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CLEP American Government

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1. A powerful alliance of mutual benefit among an agency or unit of the government - an interest group - and a committee or subcommittee of Congress. Also called a triangle or a subgovernment.






2. Prompted by FDR's 4th election to the Presidency - the 22nd Amendment limited the number of Presidential terms to _____ terms.






3. Things government decides to do - example: taxation - crime control - national defense - education - etc.






4. The concept that all people are of equal worth - even if not of equal ability.






5. The expansion of cable and satellite tv has _________________ the president's power to influence public opinion.






6. Disapproval of a bill by a chief executive - such as the president or a governor.






7. _____________ is responsible for monetary policy.






8. A form of city government under which a council - usually elected on a nonpartisan ticket - hires a professional city manager - who runs the city government and has power to hire and fire officials.






9. The 1892 platform of the Populist party repudiating laissez-faire and demanding economic and political reform






10. The permanent committees of a legislature that consider bills and conduct hearings and investigations.






11. Members of this party typically include Conservative Christian groups - higher socio-economic classes - middle-class white collar - and suburban voters.






12. An offical who is expected to represent the views of his or her constituents even when personally holding different views; one interpretation of the role of the legislator






13. Cabinet department responsible for insuring mortgages and providing housing subsidies. Established in 1965






14. Elections that may lead to a basic shift in the party identification of the electorate.






15. Money spent by individuals or gorups not asociated with candidates to elect or defeat candidates for office






16. Total number of Representatives apportioned to the states based on population and reapportioned with the census every 10 years






17. It the job of _________ committees of a political party to hold voter registration drives - recruit new party members and final candidates for city and county positions.






18. Capital punishment is also known as the _________________.






19. David R. Mayhew has suggested that this influences congressional behavior. The ________________ is the relationship between members of Congress and their constituents.






20. Programs of government - universities - and businesses designed to favor minorities and remedy past discrimination.






21. Assigns bills to the appropriate House committee.






22. Year of the 2nd Continental Congress.






23. Signed the executive order banning segregation in the armed forces.






24. While the verbiage of the 4th Amendment is vague as to what constitutes 'reasonable'. Police departments must rely on _____________; they cannot act on unfounded suspicion.






25. The FCC's equal time policy applies to _____________.






26. Colonies in which freely elected legislatures chose the governor and the king could not veto laws.






27. Established the Federal Reserve Bank - responsible for conducting the nation's monetary policy - maintaining the stability of the financial system - supervising and regulating banking institutions - and protecting the credit rights of consumers - and






28. Term limit for House of Representatives.






29. An official document - published every weekday - which lists the new and proposed regulations of executive departments and regulatory agencies.






30. The overall public has a ___________ view of PACS in terms of bought votes and adding to the cost of running for office






31. Article VI - Paragraph 2 - of the Constitution - which declares that the Constitution - and the laws and treaties of the United States made under it - are 'the supreme Law of the Land' and prevail over any conflicting state constitutions or laws.






32. Age Requirement for House of Representatives.






33. In charge of all state funds. Supervises the collection of taxes and payment of state's bill






34. A declaration by the President in 1823 that warned European powers to keep out of the Western Hemisphere and pledged that the United States would not intervene in the internal affairs of Europe.






35. Judges in Legislative Courts serve _______ terms and do not require impeachment.






36. American politics is dominated by a small ___________ who is responsible for most of the important policy decisions






37. An unwritten custom by which individual senators who belong to the same political party as the president exercise an informal veto power over presidential appointments in their states.






38. The possible tendency of some voters or convention delegates to support the candidate who is leading in the polls and seems likely to win.






39. 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.






40. This contraversial 2001 law allows anti-terrorism authorities to monitor e-mail and Internet traffic in order to prevent terrorist attacks. The government argues that cyberspace is public domain and that no warrants should be needed to access informa






41. Lead by Theodore Roosevelt - this party platform focused on women's suffrage - social reform - fair business practices - and direct election of senators. The won 25% of the popular vote in 1911 - splitting the Republican vote and allowing Democrat Wo






42. This 1967 Supreme Court case prohibited illegal eavesdropping and extending the zone of privacy to include the home - office - person - and immediate public arena.






43. ______________________is responsible for the management of the federal debt and the printing of currency. It is the major fiscal policy agency.






44. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that prohibits any amendment to bills or provides that only memebers of the committee reporting the bill may offer amendments






45. Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman (1979) upheld that bussing programs were an acceptable way to enforce ______________________.






46. At one time - the press generally refrained from publishing personal information that would be damaging. FDR - Eisenhower - and JFK all benefited from this reluctance to engage in _____________________. However - the American publics appetite for sen






47. A jury of 6 to 12 persons who determine guilt or innocence in a civil or criminal action






48. Petition that - if signed by a majority of the members of the House of Representatives - will pry a bill from committee and bring it to the floor for consideration






49. Most states have ___________ legislatures.






50. Redefined Presidential succession and disability.







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