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CLEP American Government
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The term 'Reagan Democrats' has become a generic term for
Swing Voters in the Democratic Party
Declining
Creative Federalism
Constitutional Initiative
2. Th joint listing of the presidential and vice presidential candidates on the same ballot as required by the twelfth amendment
Categorical Grant
Presidential Ticket
Government Corporations
Raiding
3. Government branch established in Article I of the Constitution.
Political Party
Legislative
Public Bills
Selective Incorporation
4. In an election with more than 2 options - the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number - but less that half of the votes.
Categorical Grants
Increased
Plurality
Democrats
5. German sociologist theorized that the engine of government needs bureaucracies to provide expertise in a way that short-term elected or appointed official cannot.
Nuclear Proliferation
Max Weber
Cooperative / Marble Cake Federalism
Katz. v US
6. _______________ indicates a citizens' faith and trust in government and their own belief that they can understand and influence political affairs
Judicial
National Committee
Affirmative Action
Political Efficacy
7. Political theorist proposed the separation of church and state.
Habeas Corpus
Swing Voters in the Democratic Party
Separate but Equal
Rousseau
8. 1946 Act requiring bureaucratic agencies to appeal to the affected parties before adopting new policies. Legislative check on Bureaucracy.
Mayflower Compact
Elastic Clause
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
Administrative Procedure Act
9. Finding that enough evidence exists to warrant a criminal trial.
Grand Jury Indictment
Freedom of Information Act
Conference Committee
Independent Regulatory Agencies
10. Compromise between the large states and small states that established the bicameral Legislature consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. Also included 3/5 compromise on the status of slaves in representation.
Redistributive Policy
Executive Privilege
Great or Connecticut Compromise
Pass the fundraising threshold
11. The Equal Rights Amendment was defeated in 1982 because ____________________________.
Diminish
It Failed to be Ratified
Virginia Plan
Membership
12. Dissenting Democrats focused on foreign affairs. Aligned with the US Communist Party.
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13. Colonies controlled by the British king through governors appointed by him and through the king's veto power over colonial laws.
Free Exercise of Religion
Social Security
Royal Colonies
President Pro Tempore
14. Test whereby the Supreme Court established criteria by which state may provide aid to religious groups.
Equality
Lemon Test
Political Party
Government Corporations
15. 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
Exclusionary Rule
Chief Justice
Senior Executive Service
Discharge Petition
16. The rules and regulations made and applied by federal regulatory agencies and commissions.
Administrative Procedure Act
Party Regulars
W.E.B. DuBoise
Administrative Law
17. Number of Senators elected at large per state -
Ways and Mean Committee
Senate
2
Great Compromise
18. In addition to a quick and speedy trial - the 6th Amendment also guarantees ________________.
2
Legislative
The Federal Reserve Board
Right to Counsel
19. Cabinet department responsible for insuring mortgages and providing housing subsidies. Established in 1965
14
Committee of the Whole
7th Amendment
Housing and Urban Development
20. The expansion of cable and satellite tv has _________________ the president's power to influence public opinion.
Popular Sovereignty
Omaha platform
Article II
Increased
21. 1798 Act that criminalized speech that was derisive to the government. Later ruled unconstitutional - Andrew Jackson issued blanket pardon in 1801
Whip
Alien and Sedition Acts
Establishment Clause
Baker v. Wingo
22. In California v. Avecedo (1991) - The Supreme Court established that authorities may search ____________________ without a warrant providing reasonable suspicion.
Judicial
Police Powers
Murray v. Curlett
Automobiles
23. High School Dropouts - Blacks - Hispanics - Recent immigrants - and People under 25 or over 75 tend to have a _________ voter turnout.
Closed Shop
Low
4
Balance of Trade
24. 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.
Transportation
Gender Gap
Concurring Opinion
2/3
25. Colonies in which the proprietors (who had obtained their patents from the king) named the governors - subject to the king's approval.
