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CLEP American Government
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1. Senators are re-elected every ___ years with 1/3 of the Senate being up for election every 2 years.
Electoral College
8 Million
Majority Rule
6
2. After the bill reaches the house floor - if opponents have many changes - they may vote to ______________________.
Gerrymandering
Isolationism
Recommit the Bill to Committee
Interest Groups
3. A system of _______________ - as in Italy - encourages the existence of many parties by allotting seats to competing candidates according to the percentage of votes they win.
Legislative
Proportional Representation
Selective exposure
Writ of Certiorari
4. In the mid-term elections following a President's inauguration - his party tends to ___________ seats in Congress.
Lose
External Efficacy
Filibuster
Cloture
5. Number of Federal District courts across 50 states - DC and Puerto Rico.
89
Senate
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Medicare
6. ______________________is responsible for the management of the federal debt and the printing of currency. It is the major fiscal policy agency.
Categorical Grants
Redistributive Policy
Political Socialization
Department of Treasury
7. Executive Check on the Legislative Branch.
House Standing Committees
Albany Plan
Presidential Veto
Cold War
8. Libel - obscenity - fighting words - and commercial speech - which are not entitled to constitutional protection in all circumstances.
Non-protected Speech
Vietnam War
Right of Expatriation
Democrats
9. Powers specifically given to the federal government by the US Constitution - for example - the authority to print money.
Regulatory Agencies
Delegated Powers
de facto
Members of Congress
10. The oldest House committee still in existence.
Ways and Means Committee
Blanket Primary
Collective Action
congressional oversight committee
11. Tax legislation must originate in this house.
14th Amendment
Substantive Due Process
House of Representatives
Vietnam War
12. A course of action decided upon by a government
Republicans
Literacy Tests
Policy
Medicaid
13. The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments provide for _____________.
12
Senate
Due Process of Law
Libel
14. Cabinet department responsible for collective bargaining and union activity. Established in 1913
Party Realignment
Unicameral
Family
Labor
15. A federal program established in 1965 to provide hospital and medical services to older people through the Social Security system.
Privileges and Immunities Clause
Medicare
New Federalism
Clear and Present Danger
16. 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:
Freedom of Speech
Articles of Confederation
State of the Union
National Supremacy
17. Requires reporting of financial information by companies with publicly traded securities
Libel
7th Amendment
11th Amendment
Securities and Exchange Commission or Securities Act of 1933
18. 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
Judicial Activism
Government
Low
Electoral College
19. A tactic in which PACs collect contributions from like-minded individuals and present them to a candidate or political party as a 'bundle -' thus increasing the PAC's influence.
Council of Economic Advisors
Good Faith Exception
Espionage Act
Bundling
20. In this 1972 case - the Supreme Court established four guidelines for determining if a trial was appropriately speedy and fair: cause of delay - length of delay - affect on the outcome - and the defendant's claim to a speedy trial.
5
Shield Laws
Baker v. Wingo
7
21. A small group of voters chosen by a political campaign for their demographic similarities who are brought together to gauge how the group they represent feels about the candidate.
The Enlightenment
Blacks
Focus Groups
Pluralist
22. Minor criminal offenses - such as speeding.
Salient Agenda
Misdemeanors
Proportional Representation
Right to Counsel
23. A court decision in an earlier case with facts and legal issues similar to a dispute currently before a court.
Mallory Rule
Balancing Test
Isolationism
Precedent
24. This branch of government checks Bureaucracy through its control over lawsuits filed against the agency.
Reverse Discrimination
Budget Resolutions
Select Committee
Judicial
25. The fundamental rights of a free society that are protected by the Bill of Rights against the power of the government - such as freedom of speech - religion - press - and assembly.
Procedural Due Process
Writ of Mandamus
Civil Liberties
Supreme Court
26. The foreign policy of the United States during the period after the Second World War - designed to contain the expansion of Soviet power.
