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CLEP American Government
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A group of people - chosen by poll-takers - that is representative of the universe that is being polled.
Constitutional Initiative
State of the Union
Random Sample
Committee of the Whole
2. Representing - characterized by - or including members from two parties or factions
Bipartisanship
Proportional Representation
Separation of Powers
Party Identification
3. Money spent by individuals or gorups not asociated with candidates to elect or defeat candidates for office
Free Speech
Baby Boomers
Independent expenditures
Joseph McCarthy
4. This author of Leviathon posited that government is necessary because people are generally in a state of conflict.
Lobbying
Deficit
Omaha platform
Thomas Hobbes
5. First African American appointed to the Supreme Court
Federal District
Judicial Activism
Thurgood Marshall
Supreme Court
6. A provision of the Federal Communications Act that requires broadcasters to provide the same amount of exposure to all legally qualified political candidates.
Pocket Veto
Political Culture
The Sugar Act and the Currency Act
Equal Time
7. Number of years a Senator must reside in the US prior to taking office
Mark Up Session
9
Police Powers
Collective Action
8. Includes the 13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments. Abolished slavery and guaranteed due process and equal protection to all citizens.
Civil War Amendments
Selective exposure
Writ of Assistance
Veto
9. ___________ vote in both the House and Senate may override a Presidential veto of legislation.
Third Party
Elastic Clause
Government Corporations
2/3
10. Article I of the Constitution establishes the ___________________ branch.
Legislative
Agriculture
Ad Hoc Structure
Majority Whip
11. The ___________ aspects of Federalism include: diversity/diffusion of power - more access points for political participation - fostering of experimentation and innovation - and allowing local governments to manage local problems effectively
Positive
Whip
Closed
Voting
12. Congress' first step towards allocating funds
Committees
Council of Economic Advisors
Right to Work Laws
Authorizations
13. The concept that all people are of equal worth - even if not of equal ability.
Equality
Closed rule
Electoral Votes
Interior
14. The absent colony at the 2nd Continental Congress.
Union Shop
Clear and Present Danger
Rhode Island
4
15. Government branch established in Article I of the Constitution.
31
Interest Groups
Joseph McCarthy
Legislative
16. 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
Populous
Roe v. Wade
Mugwumps
Liberalism
17. Powers of the national government that flow from its enumerated powers and the 'elastic clause' of the Constitution.
Securities and Exchange Commission or Securities Act of 1933
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Freedom of Information Act
Implied Powers
18. The Supreme Court has ruled that Congress_________________ take away a person's citizenship unless it is freely renounced.
Implied Powers
Selective Incorporation
may not
Speech Plus
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.
18th Amendment
Poll Tax
Bundling
Double Jeopardy
20. When the minority party becomes stronger than the majority party - usually the result of winning a critical election.
Lord Acton
Party Realignment
9
Coordinated Spending
21. _____ out of 9 justices must agree to hear an appellate case brought to them from a lower court.
English Bill of Rights
4
Right of Expatriation
Feedback
22. An individual who does not join a group representing his or her interests yet receives the benefit of the group's influence.
Free Rider
Party Column Ballot
Reference Group
Third Parties
23. In charge of state's legal business. provide advice to other state official and represents the state in court if the state is involved in a lawsuit
Attorney General
Gay
Cold War
National Debt
24. Signed the executive order banning segregation in the armed forces.
Scandal Mongering
Truman
State Treasurer
Federalist
25. _____________ was the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City politics and helping immigrants (most notably the Irish) rise up in American politics from the 1790s to the 1960s.
The Federal Reserve Board
Tammany Hall
Department of State
Recall
26. Number of justices of the Supreme Court.
Ad Hoc Structure
Public Policies
Regulatory Federalism
9
27. In California v. Avecedo (1991) - The Supreme Court established that authorities may search ____________________ without a warrant providing reasonable suspicion.
Balancing Test
Elastic Clause
Populous
Automobiles
28. This article of the Constitution establishes the Executive Branch.
Article II
7
Balancing Test
Securities and Exchange Commission or Securities Act of 1933
29. 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.
Hyperpluralism
State Government
Bill of Rights
Original Jurisdiction
30. Popular until the early 20th century when they lost favor to primaries due to corruption - now used in only 12 states.
Speaker of the House
Recommit the Bill to Committee
Caucuses
Concurring Opinion
31. Federal grants in which the recipient has a lot of discretion over how the money is spent. These grants are issued in support of general government functions such as education and law enforcement.
Marbury v. Madison
Block Grant
Writ of Certiorari
Great or Connecticut Compromise
32. Which branch has the power to stop an executive order?
de facto
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Major Political Party
Judicial
33. 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.
States
Plurality
Conglomerates
Cold War
34. The state officer typically responsible for overseeing federal elections at the state level is the
Secretary of State
Articles of Confederation
Committees of Correspondence
It Failed to be Ratified
35. The Equal Rights Amendment was defeated in 1982 because ____________________________.
Policy
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
It Failed to be Ratified
Dissenting Opinion
36. These courts only hear appeals on cases from lower courts.
Federal Appellate
2nd Amendment
Rhode Island
35
37. Colonies in which freely elected legislatures chose the governor and the king could not veto laws.
Unlimited
Charter Colonies
Hyperpluralism
Cloture
38. The right to privacy is ___________ in the Constitution.
Soft money
Implied
Court of Appeals
Right of Expatriation
39. A policy adopted by the United States after the Second World War that assumed that if enough nuclear weapons were deployed by the United States - an enemy would not attack for fear of being destroyed in retaliation.
Strategic Deterrence
Unlimited
Implied Powers
Implementation
40. According to this nineteenth-century British peer and historian - 'power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.'
Lyndon B. Johnson
congressional oversight committee
Lord Acton
Public hearing
41. The amount of money available when the government's income is greater than what it spends in a fiscal year.
Budget Surplus
Housing and Urban Development
2/3
Foreign Relations and the Judiciary Committees
42. Presides over the Senate in the absence of the Vice President. Position awarded to the longest serving Senator from the majority party. 3rd in line of succession for the Presidency.
Redistributive Policy
Civil Liberties
The Sugar Act and the Currency Act
President Pro Tempore
43. During Presidential election years or when the nation is divided on policy agenda - particularly regarding salient issues - voter turnout is _____________
High
Shield Laws
Committees
Social Security
44. Number of years a President must reside in the US prior to taking office
527 Organization
Raise Public Awareness
14
Independent
45. David R. Mayhew has suggested that this influences congressional behavior. The ________________ is the relationship between members of Congress and their constituents.
527 Organization
Gideon v. Wainwright
Electoral Connection
Social Regulation
46. A term popularized by sociologist Floyd Hunter to describe the community leaders who he said determined policy in Atlanta - Georgia. More broadly - the term is used to describe 'power elites' generally.
7th Amendment
Death penalty
5
Power Structure
47. These voters are registered as a party member but only participate by voting in primary and general elections. Tend to vote straight-party ticket and follow the leads of local party officials.
Rank and File
Popular Sovereignty
Criminal Cases
Double Jeopardy
48. A place of work in which any person may be hired provided that he or she joins the union within a specified time.
National
Union Shop
Line-Item Veto
Tammany Hall
49. The response of the rest of society to actions by the authorities.
Feedback
Impeachment
Detente
Elite and Class Theory
50. This 1957 judgement prohibited pornography material as utterly without redeeming social significance - later reversed in Miller v. California
Civilian Supremacy
Roth v. US
35
High