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CLEP American Government
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1. The state officer typically responsible for overseeing federal elections at the state level is the
Inverse
Secretary of State
Segregation
17th
2. The agency that provides Congress with evaluations of public policies is the
Universe
General Accounting Office
Implied Powers
Cruel and Unusual
3. 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.
Judicial
Senatorial Courtesy
9
Espionage Act
4. The issue of slavery split the Democratic Party into what two factions?
Northern and Southern
Public Policies
Bowers v. Hardwick
Politics
5. This branch of government checks Bureaucracy through its control over budget and appointments of leadership.
Executive
14th Amendment
Earl Warren
Conglomerates
6. 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
State Government
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
Mugwumps
Creative Federalism
7. The number of ______________ a state receives is based on the number Representatives and Senators that the state has in Congress
Royal Colonies
Ratification
Electoral Votes
a senior senator of the majority party
8. The European political philosophers whose writings influenced the concepts of liberty and government contained in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution belonged to the intellectual and cultural movement known as
The Enlightenment
Third Party
Members of Congress
Joint Committees
9. Each Senate committee may have ________ subcommittees.
Pork-Barrel Legislation
5
Freedom of Information Act
unlimited
10. In addition to overseeing the activities of one or more federal agencies - a ___________________may also serve as the authorizing committee for federal agencies' programs and operations.
National Committee
Fiscal Policy
Due Process of Law
congressional oversight committee
11. Political strategists believe that presidential elections will normally be won or lost in _______________states.
Pentagon Papers
AARP
Royalists
Populous
12. Voters tendency to identify with a party that shares their views on important issues ignoring the party's stance on issues they deem less important. to be life-long unless there is a major change in the party's platform. 2. Influenced by ra
Party Identification
Economic Interest Groups
Open
Republican
13. The right to renounce one's citizenship.
Party Realignment
Right of Expatriation
Permanent Registration
Open rule
14. According to one survey - what percentage of Americans belongs to groups that sometimes take a stand on public issues
Transportation
Procedural Due Process
31
Gay
15. Laws on Schools - Marriage - and owning property;Licensee Lawyers - Doctors - and Teachers.
Budget Resolution
Bundling
State Government
Declining
16. Colonies controlled by the British king through governors appointed by him and through the king's veto power over colonial laws.
Redistributive Policy
Pentagon Papers
Royal Colonies
Judicial
17. Ruling by the Supreme Court in 1954 that racial segregation in public schools violates the Fourteenth Amendment's requirement of equal protection of the laws for all persons.
Brown v. Board of Education Topeka - Kansas
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Veteran's Affairs
Permanent Registration
18. 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
Riders
Felonies
Unlimited
Delegate
19. The only amendments to be ratified through the process of 'ratifying conventions -' not a vote in the state legislatures
Freedom of Speech
Bill of Rights
Judicial Restraint
Jus Soli
20. The 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act banned contributions of soft money to______________.
4th Amendment
National Political Parties
Straight Ticket Voting
Chief Justice
21. Cabinet department that includes the FAA and the National Hwy Traffic Safety Administration. Established in 1966.
Shay's Rebellion
Transportation
Conference Committee
Article V
22. A technique polling organizations use in which several people from the same neighborhood are interviewed.
Max Weber
2
Federal Register
Cluster Sampling
23. 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
Executive
Monopoly
Democratic
Precedent
24. An economic system in which the factors of production are owned by the publicand operate for the welfare of all.
Writ of Certiorari
Political ideology
Socialism
Sub-government
25. 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.
Legislative Veto
Caucuses
Natural Rights
US v. Ballard
26. In 1992 - the television networks agreed not to release these until a majority of polling places had closed in each state
Strategic Deterrence
Party Dealignment
Freedom of Information Act
Exit Polls
27. The pursuit and exercise of power
Family
Office of Management and Budget
Distribution
Politics
28. The 15th Amendment - also know as _________________ - was intended to help recently freed blacks from unconstitutional state laws designed to circumvent federal laws.
