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CLEP American Government
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The vagueness of this phrase has allowed juries to exclude specific genders or races in order to affect the outcome of the verdict.
The Enlightenment
Negative
Membership
Jury of Peers
2. In some cases where blicity too much publicity surrounds a trial - courts have granted _______________ to help ensure a fair trial. One example is the trial of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City Bombing.
Change of Venue
Party Dealignment
States
Federal
3. 1974 Act mandating that all government files about private citizens be kept confidential.
Legislative
Due Process of Law
Privacy Act
Riders
4. Contacts - coalitions - and interactions across national boundaries
Transnational Relations
Weber
Virginia Plan
Enacted
5. This type of government suits a large country with a diverse population
Republicans
New Jersey Plan
House of Representatives
Federal
6. Responsibilities include: Coordinating the nation's intelligence activities and Evaluating and disseminating intelligence that affects national security
Mixed Economy
Office of Management and Budget
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Clear and Present Danger
7. Beginning with the election of Abraham Lincoln - the period between 1860 and the Great Depression was dominated by this political party.
Republicans
Thomas Hobbes
Absolute Position
4th Amendment
8. A legislature with only one house.
Unicameral
Supply Side Economics
Interstate Compact
Bull Moose Progressives
9. Powers of government that the national government may exercise simply because it exists as a government - such as the right to conduct foreign relations.
Ex Post Facto
3
Petition of Right
Inherent Powers
10. A place of work in which only union members may be hired.
Closed Shop
Common Law
Realigning Elections
Mayflower Compact
11. Wisconsin Republican who exploited public concern for political gain during the 1950's through freewheeling investigations of alleged Communists.
Rank and File
Joseph McCarthy
Petit Jury
Selective Incorporation
12. In 1992 - the television networks agreed not to release these until a majority of polling places had closed in each state
Muckrakers
Oligopoly
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Exit Polls
13. To an extent - the press and the government have a relationship that is _______________ and mutually dependent.
Block Grant
Adversarial
President Pro Tempore
Concurrent
14. This term refers to the gain in the polls that a candidate often enjoys after a national convention
Proposition 187
Democratic
Implied
Convention Bounce
15. The principle of civilian control of the military - based on the clear constitutional power of the president as supreme commander of the armed forces.
Soft Money
Civilian Supremacy
Common Law
1st Amendment
16. Also known as the Indiana ballot - lists the candidates of each party in a row or column - beside or under the party emblem. In most cases - the voter can make one mark at the top of the column - or pull one lever - and thus vote for all the party's
Interest groups
Dark Horse
Party Column Ballot
Voting
17. Walter DeVries and Lance Tarrance have concluded that in many elections the outcome is determined by ______________.
Majority and Minority Leader
Propose an Amendment
Omaha platform
Ticket Splitters
18. Requires reporting of financial information by companies with publicly traded securities
Cloture
Tariff
Securities and Exchange Commission or Securities Act of 1933
Fiscal Federalism
19. This contraversial legal technicality intended to protect civil liberties has allowed criminals to remain free when the courts refuse to admit evidence that may have been obtained illegally.
Inputs
Exclusionary Rule
Socialism
Periodic Registration
20. In states using primaries - the most common form of primary election is the ___________ primary.
Unicameral
Transportation
Institutional
Closed
21. The only instance in which the government can prohibit religious activities
Violation of Law
Royal Colonies
Office of Management and Budget
Public Policy
22. ________ of voters identify with one political party in advance of the campaign.
2/3
Natural Rights
Housing and Urban Development
Presidential Veto
23. 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.
Budget Resolution
Confirmed
Grant Clemency
Republican
24. A political group organized under section 527 of the IRS code that may accept and spend unlimited amounts of money on election activities so long as they are not spent on broadcast ads run in the last 30 days before a primary or 60 days before a gene
Pork-Barrel Legislation
Retrospective Voting
527 Organization
Creative Federalism
25. An official document - published every weekday - which lists the new and proposed regulations of executive departments and regulatory agencies.
