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CLEP American Government
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1. Designed to protect the individual against the arbitrary power of the state.
Republicans
Due Process of Law
Electoral College
Economic Interest Groups
2. 'lame duck' amendment
Pocket Veto
Increased
20th
Attorney General
3. In the area of foreign affairs - _______________ often have the advantage because
Amicus Curiae Brief
Republicans
Petition of Right
Budget Resolutions
4. Contacts - coalitions - and interactions across national boundaries
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Federal District
Closed
Transnational Relations
5. Proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 as an attempt to form a union of the colonies. Later used to help form the Articles of Confederation.
Welfare State
Plurality
5 -000
Albany Plan
6. Urban or rural areas in which businesses are encouraged to locate because of tax breaks and other incentives.
Enterprise Zones
Negative
Checks and Balances
Block Grant
7. Impact elections by siphoning off votes from major parties spoiling a party's chance in a close race.
Third Parties
Bowers v. Hardwick
Spoiler Candidate
Charter Colonies
8. Protects against unreasonable search and seizure.
Implied Powers
Medicare
4th Amendment
Ad Hoc Structure
9. A public assistance program established in 1965 to help pay hospital - doctor - and medical bills for people with low incomes.
Council of Economic Advisors
5 -000
Distribution
Medicaid
10. 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.
Police Powers
Right to Work Laws
Monetary Policy
12
11. Government employees who publicly expose evidence of official waste or corruption that they have learned about in the course of their duties.
Whistle-blowers
Wallace's Progressives
Political Efficacy
5
12. Powers of government that the national government may exercise simply because it exists as a government - such as the right to conduct foreign relations.
Rules Committee
Sub-government
Inherent Powers
Caucuses
13. While these voters have traditionally supported the Democrats - some have begun to support Republicans in light of the Democrats liberal policies on abortion.
Catholics
Cruel and Unusual
Equal Protection Clause
Selective Incorporation
14. The federal fiscal year begins ___________.
Propose an Amendment
Cruel and Unusual
October 1st
16th Amendment
15. Article I of the Constitution establishes the ___________________ branch.
Public Bills
Institutional
Whips
Legislative
16. The overall public has a ___________ view of PACS in terms of bought votes and adding to the cost of running for office
Free Exercise
Recorded Vote
Administrative Procedure Act
Negative
17. State legislation designed to outlaw the union shop - passed by 21 states acting under Section 14B of the federal Taft-Hartley Act.
Globalization
National Committee
Right to Work Laws
Budget Resolution
18. Practice by which voters of one party crossing over and voting in the primary of another party - effectively allowing a party to help choose its opposition's candidate.
Town Meeting
Balancing Test
Lord Acton
Raiding
19. In order to win support for ratification of the Constitution - the Federalists had to promise that the first order of business under a new government would be to _______________.
Enact a Bill of Rights
Executive Privilege
2
Suburbia
20. A device that allows the House of Representatives to conduct its business with fewer restrictions on debate and a quorum of only 100 members.
Bicameral
Absolute Position
Committee of the Whole
Grant Clemency
21. Loose - competitive relationships among policy experts - interest groups - congressional committees - and federal agencies. Many observers argue that these have replaced iron triangles.
State Auditor
Issue network
Veto
Reference Group
22. Laws passed by state legislatures that are designed to protect reporters from being forced to reveal their news sources.
Retrospective Voting
Shield Laws
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Concurrent
23. Procedure typically requiring 3/5 vote of the entire Senate to end a filibuster.
Scottsboro Boys Case
Cloture
New Deal Era
270
24. Define US Citizenship as any person born or naturalized in the United States.
Speech Plus
1776
Parallel
14th Amendment
25. First governing document of the Plymouth Colony establishing freedom of religion.
Mayflower Compact
Dred Scott
Probable Cause
Public Policy
26. A broadly based coalition that attempts to gain control of the government by winning elections in order to exercise power and reward its members.
Major Political Party
Third Parties
Civil Liberties
Class Action Suit
27. An ideology that advocates limits on government power to address economic and social problems - relying instead on economic markets and individual initiative to address problems like health care and education - while promoting government involvement
Dies
Free Exercise Clause
Conservatism
Agriculture
28. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that permits floor amendments within the overall time allocated to the bill.
Open rule
Foreign Relations and the Judiciary Committees
Select Committee
Zenger
29. 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.
Implied Powers
Internationalism
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Plurality
30. Programs mandated by law and not subject to annual review by Congress or the president.
Entitlement Programs
27th Amendment
Salient Agenda
Populous
31. A legislature with only one house.
Conglomerates
AARP
Unicameral
Pocket Veto
32. This 1963 case extended the right to counsel to all felony cases.
Demands
Pork Barrel Spending
Gideon v. Wainwright
Family
33. The net balance or relationship between total income and total expenditures by the nation in its dealings with the rest of the world - including trade - loans - and investments.
Balance of Payments
55
Ratification
Stare Decisis
34. To negotiate a complex and politically sensitive trade treaty - a President will often
8th Amendment
Fast Track Authority
Administrative Law
Plurality
35. Executive check on Legislative Branch.
Veto
AARP
Family
Democracy
36. First African American appointed to the Supreme Court
Critical Election
1964 Civil Rights Act
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
37. 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.
Civil Liberties
Pentagon Papers
Balancing Test
Right to Counsel
38. Held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.
The Federal Reserve Board
Independent Regulatory Agencies
General Election
Regulatory Federalism
39. The tendency of presidents to lose support over time.
Political Action Committee
Privileges and Immunities Clause
Line-Item Veto
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
40. Laws that were designed to segregate black and white Americans and give legal recognition to discrimination.
Salient Agenda
Jim Crow Laws
Electoral Connection
Periodic Registration
41. The only instance in which the government can prohibit religious activities
Coast Guard
Violation of Law
National Debt
Lemon Test
42. A provision of law in which Congress asserts the power to nullify actions of the executive branch. In 1983 the Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional - but Congress continued to pass laws containing such provisions.
Legislative Veto
Logrolling
General Purpose Grants
State Auditor
43. To an extent - the press and the government have a relationship that is _______________ and mutually dependent.
Bureaucracy
Right to Counsel
Freedom of Speech
Adversarial
44. An interest group organization that represents a specific group of people (Ex. NAACP - AARP)
Critical Election
Conference Committee
Membership
Plurality
45. A group of people - chosen by poll-takers - that is representative of the universe that is being polled.
Internal Efficacy
Random Sample
Periodic Registration
Labor
46. Wisconsin Republican who exploited public concern for political gain during the 1950's through freewheeling investigations of alleged Communists.
Freedom of Speech
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Home Rule
Joseph McCarthy
47. Washington v. Chrisman (1982) established the _________________ - allowing police officers to seize evidence without a warrant if the evidence is in obvious sight.
Majority Whip
Plain View
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
Coordinated Spending
48. Multi-interest and often multinational corporations that - under one corporate roof - may manufacture a wide variety of products.
Conglomerates
Majority Opinion
The Sugar Act and the Currency Act
Baron v. Baltimore
49. A system of voter registration in which voters must register only once in their district.
7
Permanent Registration
External Efficacy
Petit Jury
50. In this essay - James Madison recognized that reconciling the competing interests of various groups was what legislation was all about
Laissez-Faire
Home Rule
The Federalist #10
National Security Council
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