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CLEP American Government
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1. Established by President Hoover - It is the _______________ job to keep the press informed and orchestrate press conferences
Free Exercise Clause
Jurisdiction
Press Secretary
8th Amendment
2. Government regulation of the economy through its control over the supply of money and the cost and availability of credit. Controlled by the Federal Reserve Board.
Electoral College
Coordinated Spending
Monetary Policy
State Treasurer
3. Established the Federal Reserve Bank - responsible for conducting the nation's monetary policy - maintaining the stability of the financial system - supervising and regulating banking institutions - and protecting the credit rights of consumers - and
Woodrow Wilson
Categorical Grant
School Desegregation
State Treasurer
4. 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.
Populous
Third Parties
presidential line-item veto
Executive Agencies
5. A term coined by President Lyndon B. Johnson to describe his own view of the relationship between Washington and the states.
Voting
Mugwumps
Creative Federalism
Ways and Mean Committee
6. Concept of the British statesman Edmund Burke that legislators should act according to their own consciences.
1776
Trustee
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Monroe Doctrine
7. Theory of democracy in which competition among common interest groups promote ideas to influence politics
Pluralist Theory
National Committee
Republican
Monroe Doctrine
8. ______________________is responsible for the management of the federal debt and the printing of currency. It is the major fiscal policy agency.
Majority Whip
Joseph McCarthy
Department of Treasury
Scottsboro Boys Case
9. An economy in which most economic decisions result from the interaction of buyers and sellers in markets - but in which the government plays a significant role in the allocation of resources.
Voting
Voting
Clear and Present Danger
Mixed Economy
10. Article I of the Constitution establishes the ___________________ branch.
Legislative
Straight Ticket Voting
Coast Guard
Enacted
11. Representatives serve ____ year terms
Original Jurisdiction
Dual / Layer Cake Federalism
Affirmative Action
2
12. Which office serves as a watchdog into waste or fraud in the bureaucracy and conducts investigations at the request of congressional committees
General Accounting
Entitlement Spending
Constituencies
Adversarial
13. The uprising of farmers angered by crushing debt and taxes that revealed the failure of the Articles of Confederation.
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14. A legislative leader of each party who is responsible for rounding up party members for important votes.
Preamble
Whip
Veto
Politics
15. An immigrant who wished to become a citizen may be naturalized after living in the US for ___ years.
Change of Venue
Universe
30
5
16. Laws on Schools - Marriage - and owning property;Licensee Lawyers - Doctors - and Teachers.
Freedom of Information Act
State Government
Prior Restraint
Raiding
17. This group of voters historically supported Republicans - a party founded on an anti-slavery platform. During the 1930's they began supporting the New Deal policies of the Democratic party.
Fiscal Policy
Affirmative Action
Catholics
Blacks
18. This term refers to the gain in the polls that a candidate often enjoys after a national convention
Speaker of the House
Incumbents
Convention Bounce
Rousseau
19. The Supreme Court is the only judicial body that may hear disputes between _________________.
Department of State
Public Bills
state legislatures
States
20. Programs of government - universities - and businesses designed to favor minorities and remedy past discrimination.
New Deal Era
Seniority System
Random Sample
Affirmative Action
21. Serious crimes - such as murder - arson - or rape.
Television and Radio
Felonies
Rhode Island
Collective Action
22. Age requirement for President
35
Open Meeting Law
Distribution
Reynolds v. Sims
23. The kinds of cases that a court has the authority to decide.
18th Amendment
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Jurisdiction
Earl Warren
24. Most modern political scientists believe there is ________________ between politics and government.
Recall
Committees
Little Difference
States
25. Bills passed by Congress to pay for the spending it has authorized.
Appropriation Bills
Unicameral
Attorney General
Retrospective Voting
26. 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.
