism
8. The practice of victorious politicians to reward their followers with jobs. Also known as the spoils system.
Political Patronage
Segregation
Council-Manager Plan
Foreign Relations and the Judiciary Committees
9. Requires reporting of financial information by companies with publicly traded securities
Unlimited
Marshall Plan
Article IV
Securities and Exchange Commission or Securities Act of 1933
10. At one time - the press generally refrained from publishing personal information that would be damaging. FDR - Eisenhower - and JFK all benefited from this reluctance to engage in _____________________. However - the American publics appetite for sen
Scandal Mongering
Salient Agenda
Executive Agencies
1776
11. This author of Leviathon posited that government is necessary because people are generally in a state of conflict.
Free Exercise of Religion
Pentagon Papers
Party Identification
Thomas Hobbes
12. The term most political scientists prefer to describe the bureaucratic process
National Committee
Public Administration
Office Column Ballot
presidential line-item veto
13. Urban or rural areas in which businesses are encouraged to locate because of tax breaks and other incentives.
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Major Political Party
Enterprise Zones
Elastic Clause
14. 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.
Ratification
War Powers Resolution
Select Committee
Voting
15. Tips the balance between two leading candidates by attracting a minority of voters who otherwise might have voted for one of the leading candidates.
Charter Colonies
Closed rule
Trustee
Spoiler Candidate
16. Petition that - if signed by a majority of the members of the House of Representatives - will pry a bill from committee and bring it to the floor for consideration
527 Organization
Discharge Petition
Dark Horse
Independent
17. 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.
Self-Incrimination
Civil War Amendments
Project Grant
Scottsboro Boys Case
18. International agreements between the president and foreign heads of state that - unlike treaties - do not require Senate approval.
Federal Register
Executive Agreements
Public Opinion
Distribution
19. In which case did the Supreme Court rule that the concept of privacy included the right to a legal abortion?
Ex Post Facto
Mugwumps
Roe v. Wade
General Election
20. In charge of state's legal business. provide advice to other state official and represents the state in court if the state is involved in a lawsuit
Attorney General
Quid Pro Quo
Common Sense
Albany Plan
21. Proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 as an attempt to form a union of the colonies. Later used to help form the Articles of Confederation.
Arraignment
Albany Plan
External Efficacy
Criminal Cases
22. The belief that one is effective when participating in politics - for example that the government will respond to one's demands
Realigning Elections
Democratic
External Efficacy
527 Organization
23. After a bill is assigned to a committee - the next step is typically a ______________.
Line-Item Veto
Rules Committee
Jurisdiction
Public hearing
24. Political theorist proposed the separation of church and state.
Agriculture
Cooperative / Marble Cake Federalism
Senate
Rousseau
25. Several Presidents have been elected without winning the popular vote. As a result - In 1970 and 1979 - Amendments were proposed to disband the ______________ - neither passed.
Electoral College
Free Exercise Clause
Federalist Papers
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
26. Constitutionally empowered to appoint judges - ambassadors - and other high officials - Constitutionally empowered to make treaties with foreign countries.
1964 Civil Rights Act
Homeland Security
Electoral Votes
President
27. Elections that may lead to a basic shift in the party identification of the electorate.
AARP
Tariff
Realigning Elections
John F. Kennedy
28. _____________ is responsible for monetary policy.
The Federal Reserve Board
Whip
General Election
Appealed
29. The most important committees - always assembled and delegated with the responsibility of handling all bills under their concern. Includes the Ways and Means - Appropriations - Budget - Rules and Agriculture Committees.
Libel
Standing Committees
Recall
3
30. Redefined Presidential succession and disability.
Closed rule
25th Amendment
Recall
Television
31. The 15th Amendment - also know as _________________ - was intended to help recently freed blacks from unconstitutional state laws designed to circumvent federal laws.
President Pro Tempore
Adversarial
Incorporation Doctrine
Rules Committee
32. Laws must be administered in a fair manner.
Party Dealignment
Line-Item Veto
Procedural Due Process
Cabinet
33. 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.
Thurgood Marshall
Implied Powers
Power Structure
Laissez-Faire
34. 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.
State Government
Miranda Rights
Original Jurisdiction
Gender Gap
35. The principle that the government - as provided in the Fifth Amendment - can take property for 'public use' with 'just compensation' to the owners.
Eminent Domain
The Enlightenment
Privacy Act
Committee of the Whole
36. A place of work in which only union members may be hired.
Closed Shop
Conference Committee
Closed
Elastic Clause
37. A group of high-level administrators and managers at the top of the government bureaucracy. SES members have less job tenure but are eligible for substantial cash bonuses for merit.
Libel
Pre-clearance
Lafolette's Progressive s
Senior Executive Service
38. Number of original cabinet positions under George Washington.
Concurring Opinion
Speaker of the House
4
3
39. Under this governing document - national government lacked authority to set up tariffs - regulate commerce - levy taxes - control international relations - establish common currency
Civil Liberties
National
Tariff
Articles of Confederation
40. In some cases where blicity too much publicity surrounds a trial - courts have granted _______________ to help ensure a fair trial. One example is the trial of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City Bombing.
Political Party
Democrats
Civil Liberties
Change of Venue
41. Cabinet department that includes the Coast Guard - Border Patrol - FEMA - Transportation Security Administration - INS and the Secret Service. Established in 2001 in response to 9/11.
Non-protected Speech
8 Million
Monroe Doctrine
Homeland Security
42. Serious crimes - such as murder - arson - or rape.
Press Secretary
Federal Appellate
Automobiles
Felonies
43. The gap between the government's income and outlays.
Deficit
Cold War
Clean bill
Senate
44. According to the Speedy Trial Act of 1974 - federal trials must commence within _______ days of arrest with the exception of delay for mental health testing of the defendant and illness of the defendant or key witness.
Poll Tax
100
Absolute Position
Permanent Registration
45. The primary purpose of _______________consolidate the nation's disability laws and provide for strong federal enforcement of a strengthened disability rights mandate
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Inputs
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Whigs
46. Type of interest group represented in Washington by another individual or organization. (Ex. Ford Motor Company pays a lobbyist in Washington to represent them.)
Coast Guard
Institutional
Bandwagon
Elite and Class Theory
47. The federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy)
Categorical Grants
Commonwealth
Agriculture
Recall
48. This branch of government checks Bureaucracy through its control over budget and appointments of leadership.
Executive
Committee of the Whole
Democratic
Enterprise Zones
49. If 10 days do not remain in session and the president does not sign an act of Congress - the bill __________.
8th Amendment
Medicaid
Dies
Articles of Confederation
50. 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
The Enlightenment
Interstate Compact
Democrats
25
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