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CLEP American Government

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1. 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.






2. Units of government under the president - within the executive branch - that are not part of a cabinet department.






3. The uprising of farmers angered by crushing debt and taxes that revealed the failure of the Articles of Confederation.

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4. Department established in 1988 by President G.H. Bush.

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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.






6. If 10 days remain in session and the president does not sign an act of Congress - the law is ___________.






7. States that states may draw reasonable distinctions between the rights of residents and non-residents (ex. In state and out of state tuition)






8. California measure designed to deny welfare and other benefits to illegal aliens. Overwhelmingly passed the popular vote - but overturned in federal court because it extending beyond the bounds of state rights to attempt to control immigration.






9. Which form of registration prevails in all but a few states?






10. Federal grants in which the recipient has a lot of discretion over how the money is spent. These grants are issued in support of general government functions such as education and law enforcement.






11. 1963 ruling prohibiting prayer in public schools.






12. The party-column ballot - or Indiana ballot - encourages _______________.






13. A decision of the Supreme Court cannot be ___________.






14. Guarantees the right to a civil trial by jury.






15. Legislative branch incorporating two houses.






16. First Roman Catholic elected President.






17. 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.






18. Committees of Congress composed of both representatives and senators.






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






20. The primary purpose of _______________consolidate the nation's disability laws and provide for strong federal enforcement of a strengthened disability rights mandate






21. Colonies in which freely elected legislatures chose the governor and the king could not veto laws.






22. Tax legislation must originate in this house.






23. Established in 1947 as a combined Department of War and Navy.






24. 1925 Supreme Court case overturned Baron v. Baltimore and applied the Bill of Rights to states.






25. Committees created by Congress to conduct special investigations. Although normally temporary - some become - in effect - permanent.






26. The reason that electors are chosen in each state by popular vote is ____________.






27. Money spent by individuals or gorups not asociated with candidates to elect or defeat candidates for office






28. Number of Senators elected at large per state -






29. When neither political party is dominant.






30. The Medicaid and Food Stamp programs are examples of two very large






31. Passed in 1883 - it created a federal civil service so that hiring and promotion would be based on merit rather than patronage.






32. Because there is no Senate Rules Committee - Senators can debate a bill for an _________________ time.






33. Formal approval or consent given to a constitution - constitutional amendment - or treaty before it goes into effect.






34. Concurrent resolution - adopted by both Houses of Congress - that sets forth a Congressional budget plan for the budget year and at least four out-years.






35. A political candidate who is thought to have only an outside chance of gaining the nomination.






36. The only amendments to be ratified through the process of 'ratifying conventions -' not a vote in the state legislatures






37. The view advocated by Supreme Court Justices Hugo Black and William O. Douglas that there are provisions of the Bill of Rights that cannot be diluted by judicial decisions.






38. German sociologist theorized that the engine of government needs bureaucracies to provide expertise in a way that short-term elected or appointed official cannot.






39. Powers of government exercised independently by both the federal and state governments - such as the power to tax.






40. 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.






41. 14th Amendment is often used to support the right to ____________.






42. Federal laws limit the amount of ___________ that can be donated directly to campaign coffers.






43. Southern whites prevented blacks from ____________ through use of poll taxes - literacy tests and intimidation tactics after the Civil War.






44. 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.






45. Federal aid that states and localities may use mostly as they wish.






46. Cabinet department responsible for the management of public lands - wildlife - natural resources - and Native American affairs. Established in 1849






47. Limitations on this freedom including prohibition of defamation and obscenity - limitation on commercial speech - and restriction of inciting words that may cause immediate danger.






48. ____________ often influence political appointments in an effort to influence bureaucracy.






49. Legislative opinions on a matter that do not require Presidential signature.






50. The constitutional requirement (in article II - sec 3) that presidents take care that the laws are faithfully executed - even if they disagree with the purpose of those laws







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