Increased competition
Public Policies
Albany Plan
Articles of Confederation
27. Until the law was changed in 2002 - the term described unregulated campaign funds not subject to the limits of federal law because they went to party committees and not directly to candidates. The 2002 law banned contributions of soft money to nation
Soft Money
President
Ratification
Supreme Court
28. Number of Federal District courts across 50 states - DC and Puerto Rico.
Separate but Equal
8th Amendment
Original Jurisdiction
89
29. Guarantees the right to bare arms.
6th Amendment
Earmarks
Caucuses
2nd Amendment
30. A group of people - chosen by poll-takers - that is representative of the universe that is being polled.
Random Sample
Great Compromise
Dies
Criminal Cases
31. When the population's overall feeling of political efficacy is low - voter turnout is _______.
Whips
Fiscal Policy
Low
Concurring Opinion
32. A provision of the Federal Communications Act that requires broadcasters to provide the same amount of exposure to all legally qualified political candidates.
Exit Polls
Increased
Equal Time
legislative and executive
33. Today the South is is a two-party battleground - in which the ______________ often have the upper hand
Supremacy Clause
Executive Privilege
Republicans
7th Amendment
34. Communication with legislators or other government officials to try to influence their decisions.
Public Opinion
Lobbying
Independent Expenditures
Regulatory Federalism
35. The only amendments to be ratified through the process of 'ratifying conventions -' not a vote in the state legislatures
Bill of Rights
Political Advertising
Criminal Cases
6
36. The estimated number of illegal aliens living in the US.
Open
Patriot Act
8 Million
Earl Warren
37. 1963 ruling prohibiting prayer in public schools.
Campaign Contributions
Political Efficacy
Third Parties
Murray v. Curlett
38. In addition to the doctrine of implied powers - Chief Justice Marshall - in his decision in the Supreme Court case of McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) - established the key concept of:
House Standing Committees
Lobbying
Pocket Veto
National Supremacy
39. This 1967 Supreme Court case prohibited illegal eavesdropping and extending the zone of privacy to include the home - office - person - and immediate public arena.
Public hearing
Katz. v US
Clear and Present Danger
Reserved Powers
40. The pursuit and exercise of power
Politics
12th Amendment
Department of Treasury
9
41. Laws must be administered in a fair manner.
Free Exercise Clause
Electoral Votes
Procedural Due Process
Recommit the Bill to Committee
42. In WV State BOE v Barnette (1943) - the Supreme Court ruled that compelling citizens to salute the flag violates the principles of a free society - upholding which 1st Amendment rights?
Judicial Restraint
Free Exercise of Religion
Police Powers
Hub and Spoke Model
43. Belief in the value of strong government to provide economic secruity and protection for civil rights - combined with a belief in personal freedom from government intervention in social conduct
Miller v. California
Liberalism
Interest Groups
Raiding
44. Ruling by the Supreme Court in 1954 that racial segregation in public schools violates the Fourteenth Amendment's requirement of equal protection of the laws for all persons.
Members of Congress
Propose an Amendment
Elite and Class Theory
Brown v. Board of Education Topeka - Kansas
45. This 1964 case established strict standards for proving slander and libel - court must prove intent of malice on the part of the publisher.
NY Times v. Sullivan
Parallel
Judicial Activism
Electoral Connection
46. Contacts - coalitions - and interactions across national boundaries
Implied Powers
Transnational Relations
Jus Sanguinis
Raise Public Awareness
47. A coherent set of beliefs about politics - public policy - and public purpose. It helps give meaning to political event - personalities - and policies.
Political ideology
Pass the fundraising threshold
8th Amendment
Majority Rule
48. _____ out of 9 justices must agree to hear an appellate case brought to them from a lower court.
4
Voting
National Security Council
Monopoly
49. After hearings are complete - a congressional subcommittee will usually determine a bill's future in final deliberations known as
Horse race
Exit Polls
Securities and Exchange Commission or Securities Act of 1933
Mark Up Session
50. 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.
7
Original Jurisdiction
Rhode Island
Article V