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CLEP American Government
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1. A legislator who automatically mirrors the will of the majority of his or her constituents.
Free Exercise of Religion
Instructed Delegate
Prior Restraint
Political Action Committees
2. Established national income tax.
Gerrymandering
Formula Grant
Primary
16th Amendment
3. Its the responsibility of ___________ committees of a political party to solidify the party within each state and organize primary elections
Transnational Relations
2nd Amendment
State
Rules Committee
4. The only court specifically outlined in the Constitution.
Supreme Court
Baker v. Wingo
Freedom of Religion
Executive Privilege
5. A strand of American foreign policy that was visible by the end of the 19th century; it included 'gunboat diplomacy' and other forms of military involvement by the United States in various parts of the world.
Interventionism
New Federalism
Judicial
Categorical Grants
6. During the period from 1976 to 1824 - This party was lead by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. They wanted a stronger national government that would rectify the pitfalls of the Articles of Confederation. Their supporters held a stronghold in New
Proprietary Colonies
Policy
Federalist
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
7. Assigns bills to the appropriate House committee.
New Deal Era
Economic Interest Groups
Speaker of the House
Hatch Act
8. When the population's overall feeling of political efficacy is low - voter turnout is _______.
High
Republic
Cycle of Decreasing Influence
Low
9. Established by President Hoover - It is the _______________ job to keep the press informed and orchestrate press conferences
Trial Balloon
Press Secretary
Open Meeting Law
Procedural Due Process
10. The 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine that prompted King George III's Prohibitory Act and the sending of mercenaries to the colonies.
Trial Balloon
Transportation
Redistributive Policy
Common Sense
11. The policy established after the Second World War that America must take an active leadership role in world affairs
Internationalism
Federal Courts
Gerrymandering
Entitlement Spending
12. The total group from which poll-takers may select a random sample in order to measure public opinion.
Universe
Clear and Present Danger
War Powers Resolution
Unlimited
13. Requests from people or groups for health care for the aged - loans for college students - equal opportunity for minorities - and higher subsidies for farmers are examples of:
Demands
Public Bills
Party Regulars
Lyndon B. Johnson
14. An election in which voters in a jurisdiction select candidates for a subsequent election. In other words - one means by which a political party nominate candidates for the following general election.s
unlimited
Primary
Campaign Finance Reform
US v. Ballard
15. Head of the Supreme Court.
Gerrymandering
Dred Scott Decision
Chief Justice
55
16. Wisconsin Republican who exploited public concern for political gain during the 1950's through freewheeling investigations of alleged Communists.
Popular Sovereignty
6
Joseph McCarthy
de facto
17. Beginning with the election of Abraham Lincoln - the period between 1860 and the Great Depression was dominated by this political party.
5
Republicans
Supply Side Economics
9
18. Voters in a political district - or supporters of an elected official; or interest groups or client groups that are either directly regulated by the bureaucracy or vitally affected by its decisions.
Increased competition
State Government
Constituencies
Freedom of Speech
19. Cabinet department that includes the FAA and the National Hwy Traffic Safety Administration. Established in 1966.
Transportation
Democracy
2
Union Shop
20. Federal grants in which the recipient has little discretion over how the money is spent. The national government sets narrowly defined rules for use of funds and often requires the states or local governments to provide matching funds. These grants a
Categorical Grant
Homeland Security
Budget Resolutions
2
21. Elections that may lead to a basic shift in the party identification of the electorate.
Public Opinion
Exit Polls
Laissez-Faire
Realigning Elections
22. ___________ vote in both the House and Senate may override a Presidential veto of legislation.
Implied
2/3
Omaha platform
Original Jurisdiction
23. The federal fiscal year begins ___________.
High
Government
Joseph McCarthy
October 1st
24. Includes the 13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments. Abolished slavery and guaranteed due process and equal protection to all citizens.
Entitlement Programs
Nationalism
Republic
Civil War Amendments
25. Responsible for assigning bills to committee in the Senate.
Article III
Ways and Mean Committee
Confirmed
Majority and Minority Leader
26. 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.
Riders
Legislative Courts
Seniority System
Cruel and Unusual
27. Multi-interest and often multinational corporations that - under one corporate roof - may manufacture a wide variety of products.
