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CLEP American Government

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1. Committees appointed for investigative or crisis situations.






2. Legislative house whose membership was intended to represent the state.






3. The gap between the government's income and outlays.






4. ______________ refers to the differences in political attitudes and voting behavior between men and women






5. This house committee is responsible for Supervising the authority of the federal government to borrow money - Raising the revenue required to finance the federal government by levying taxes - Overseeing Social Security and other social insurance prog






6. 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.






7. Lead by Theodore Roosevelt - this party platform focused on women's suffrage - social reform - fair business practices - and direct election of senators. The won 25% of the popular vote in 1911 - splitting the Republican vote and allowing Democrat Wo






8. This amendment applied the Bill of Rights to states.






9. Multi-interest and often multinational corporations that - under one corporate roof - may manufacture a wide variety of products.






10. The spread of nuclear weapons to new nations






11. A system in which national and state government have shared or overlapping powers. FDR's New Deal legislation established this system in the US.






12. Number of Electoral College votes required to win the Presidency.






13. After a bill is assigned to a committee - the next step is typically a ______________.






14. Most likely to board a foreign ship suspected of drug trafficking at a U.S. port






15. The 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act - the 1965 Highway Beautification Act and the 1964 Civil Rights Act are all examples of ____________________.






16. Included are Agriculture - Nutrition - and Forestry; Appropriations; Armed Services; Banking - Housing and Urban Affairs; Commerce - Science and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Environment and Public Works; Finance; Health - Education -






17. The oldest House committee still in existence.






18. Programs are designed to give preferential access to education - employment - health care - or social welfare to groups of people - especially minorities and women - who have historically been discriminated against.






19. Presidential refusal to allow an agency to spend funds that Congress authorized and appropriated.






20. The demands of and supports for a political system






21. Constitutional Article that establishes the Judicial Branch.






22. Tax legislation must originate in this house.






23. 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 ______________)






24. The concept that all people are of equal worth - even if not of equal ability.






25. Formed as a third party on the issue of slavery by many former Whigs in the 1850's. Anti-slavery platform. Supported by farmers - laborers - and newly-freed blacks.






26. This rule established by US v. Leon (1984) angered civil liberties groups by allowing exception to the Exclusionary Rule in instances where probably cause may not fully exist.






27. 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






28. The state officer typically responsible for overseeing federal elections at the state level is the






29. Early civil rights leader established the Niagara Movement and helped to establish the NAACP.






30. The practice under which victorious politicians reward their followers with jobs.






31. According to the Constitution - the electors in the Electoral College shall be appointed in a manner to be determined by the






32. When the minority party becomes stronger than the majority party - usually the result of winning a critical election.






33. Voter turnout is usually ____________ when there is a binding referendum on the ballot.






34. The class of independent voters who do not vote according to party affiliation - but who typically have a broader range of concerns than single-issue voters - are known colloquially as






35. A study of Bennington College students in the 1930s illustrated that the influence of the family on political attitudes tends to ______________ as they grow older and come into contact with other groups.






36. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) - founded in 1932 by President Herbert Hoover to help combat the Great Depression - was the predecessor of which federal agencies?






37. A broadly based coalition that attempts to gain control of the government by winning elections in order to exercise power and reward its members.






38. The pursuit and exercise of power.






39. Representatives serve ____ year terms






40. After the bill reaches the house floor - if opponents have many changes - they may vote to ______________________.






41. Economists generally agree that the major responsibility for promoting prosperity and full employment falls on ________________.






42. This branch of government checks Bureaucracy through its control over lawsuits filed against the agency.






43. The overall public has a ___________ view of PACS in terms of bought votes and adding to the cost of running for office






44. ___________ vote in both the House and Senate may override a Presidential veto of legislation.






45. The Supreme Court's broad interpretation of this clause has denied direct aid from the government for religious groups - but does allow religious groups to make use of government services such as police and fire.






46. _____________ are expected to specialize in a few policy areas rather than claim expertise in the whole range of legislative concerns






47. In his historic decision in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) - Chief Justice Marshall established the principle of _____________.






48. The 1803 case in which the Supreme Court - by declaring a portion of an act of Congress unconstitutional - first firmly set forth and established the power of judicial review.






49. The case of Gregg v. Georgia set the precedent for a ________________ system in which guilt and sentencing and tried separately.






50. In the Federalist Papers - James Madison proposed that the states under the new Constitution would retain ____________ sovereignty.







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