Preamble
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
Proprietary Colonies
Rousseau
26. The FCC's equal time policy applies to _____________.
Virginia Plan
Proprietary Colonies
Gerrymandering
Political Advertising
27. Presides over any impeachment trial.
Conference Committee
Constituencies
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Freedom of Speech
28. Responsible for assigning bills to committee in the Senate.
Quid Pro Quo
Political Machines
Restrictive Covenant
Majority and Minority Leader
29. Elections that may lead to a basic shift in the party identification of the electorate.
Institutional
Federal District
Realigning Elections
Common Sense
30. Prohibits the use of cruel or unusual punishment.
Deficit
8th Amendment
Sub-government
Enacted
31. Process by which citizens propose an amendment by petition.
Magna Carta
Constitutional Initiative
Conglomerates
Iron Triangle
32. Signed the executive order banning segregation in the armed forces.
Truman
Open
Constitutional Initiative
Affirmative Action
33. Infamous 1735 English case established the precedent for Freedom of the Press in the US.
Federal District
14th
Common Sense
Zenger
34. What occurs when government adopts a public policy that provides - or distributes - benefits to people or groups.
Demands
Appropriations
Distribution
Privileges and Immunities Clause
35. The belief that all people possess certain basic rights that may not be abridged by government.
Natural Rights
1st Amendment
Implied Powers
Balancing Test
36. Libel - obscenity - fighting words - and commercial speech - which are not entitled to constitutional protection in all circumstances.
Non-protected Speech
Export Taxes
W.E.B. DuBoise
Thurgood Marshall
37. A philosophy that Supreme Court justices and other judges should boldly apply the Constitution to social and political questions.
State Auditor
Hold
Mayor-Council Plan
Judicial Activism
38. An official document - published every weekday - which lists the new and proposed regulations of executive departments and regulatory agencies.
Shay's Rebellion
Federal Register
Political ideology
Welfare State
39. A White House council created under the National Security Act of 1947 to advise the president and help coordinate American military and foreign policy.
5
National Security Council
89
Rhode Island
40. Executive Check on the Legislative Branch.
Presidential Veto
de facto
The Federalist #10
8th Amendment
41. Electoral college system and other campaign practices make it exceedingly difficult for even popular ______________ candidates to successfully run for the presidency.
Third Party
Committee of the Whole
Implied Powers
Smith Act
42. A primary in which any registered voter is able to vote for candidates from more than one party. A voter - for example - may vote for a Democrat for U.S. senator and for a Republican for governor. In 2000 - the Supreme Court struck down the blanket p
Politics
Federal
Blanket Primary
Natural Rights
43. Literally - a 'friend of the court' brief - filed by an individual or organization to present arguements in addition to those presented by the immediate parties to a case
Espionage Act
Standing Committees
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Amicus Curiae Brief
44. As part of the negotiations concerning the Constitution - the South fought for and won an agreement forbidding the imposition of _______________.
Supremacy Clause
Export Taxes
Agriculture
NY Times v. Sullivan
45. A method of polling - considered less reliable than a random sample - in which interviewers are instructed to question members of a particular group in proportion to their percentage in the population as a whole.
Quota Sampling
State Auditor
Marbury v. Madison
War Powers Resolution
46. 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.
binding
Party Regulars
Thurgood Marshall
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47. In 2002 - a federal appeals court struck down the Pledge of Allegiance on the grounds that it violated ________________.
Freedom of Religion
Liberalism
Bipartisanship
Open rule
48. Committees of Congress composed of both representatives and senators.
Murray v. Curlett
Joint Committees
Transportation
Albany Plan
49. A term often used to describe the economic and political ties between the military establishment and the defense-aerospace industry.
Military-Industrial Complex
Government
Selective Incorporation
Containment
50. To negotiate a complex and politically sensitive trade treaty - a President will often
Majority and Minority Leader
Free Exercise Clause
Fast Track Authority
Isolationism