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CLEP American Government
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. According to the Constitution - the electors in the Electoral College shall be appointed in a manner to be determined by the
Federalist Papers
Residual
State Treasurer
state legislatures
2. Gave authority over atomic energy from military to civilians.
Low
Majority Rule
Atomic Energy Act of 1946
Ratification
3. Th joint listing of the presidential and vice presidential candidates on the same ballot as required by the twelfth amendment
Presidential Ticket
Isolationism
Federalism
Enacted
4. The concept that all people are of equal worth - even if not of equal ability.
Grand Jury Indictment
Petition of Right
Equality
Majority and Minority Leader
5. Programs of government - universities - and businesses designed to favor minorities and remedy past discrimination.
Project Grant
Fiscal Federalism
Affirmative Action
Horse race
6. Concept of the British statesman Edmund Burke that legislators should act according to their own consciences.
Trustee
Independent
Caucuses
Medicare
7. _____ out of 9 justices must agree to hear an appellate case brought to them from a lower court.
Realigning Elections
Baker v. Wingo
4
Common Sense
8. Control of a market by a single company.
Clean bill
Political Patronage
Scandal Mongering
Monopoly
9. A nation's set of fundamental beliefs about how government and politics should be conducted.
Political Culture
Referendum
Privileges and Immunities Clause
Two Trial
10. Prohibits citizens of one state or foreign country from suing another state.
11th Amendment
de facto
Gitlow v. New York
Socialism
11. Congress' first step towards allocating funds
State of the Union
Grant Clemency
Writ of Certiorari
Authorizations
12. Things government decides to do - example: taxation - crime control - national defense - education - etc.
Public Policies
Appealed
Original
Impoundment
13. The federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy)
Positive
Independent Regulatory Agencies
Regulatory Federalism
Agriculture
14. 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.
Raiding
Court of Appeals
Nuclear Proliferation
National Political Parties
15. Legislative house whose membership was intended to represent the state.
Senate
Scottsboro Boys Case
Probable Cause
Offensive Language
16. In a political campaign - the surest way of reaching the largest number of voters is usually _____________.
Freedom of Speech
Television
Federalist
Resolutions
17. Constitutionally empowered to appoint judges - ambassadors - and other high officials - Constitutionally empowered to make treaties with foreign countries.
Select Committee
President
Common Sense
Membership
18. Concurrent resolution - adopted by both Houses of Congress - that sets forth a Congressional budget plan for the budget year and at least four out-years.
3
27th Amendment
imprisoned
Budget Resolution
19. Largest interest group in the US.
AARP
Government Corporations
Majority and Minority Leader
NY Times v. Sullivan
20. A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that permits floor amendments within the overall time allocated to the bill.
national quotas
Civil Liberties
Open rule
Press Secretary
21. A federal tax on imports.
Lower
Tariff
Dies
Convention Bounce
22. The pursuit and exercise of power.
Iron Triangle
Patriot Act
Politics
Administrative Procedure Act
23. The 1896 case of Plessy v. Fergusan established the racial segregation policy of __________________.
Appropriations
Implied
Separate but Equal
Party Column Ballot
24. ________________ of the Constitution governs the relationships of the states.
Increased competition
Article IV
Soft Money
Poll Tax
25. This 1st amendment clause prohibits the government from making any law prohibiting the exercise of any religion
Executive Agencies
Lose
Free Exercise Clause
Free Rider
26. A provision of the Federal Communications Act that requires broadcasters to provide the same amount of exposure to all legally qualified political candidates.
1st Amendment
Fiscal Federalism
Equal Time
National Security Council
27. This category of interest groups has been the strongest and most effective in lobbying Washington
Economic Interest Groups
Proposition 187
4
Judicial
28. Government employees who publicly expose evidence of official waste or corruption that they have learned about in the course of their duties.
Pork Barrel Spending
Whistle-blowers
Cruel and Unusual
Civil Liberties
29. Important during the Revolution - these bodies organized by the local governments of the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution for the purposes of coordinating written communication outside of the colony.
Committees of Correspondence
Declining
Eminent Domain
10th Amendment
30. Number of current cabinet positions under GW Bush.
15
Majority Whip
6
Instructed Delegate
31. Total number of Representatives apportioned to the states based on population and reapportioned with the census every 10 years
Politics
Shay's Rebellion
435
20
32. 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.
Low
President
Exclusionary Rule
Death penalty
33. The state officer typically responsible for overseeing federal elections at the state level is the
Secretary of State
Felonies
Republic
Reference Group
34. Define US Citizenship as any person born or naturalized in the United States.
Free Exercise Clause
Party Dealignment
14th Amendment
W.E.B. DuBoise
35. 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.
Impeachment
Sub-government
Cruel and Unusual
Brown v. Board of Education Topeka - Kansas
36. The FCC's equal time policy applies to _____________.
Offensive Language
Categorical Grant
Political Advertising
Veto
37. Which office serves as a watchdog into waste or fraud in the bureaucracy and conducts investigations at the request of congressional committees
de facto
Categorical Grants
General Accounting
Supply Side Economics
38. Courts of original jurisdiction in federal crimes - civil suits under federal law - civil suits between citizens of different states where the amount in question exceeds $50 -000 - bankruptcy proceedings - cases involving some federal administrative
Ways and Means Committee
General Election
Elastic Clause
Federal District
39. A relaxation of international tensions.
Enterprise Zones
Detente
Legislative Veto
Commerce
40. Constitutional protection of the accused to not be tried for the same crime twice.
Clean bill
Federalism
Presidential Veto
Double Jeopardy
41. Love of country and a desire for independence; it can also mean an excessive form of patriotism exploited by political leaders.
12
Gerrymandering
Nationalism
Impeachment
42. Formal approval or consent given to a constitution - constitutional amendment - or treaty before it goes into effect.
Clothespin vote
Political Action Committee
Ratification
Court of Appeals
43. The Supreme Court has sometimes used a narrow interpretation of the Establishment Clause allowing the government to provide aid to religious groups as long as it remains ______________ and does not promote one religion at the expense of another. This
Clear and Present Danger
Lose
11th Amendment
Impartial
44. Polls taken as people leave voting places. In the past - television networks sometimes used these polls to predict election outcomes before the polls close. In 1992 - the television networks agreed not to project the winner in a state until the major
Writ of Assistance
Unlimited
Exit Polls
Probable Cause
45. The Supreme Court holds _____________ jurisdiction in cases against the US - ambassadors - public ministers - and consuls.
Secondary Group
Reserved Powers
Cruel and Unusual
Original
46. In some cases where blicity too much publicity surrounds a trial - courts have granted _______________ to help ensure a fair trial. One example is the trial of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City Bombing.
Pentagon Papers
Change of Venue
Enterprise Zones
Select Committee
47. Population migration patterns since the second World War have increased the power of _____________.
Offensive Language
Suburbia
Article V
Free Exercise
48. 1925 Supreme Court case overturned Baron v. Baltimore and applied the Bill of Rights to states.
Gitlow v. New York
Violation of Law
Quid Pro Quo
General Accounting
49. Number of years a Senator must reside in the US prior to taking office
Export Taxes
Rules Committee
9
Separate but Equal
50. 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.
Right of Expatriation
19th Amendment
Raise Public Awareness
Local