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CLEP American Government

Subjects : clep, civics
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Unwritten law based on custom and tradition.






3. The Supreme Court has ruled that Congress_________________ take away a person's citizenship unless it is freely renounced.






4. This category of interest groups has been the strongest and most effective in lobbying Washington






5. 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






6. Th joint listing of the presidential and vice presidential candidates on the same ballot as required by the twelfth amendment






7. California measure designed to deny welfare and other benefits to illegal aliens. Overwhelmingly passed the popular vote - but overturned in federal court because it extending beyond the bounds of state rights to attempt to control immigration.






8. Members of this party typically include women who support liberal policies on abortion and equal pay - Jews - Catholics - Blacks and other minorities - Blue-collar working class - urban - labor unions - and intelligensia






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






10. The uprising of farmers angered by crushing debt and taxes that revealed the failure of the Articles of Confederation.

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11. First civil rights organization to use non-violent tactics to promote racial equality and desegregation






12. A White House council created under the National Security Act of 1947 to advise the president and help coordinate American military and foreign policy.






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






14. The Immigration Act of 1965 abolished the practice of _______________ allowing more diversity among immigrants.






15. Number of years a Senator must reside in the US prior to taking office






16. The attitudes and actions of people that sustain and buttress the political system at all levels and allows the political system to continue to work.






17. In Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969) - the Supreme Court established precedents for ___________________ in schools and government institutions.






18. Concept of the British statesman Edmund Burke that legislators should act according to their own consciences.






19. Members of the ______________ committee of a political party work to maintain influence during non election years through congressional campaign committees.






20. The power of some municipalities to modify their charters and run their affairs without approval by the state legislature.






21. Elections in which the majority party (according to party identification) is defeated in a temporary reversal.






22. A legislature with only one house.






23. A law passed by Congress in 1973 in an effort to set a time limit on the use of combat forces abroad by a president.






24. Which office serves as a watchdog into waste or fraud in the bureaucracy and conducts investigations at the request of congressional committees






25. Committees appointed for investigative or crisis situations.






26. The Medicaid and Food Stamp programs are examples of two very large






27. The absent colony at the 2nd Continental Congress.






28. Legislature bills that affect only a small group of citizens.






29. Federal categorical grants in which the granting agency has much discretion over how the recipient spends the money.






30. This 1964 case established strict standards for proving slander and libel - court must prove intent of malice on the part of the publisher.






31. The way things actually are.






32. The gap between the government's income and outlays.






33. Federal categorical grants in which the granting agency has less discretion over how the recipient spends the money.






34. This term refers to the gain in the polls that a candidate often enjoys after a national convention






35. The introductory statement of the U.S. Constitution - setting forth the general principles of American government and beginning with the words - 'We the people of the United States - in order to form a more perfect union. ...'






36. Which historical figure described democracy as 'the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time?'






37. 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.






38. In states using primaries - the most common form of primary election is the ___________ primary.






39. Requires the Electoral College to vote for President and Vice President separately.






40. Contacts - coalitions - and interactions across national boundaries






41. In Reynolds v. US (1879) - the Supreme Court denied this right to Reynolds because his religion's practice of polygamy violated federal law.






42. 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.






43. The agency that provides Congress with evaluations of public policies is the






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






45. Number of Senators elected at large per state -






46. Test whereby the Supreme Court established criteria by which state may provide aid to religious groups.






47. Year of the 2nd Continental Congress.






48. Bills passed by Congress to pay for the spending it has authorized.






49. Lead by Daniel Webster and Henry Clay. Dedicated to defending federal authority and high tariffs. Gained supports of merchants - bankers - industrialists and planters.






50. 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.