Incorporation Doctrine
Executive Privilege
Government
Party of Economic Protest
29. This rule established by US v. Leon (1984) angered civil liberties groups by allowing exception to the Exclusionary Rule in instances where probably cause may not fully exist.
Good Faith Exception
435
Deviating Elections
Jim Crow Laws
30. The concentration of economic power in the hands of a relatively few large companies.
Oligopoly
Elastic Clause
Court of Appeals
Democrats
31. Procedure typically requiring 3/5 vote of the entire Senate to end a filibuster.
Delegated Powers
Cloture
Exit Polls
Adversarial
32. Presidential management model in which the Chief of Staff plays a prominent role as the head of a military style chain of command. Used successfully by Reagan and Eisenhower.
Pyramid Model
Grand Jury Indictment
Woodrow Wilson
Standing Committees
33. 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.
Probable Cause
Block Grant
Constituencies
Campaign Finance Reform
34. 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.
Change of Venue
Referendum
16th Amendment
Periodic Registration
35. Popular until the early 20th century when they lost favor to primaries due to corruption - now used in only 12 states.
Senatorial Courtesy
Caucuses
Unitary System
Closed Shop
36. Also known as the Massachusetts ballot - groups candidates according to the office for which they are running
New Deal Era
Office Column Ballot
Alien and Sedition Acts
Budget Resolution
37. 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.
Federal
Appropriations
Original Jurisdiction
Supply Side Economics
38. In WV State BOE v Barnette (1943) - the Supreme Court ruled that compelling citizens to salute the flag violates the principles of a free society - upholding which 1st Amendment rights?
Free Exercise of Religion
Executive Agencies
Omaha platform
Clothespin vote
39. This contraversial legal technicality intended to protect civil liberties has allowed criminals to remain free when the courts refuse to admit evidence that may have been obtained illegally.
Maintaining Elections
Equal Protection Clause
Exclusionary Rule
Violation of Law
40. Cabinet department responsible for insuring mortgages and providing housing subsidies. Established in 1965
8 Million
Housing and Urban Development
Free Exercise Clause
Closed
41. A group of high-level administrators and managers at the top of the government bureaucracy. SES members have less job tenure but are eligible for substantial cash bonuses for merit.
Caucuses
Senior Executive Service
Public Policies
Joint Committee
42. A law passed in 1966 that requires federal executive branch and regulatory agencies to make information available to journalists - scholars - and the public unless it falls into one of several confidential categories.
Veteran's Affairs
Freedom of Information Act
Baker v. Wingo
Magna Carta
43. 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
Quota Sampling
Select Committee
Redistributive Policy
Positive
44. A registered voter may vote in any party primary regardless of his own party affiliation. When voters do not register with a party before the primary - it is called a pick-a-party primary because the voter can select which party's primary he or she w
Open
10th Amendment
Literacy Tests
Clear and Present Danger
45. Which of the following factors is likely to be the weakest indicator of an individual's political beliefs and opinions? Age - Race - Intelligence - or Religion
Intelligence
Elastic Clause
National Security Council
Prior Restraint
46. This controversial clause of the 9th Amendment has allowed government to expand rights to suit its needs.
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Virginia Plan
Public Policies
Elastic Clause
47. Number of Federal District courts across 50 states - DC and Puerto Rico.
Majority Rule
89
Senatorial Courtesy
Chief Justice
48. Broadly worded warrants used by British soldiers during colonial America to search for contraband and prevent smuggling.
Interest groups
Supremacy Clause
Democratic
Writ of Assistance
49. ________ of voters identify with one political party in advance of the campaign.
2/3
Poll Tax
Blacks
Impoundment
50. Senators have a __________ rate of re-election than Representatives primarily because of their larger constituency and lack of direct involvement with them.
Independent expenditures
4
Lower
Fast Track Authority
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