Containment
12
National Debt
Recommit the Bill to Committee
27. Court cases that involve relations between individuals and organizations - such as a divorce action - or a suit for damages arising from an automobile accident or for violation of a business contract.
Civil Cases
The Federal Reserve Board
Gerrymandering
Equal Time
28. Amendment that delegated the election of Senators to popular vote.
17th
Situational
Concurrent Powers
NY Times v. Sullivan
29. Defamation by written or printed words - pictures - or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures.
Independent Regulatory Agencies
Libel
Political Action Committee
Bicameral
30. Executive check on Legislative Branch.
Standing Committees
Veto
Public Administration
Clean bill
31. Responsibilities include: Coordinating the nation's intelligence activities and Evaluating and disseminating intelligence that affects national security
Deviating Elections
Blacks
National Chair
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
32. An elected office that is predictably won by one party or the other - so the success of that party's candidate is almost taken for granted
Antitrust Legislation
Safe seat
Earl Warren
Primary
33. Established by President Hoover - It is the _______________ job to keep the press informed and orchestrate press conferences
Government
Iron Triangle
Democratic
Press Secretary
34. An economic philosophy that advocates both tax and budget cuts to increase incentives to produce in order to expand the total supply of the nation's goods and services.
9
Supply Side Economics
Balance of Trade
9
35. In the 1925 Gitlow case - the Supreme Court began a process of ______________ of the Bill of Rights to the states.
Hub and Spoke Model
7
Selective Incorporation
2nd Amendment
36. Most states have ___________ legislatures.
Bicameral
Political Culture
2
District of Columbia
37. A nation's set of fundamental beliefs about how government and politics should be conducted.
Political Culture
Implied Powers
Deficit
National Supremacy
38. Money spent by individuals or gorups not asociated with candidates to elect or defeat candidates for office
Independent expenditures
Soft Money
Appropriations
Interventionism
39. The response of the rest of society to actions by the authorities.
Feedback
Balance of Payments
CORE
Policy Making Cycle
40. Inherent powers of state governments to pass laws to protect health - safety - and welfare; the national government has no directly granted police powers but accomplishes the same goals through other delegated powers.
States
Police Powers
Public Opinion
Public Policy
41. The philosophy that government should intervene as little as possible in economic affairs.
may not
Mixed Economy
Dynamic Conservatism
Laissez-Faire
42. These courts only hear appeals on cases from lower courts.
Jurisdiction
Political Machines
Globalization
Federal Appellate
43. The ______________________ were formed to unite the colonists against Britain.
Writ of Certiorari
Committees of Correspondence
Cruel and Unusual
Precedent
44. The Supreme Court is the only judicial body that may hear disputes between _________________.
Democrats
Lemon Test
States
Thomas Hobbes
45. The President's role in the armed forces which during the 20th century has allowed Presidents to circumvent Congress' refusal to declare war.
Commander in Chief
Categorical Grants
Republican
Vietnam War
46. The fundamental flaw in plural theory contends that pluralism weakens the backbone of democracy with too many common interest groups attempt to wield power - often leading to standstill because of unwillingness to compromise.
20
Concurring Opinion
Politics
Hyperpluralism
47. An immigrant who wished to become a citizen may be naturalized after living in the US for ___ years.
5
Caucuses
Contract Clause
War Powers Resolution
48. The responsibility of the President to appoint federal judges when vacancies occur on the bench is referred to as
Conglomerates
Judicial Selection
Royal Colonies
Implied Powers
49. This article of the Constitution establishes the Executive Branch.
Open Meeting Law
Writ of Certiorari
imprisoned
Article II
50. A power of the president to kill a bill by taking no action (if Congress adjourns during the 10-day period after the president receives the bill). Some court rulings have suggested that a president may exercise a pocket veto only when Congress adjour
4th Amendment
Pocket Veto
Unlimited
Strategic Deterrence