House of Representatives
Conglomerates
Budget Resolution
Mayflower Compact
28. Prompted by FDR's 4th election to the Presidency - the 22nd Amendment limited the number of Presidential terms to _____ terms.
2
Caucuses
Commonwealth
Gross Domestic Product
29. A declaration by the President in 1823 that warned European powers to keep out of the Western Hemisphere and pledged that the United States would not intervene in the internal affairs of Europe.
Monroe Doctrine
Bureaucracy
Capitalism
Enterprise Zones
30. Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman (1979) upheld that bussing programs were an acceptable way to enforce ______________________.
Export Taxes
Senate Standing Committees
Senate
School Desegregation
31. The case of Gregg v. Georgia set the precedent for a ________________ system in which guilt and sentencing and tried separately.
Commander in Chief
Public Bills
Whistle-blowers
Two Trial
32. Colonies in which the proprietors (who had obtained their patents from the king) named the governors - subject to the king's approval.
7
Proprietary Colonies
Patriot Act
Political Socialization
33. This branch of government checks Bureaucracy through its control over the creation and elimination of agencies as well as its control over budget appropriations.
Legislative
Affirmative Action
Soft money
Collective Action
34. During the 1800's and early 1900's - some state and local party committees became ________________ dominating party activities. Committee members would promise new recruits money - jobs - and other benefits for joining and voting the straight party t
Reynolds v. Sims
Miranda Rights
Political Machines
Executive Agreements
35. PACs may donate a ______________ amount of indirect or in-kind donations to a campaign. (Ex. placing ads to support their candidate)
Winston Churchill
Freedom of Information Act
Open rule
Unlimited
36. According to V. O. Key - Jr. - the Populist Party of the 1890s is an example of a ____________________.
Party of Economic Protest
Zenger
1st Amendment
Low
37. Spending determined by the number of qualified recipients and their legally determined need is called
National Committee
Absolute Position
Entitlement Spending
Articles of Confederation
38. Although camera are allowed in most trial courts - they are banned from ______________.
Federal Courts
Swing Voters in the Democratic Party
Hatch Act
Federalist Papers
39. Judicial Check on Legislative Branch. Not specifically outlined in the Constitution - but established in the case of Marbury v. Madison through the application of the Supremacy Clause in Article VI.
Parallel
Judicial Review
Alien and Sedition Acts
Public Bills
40. Colonies controlled by the British king through governors appointed by him and through the king's veto power over colonial laws.
Increased
Legislative
Royal Colonies
New Jersey Plan
41. Unwritten law based on custom and tradition.
Earmarks
Albany Plan
Common Law
Third Parties
42. This contraversial 2001 law allows anti-terrorism authorities to monitor e-mail and Internet traffic in order to prevent terrorist attacks. The government argues that cyberspace is public domain and that no warrants should be needed to access informa
Whip
Reference Group
Patriot Act
Political Patronage
43. The principle of civilian control of the military - based on the clear constitutional power of the president as supreme commander of the armed forces.
Open rule
Civilian Supremacy
2
Federalism
44. Form of government in which the people are sovereign but their power is exercised by their elected representatives.
Bureaucracy
Export Taxes
Regulatory Federalism
Republic
45. The Supreme Court holds _____________ jurisdiction in cases against the US - ambassadors - public ministers - and consuls.
Rhode Island
Original
2
Power Structure
46. 14th Amendment is often used to support the right to ____________.
Impeachment
Government Corporations
Third Party
Due Process
47. A primary in which any registered voter is able to vote for candidates from more than one party. A voter - for example - may vote for a Democrat for U.S. senator and for a Republican for governor. In 2000 - the Supreme Court struck down the blanket p
Capitalism
Democratic-Republicans
Public Policies
Blanket Primary
48. Constitutionally required address by the President typically given in a joint session of Congress.
Recall
18th Amendment
Unicameral
State of the Union
49. The proceeding before a judge in which the formal charges of an indictment or information are read to an accused person - who may plead guilty or not guilty.
House of Representatives
Arraignment
Jim Crow Laws
Senate
50. Presides over the Senate without voting privileges except in the case of a tie.
Vice President
Federal
2/3
Intelligence
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