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CLEP American Government
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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 ______________)
Writ of Mandamus
Policy Making Cycle
Free Exercise Clause
Inputs
2. A decision of the Supreme Court cannot be ___________.
Appealed
Negative
Policy Making Cycle
Little Difference
3. Number of years a Senator must reside in the US prior to taking office
Detente
9
Pocket Veto
Voting
4. Responsibilities include: Coordinating the nation's intelligence activities and Evaluating and disseminating intelligence that affects national security
Violation of Law
Budget Resolution
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
89
5. Multi-interest and often multinational corporations that - under one corporate roof - may manufacture a wide variety of products.
Party Regulars
Social Contract
Conglomerates
Writ of Certiorari
6. 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.
Inputs
Republican
Salient Agenda
Judicial Review
7. Constitutionally required address by the President typically given in a joint session of Congress.
Raise Public Awareness
State of the Union
Judicial Activism
Civil Liberties
8. Which powers of the national government flow from its enumerated powers and from the 'elastic clause' of the Constitution?
Federal Appellate
Northern and Southern
Implied Powers
Vice President
9. In addition to a quick and speedy trial - the 6th Amendment also guarantees ________________.
Coordinated Spending
Right to Counsel
Poll Tax
Two Trial
10. Since 1960 - there has been a general trend of ______________ participation in elections.
Declining
Entitlement Spending
New Jersey Plan
Magna Carta
11. Eisenhower's philosophy of being liberal in all things human and being conservative with all things fiscal. Appealed to both Republicans and Democrats.
1st Amendment
Appropriations
Dynamic Conservatism
Interest Groups
12. 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.
Legislative
Original Jurisdiction
Great or Connecticut Compromise
Marshall Plan
13. The 24th amendment banned _____________ - making it harder for states to discriminate against poor and minority voters.
Poll Tax
Impoundment
Checks and Balances
Transportation
14. The sum of the goals - decisions - and actions that govern a nation's relations with the rest of the world.
Situational
Welfare State
Filibuster
Foreign Policy
15. The party-column ballot - or Indiana ballot - encourages _______________.
Internal Efficacy
Straight Ticket Voting
Balancing Test
State Legislatures
16. Once the Supreme Court justices have agreed to hear an appeal - they issue a _________________.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Writ of Certiorari
Periodic Registration
Bipartisanship
17. In 1943 - The Supreme Court upheld the Jehovah's Witnesses right to refrain from saluting the American flag based on their right to _____________.
Political ideology
Automobiles
Free Exercise of Religion
Earl Warren
18. The gap between the government's income and outlays.
Deficit
Mark Up Session
de jure
Interest Groups
19. Powers of government that the national government may exercise simply because it exists as a government - such as the right to conduct foreign relations.
527 Organization
3
Democrats
Inherent Powers
20. This amendment includes the due process clause - the equal protection clause - and gave rights to former slaves.
Caucus
Interest groups
14th Amendment
Inverse
21. 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 -
Sub-committee
Senate Standing Committees
Separation of Powers
270
22. If 10 days remain in session and the president does not sign an act of Congress - the law is ___________.
Enumerated Powers
Impeachment
Enacted
Due Process
23. Method by which federal court judges may lose their position.
Resolutions
1st Amendment
Impeachment
Office Column Ballot
24. Elections that reflect the basic party identification of the voters.
Maintaining Elections
Conference Committee
Authorizations
Whistle-blowers
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.
State
Tammany Hall
Legislative Veto
Unicameral
26. A system in which the national government sets requirements that are then implemented by state and local governments.
Regulatory Federalism
Omaha platform
Republicans
Independent
27. A coherent set of beliefs about politics - public policy - and public purpose. It helps give meaning to political event - personalities - and policies.
Political ideology
Open Meeting Law
Senate
20th
28. According to this nineteenth-century British peer and historian - 'power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.'
Lord Acton
Mayflower Compact
Recall
Unitary System
29. Direct oral or written speech directed at a specific individual or group
Senate
Resolutions
Pure Speech
Scottsboro Boys Case
30. A government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.
Low
Custom
Welfare State
Issue network
31. Procedure typically requiring 3/5 vote of the entire Senate to end a filibuster.
Whistle-blowers
Social Security
House of Representatives
Cloture
32. A federal tax on imports.
President
Tariff
Unlimited
Lower
33. Laws on Schools - Marriage - and owning property;Licensee Lawyers - Doctors - and Teachers.
Jim Crow Laws
Transnational Relations
Economic Interest Groups
State Government
34. In Sweatt v. Painter (1950) - The Supreme Court upheld that ___________________ was inherently not the case as is applied to the University of Texas Law School.
Separate but Equal
Inverse
English Bill of Rights
Murray v. Curlett
35. A philosophy that the Supreme Court should avoid constitutional questions when possible and uphold acts of Congress unless they clearly violate a specific section of the Constitution.
Sub-government
Judicial Restraint
Adversarial
Independent expenditures
36. In the view of W. Lance Bennett - the people who hold and express opinions are constantly changing - as are the issues and conditions to which the public responds. As a result - Bennett suggests that public opinion is______________.
binding
Freedom of Speech
Situational
Inverse
37. Government regulation of the economy through its control over taxes and government spending. Controlled by the Department of Treasury.
Fiscal Policy
Union Shop
Dissenting Opinion
Speech Plus
38. Responsible for assigning bills to committee in the Senate.
Democratic
Ticket Splitters
Ex Post Facto
Majority and Minority Leader
39. In charge of all state funds. Supervises the collection of taxes and payment of state's bill
Legislative Courts
3
Membership
State Treasurer
40. This House committee is responsible for all taxes - tariffs - and other revenue raising measures in addition to social security - child support - Medicare - foster care - and unemployment.
14th Amendment
Ways and Mean Committee
Safe seat
Inverse
41. 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.
Political Party
Rhode Island
18th Amendment
National Chair
42. 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.
Power Structure
Party Regulars
Criminal Cases
Legislative
43. 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
Articles of Confederation
Caucus
Jurisdiction
Electoral College
44. The power of the president - struck down by the Supreme Court in 1998 - to veto parts of appropriations bills. Most state governors have this power.
Impartial
16th Amendment
Line-Item Veto
Low
45. A provision of the Federal Communications Act that requires broadcasters to provide the same amount of exposure to all legally qualified political candidates.
Non-protected Speech
Equal Time
Major Political Party
Enumerated Powers
46. Representatives serve ____ year terms
2
Royal Colonies
Senior Executive Service
Party Dealignment
47. This 1932 case established that a case can be too speedy and under-counseled - providing defendants in a capital case the right to a reasonable amount of time to establish a defense.
Scottsboro Boys Case
Enact a Bill of Rights
Export Taxes
Free Exercise Clause
48. 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
Political Socialization
Private Bills
Original Jurisdiction
49. Define US Citizenship as any person born or naturalized in the United States.
Appropriation Bills
Budget Resolutions
Vice President
14th Amendment
50. Impact elections by siphoning off votes from major parties spoiling a party's chance in a close race.
Court of Appeals
Establishment Clause
Committees of Correspondence
Third Parties