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CLEP American Government

Subjects : clep, civics
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A method available in most states that allows voters - in effect - to 'veto' a bill passed by the legislature or to accept or reject a proposal - such as a bond issue - made by a government agency.






2. 1963 ruling prohibiting prayer in public schools.






3. Guarantees the right to bare arms.






4. Literally meaning 'right of blood' - confers citizenship to a child from the parents.






5. This amendment includes the due process clause - the equal protection clause - and gave rights to former slaves.






6. 1944 case established that as as long as a person accepted their beliefs in good faith that it is not the government's authority to determine whether those beliefs are valid.






7. These party members tend to be ideologues who put issues ahead of winning elections and withhold support from candidates who do not share their stance on issues. Very active in special interest groups and caucuses within the party. Willing to break a






8. While both Asian and Hispanic immigrants experience various types of discrimination - Hispanic immigrants are more likely to experience economic discrimination. This explains why most Hispanics identify with the ____________ party - while Asians do n






9. Spending by the national committees of the political parties to support the election of congressional candidates is known as






10. A relaxation of international tensions.






11. After the bill reaches the house floor - if opponents have many changes - they may vote to ______________________.






12. An economic system in which the factors of production are owned by the publicand operate for the welfare of all.






13. A place of work in which any person may be hired provided that he or she joins the union within a specified time.






14. Powers of the national government that flow from its enumerated powers and the 'elastic clause' of the Constitution.






15. Tests of a voter's ability to read and write - which were often used to keep recent immigrants and blacks from voting.






16. A technique polling organizations use in which several people from the same neighborhood are interviewed.






17. 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 _______________.






18. A decision of the Supreme Court cannot be ___________.






19. The response of the rest of society to actions by the authorities.






20. The estimated number of illegal aliens living in the US.






21. The expression of attitudes about government and politics.






22. In the 1990 case OR State Employment Division v. Smith 1990 - the Supreme court allowed the state to fire employees who use peyote during native American religious ceremonies because it is in violation of drug laws. In this case - which clause of the






23. Representatives serve ____ year terms






24. Powers specifically given to the federal government by the US Constitution - for example - the authority to print money.






25. Define US Citizenship as any person born or naturalized in the United States.






26. A group of writers - journalists - and critics who exposed corporate malfeasance and political corruption in the first decade of the 20th century.






27. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) - founded in 1932 by President Herbert Hoover to help combat the Great Depression - was the predecessor of which federal agencies?






28. These dissenting Republicans won 17% of the popular vote in 1924 on a platform for public control of national resources and railways - tax reductions - and changes to the staff of the executive department

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29. The main mechanism used by modern political parties to nominate their candidate for President.






30. Loose - competitive relationships among policy experts - interest groups - congressional committees - and federal agencies. Many observers argue that these have replaced iron triangles.






31. Elections that reflect the basic party identification of the voters.






32. ___________ vote in both the House and Senate may override a Presidential veto of legislation.






33. Although camera are allowed in most trial courts - they are banned from ______________.






34. The number of ______________ a state receives is based on the number Representatives and Senators that the state has in Congress






35. He United States Constitution was opposed by which group?






36. Multi-interest and often multinational corporations that - under one corporate roof - may manufacture a wide variety of products.






37. Colonies in which the proprietors (who had obtained their patents from the king) named the governors - subject to the king's approval.






38. The rules and regulations made and applied by federal regulatory agencies and commissions.






39. Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial.






40. An ideology that cherishes individual liberty and insists on a sharply limited government - promoting a free market economy - a non-interventionist foreign policy - and an absence of regulation in the moral and social spheres.






41. Defamation by written or printed words - pictures - or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures.






42. Organizations or groups - such as labor unions or fraternal - professional - or religious groups - that may influence an individual's opinion.






43. A controversial law overwhelmingly passed by Congress in October 2001 - after the terrorist attacks of September 11 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. It greatly expanded the power of federal law enforcement authorities to move against suspe






44. As part of the negotiations concerning the Constitution - the South fought for and won an agreement forbidding the imposition of _______________.






45. 14th Amendment is often used to support the right to ____________.






46. 1976 Law requiring all governmental agency meetings to be open to the public unless classified information will be discussed.






47. The practice of victorious politicians to reward their followers with jobs. Also known as the spoils system.






48. The 15th Amendment - also know as _________________ - was intended to help recently freed blacks from unconstitutional state laws designed to circumvent federal laws.






49. The 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine that prompted King George III's Prohibitory Act and the sending of mercenaries to the colonies.






50. Age requirement for President