Political ideology
Max Weber
Federal Register
Commonwealth
26. The practice of victorious politicians to reward their followers with jobs. Also known as the spoils system.
Balancing Test
Plain View
Political Patronage
Concurring Opinion
27. The total amount of money that the United States owes to its creditors.
Populous
National Debt
1776
Double Jeopardy
28. This act prohibited Discrimination because of race - color - sex - religion - or national origin by employers or labor unions; The adoption by voting registrars of different standards for black and white applicants; and Racial or religious discrimina
Permanent Registration
14
Caucuses
1964 Civil Rights Act
29. Judicial Check on Legislative Branch. Not specifically outlined in the Constitution - but established in the case of Marbury v. Madison through the application of the Supremacy Clause in Article VI.
Judicial Review
Permanent Registration
Legislative Veto
Executive Privilege
30. Define US Citizenship as any person born or naturalized in the United States.
Blacks
Medicaid
Select Committee
14th Amendment
31. The principle - established by Chief Justice John Marshall in 1819 in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland - that the Constitution must be interpreted flexibly to meet changing conditions.
Whips
Plurality
Flexible Construction
Poll Tax
32. A writ designed to protect against illegal imprisonment by requiring that a person who is detained be brought before a judge for investigation.
Politics
Executive
Writ of Certiorari
Bill of Rights
33. The FCC's equal time policy applies to _____________.
Interest Groups
8th Amendment
Swing Voters in the Democratic Party
Political Advertising
34. These party members are highly involved in the electoral process. Donate funds to party and candidates - demand a voice in state party agendas and tend to have a strong belief in their party's ideology.
National Debt
Party Activists
Separation of Powers
de facto
35. 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
Ways and Means Committee
Miranda Rights
7
Privacy Act
36. First proposed in 1789 - this amendment passed in 1992 prohibits Congress from raising their own pay. Pay raises may not take affect until the beginning of the next term.
27th Amendment
Transnational Relations
Monopoly
Globalization
37. Legislature bills that affect all citizens.
Public Bills
Incorporation Doctrine
Containment
Senate
38. This called for three-fifths of all slaves in a state were counted for purposes of apportioning representation in the House of Representatives.
Power Structure
Patriot Act
Great Compromise
Residual
39. Puerto Rico has ____________ status.
Commonwealth
Chief Justice
Closed Shop
Supreme Court
40. When the President's own party gains power and influence - it more puts pressure on the President to conform to the will of the party - leading to________________ between the President and the party to define their public identities
Increased competition
Inverse
Smith Act
Writ of Assistance
41. 3 person executive panel responsible for helping the President develop an economic plan for the nation.
Council of Economic Advisors
Committees of Correspondence
The Enlightenment
Entitlement Spending
42. The executive office established in response to intelligence lapses during WWI. Oversees American foreign policy and includes the President - Vice President - Secretary of State - Secretary of Defense and is lead by the National Security Advisor.
National Security Council
Supreme Court
Riders
Declining
43. The house armed services and foreign affairs committees each have ___ subcommittees.
Preamble
Judicial
Appropriations
7
44. A group of people who try to influence policy agendas and whose ultimate goal is to run the government by getting their favorite candidates elected.
State of the Union
Swing Voters in the Democratic Party
Substantive Due Process
Political Party
45. Baby boomers - women - and voters with higher levels of education tend to have a ____________ voter turnout.
7
Self-Incrimination
High
Unlimited
46. Concept of the British statesman Edmund Burke that legislators should act according to their own consciences.
Globalization
Trustee
Exit Polls
Outputs
47. Several Presidents have been elected without winning the popular vote. As a result - In 1970 and 1979 - Amendments were proposed to disband the ______________ - neither passed.
Electoral College
Democratic-Republicans
Lobbying
Mayflower Compact
48. 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.
Permanent Registration
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
Collective Action
Good Faith Exception
49. Representing - characterized by - or including members from two parties or factions
House of Representatives
Bipartisanship
Vietnam War
House of Representatives
50. Smith v. Allwight (1994) was the first vase in which the Supreme Court upheld the voting rights of _____________ in state primary elections.
Contract Clause
Office of Management and Budget
Blacks
Interest Groups