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CLEP American Government

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1. 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






2. There is an _____________ relationship between Presidential approval ratings and unemployment.






3. Lawsuit brought by an individual or group of people on behalf of all those similarly situated






4. Age requirement for President






5. The body composed of electors from the 50 states who formally have the power to elect the president and vice president of the United States. Each state has a number of electors and electoral votes equal to its number of senators and representatives i






6. The right to privacy is ___________ in the Constitution.






7. The ruling in this case provided that the government must prove a threat to national security in order to impose prior restraint.






8. 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.






9. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was somewhat undermined by racist practices in the real estate market such as _____________ and ______________ - which continued illegally in many areas following passage of the Act.






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






11. 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






12. Elects the President if no candidate receives 270 Electoral College votes.






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






14. This controversial clause of the 9th Amendment has allowed government to expand rights to suit its needs.






15. Contacts - coalitions - and interactions across national boundaries






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






17. People may vote in a party's primary only if they are registered members of that party. Independents cannot participate. Note that because some political parties name themselves independent - the term 'non-partisan' often replaces 'independent' when






18. The 1st Amendment states that government cannot issue ______________ - censoring publications before they are published.






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






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






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






22. A policy that takes something away from one person and gives it to someone else -






23. Bills that benefit legislators' home districts - or powerful corporate contributors - with sometimes wasteful or unnecessary public works or other projects.






24. Theory that a government requires the consent of the governed.






25. Prohibits conviction of a crime that occurred before the act became illegal






26. Presidential management model in which corporate CEO tactics are used employing committees - task forces - and special advisors. Successfully utilized by Clinton and G W Bush.






27. Laws must be reasonable. The Supreme Court has abandoned this concept in regards to business matters citing that it is the responsibility of Congress to regulate economic matters. The court has continued to apply this to matters of civil liberties an






28. Number of current cabinet positions under GW Bush.






29. Laws that were designed to segregate black and white Americans and give legal recognition to discrimination.






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






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






32. Today the South is is a two-party battleground - in which the ______________ often have the upper hand






33. Committees appointed for investigative or crisis situations.






34. Representatives serve ____ year terms






35. In 1943 - The Supreme Court upheld the Jehovah's Witnesses right to refrain from saluting the American flag based on their right to _____________.






36. The Supremacy Clause appears in ________________ of the Constitution.






37. The principle of civilian control of the military - based on the clear constitutional power of the president as supreme commander of the armed forces.






38. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 required states in the covered jurisdiction to attain _________________ from the Attorney General before making changes to voting standards - practice - or procedure






39. The power to tax is an example of _______________ powers.






40. Type of interest group represented in Washington by another individual or organization. (Ex. Ford Motor Company pays a lobbyist in Washington to represent them.)






41. This branch of government checks Bureaucracy through its control over lawsuits filed against the agency.






42. The pursuit and exercise of power






43. Included are Agriculture - Nutrition - and Forestry; Appropriations; Armed Services; Banking - Housing and Urban Affairs; Commerce - Science and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Environment and Public Works; Finance; Health - Education -






44. This powerful House committee is in charge of determining under what rule other bills will come to the floor.






45. A system - until modified and reformed in the 1970s - that automatically resulted in the selection as committee chair of those members of the majority party in Congress who had the longest continuous service on a committee.






46. Amendment that delegated the election of Senators to popular vote.






47. A philosophy that the Supreme Court should avoid constitutional questions when possible and uphold acts of Congress unless they clearly violate a specific section of the Constitution.






48. The Constitution requires that state governments - like the federal government - must be _____________ in form - with final authority resting with the people.






49. The binding decisions that the government makes whether in the form of laws -regulations - or judicial decisions






50. The formal source of all authority in each major political party. It nominates the party candidates for president and vice president - writes a platform - settles disputes - writes rules - and elects the members of the national committee.







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