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CLEP Political Science Us

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).






2. The 1780s in the United States - maked by internal conflict. The economy deteriorated as individual states printed their own currencies - taxed the products of their neighbors - and ignored foreign trade agreements. Inflation soared - small farmers l






3. WWll - 1941






4. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.






5. % of House that get reelected






6. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.






7. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.






8. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.






9. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.






10. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.






11. A survey of the origins and development of the political system in the United States from the colonial days to modern times with an emphasis on the Constitution - various political structures such as the legislative - executive - and judicial branche






12. High-ranking military officers who represent the Navy - Army - Air Force and Marines. They assist the civilian leaders of the Department of Defense-advise the president on security matters.






13. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.






14. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.






15. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.






16. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.






17. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.






18. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.






19. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






20. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






21. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






22. 30 minutes.






23. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.






24. A rule that gov't action toward religion is permissible if it is secular in purpose. Separation of law and religion.

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25. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.






26. A series of meetings to reform the Articles of Confederation convened in Philadelphia in 1787 in response to the economic and social disorder and the dangers of foreign intervention. The result was an entirely new plan of government - the Constitutio






27. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.






28. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.






29. Congress has this power - only used twice.






30. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.






31. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.






32. Most common job of Senators






33. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






34. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.






35. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.






36. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?






37. Temp. committees whose members are appointed by SotH and officer of the Senate. They are charged with reaching compromise on legislation once it has been passed by the House. Determine what laws are passed.






38. Delegate - member of Congress acts on the express preference of his constituents. Trustee - member is more loosely tied to constituents and makes the decisions she thinks best.






39. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.






40. An inability to regulate interstate and foreign trade - lack of a chief executive and a national court system - and its rule that amendments must be approved by unanimous consent.






41. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






42. Number of Supreme Court Justices






43. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.






44. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.

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45. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?






46. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.






47. The 1803 case in which Chief Justice John Marshall and his associates first asserted the right of the Supreme Court to determine the meaning of the U.S. Constitution. The decision established the Court's power of judicial review over acts of Congress






48. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.






49. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.






50. Civil liberties are rights that individuals have against government. Among our civil liberties are the right to free expression - the right to worship (or not) as we choose - and the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. Only the