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CLEP Political Science Us

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1. % of House that get reelected






2. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.






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






4. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.






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






6. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.






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






8. 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






9. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.






10. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.






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

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12. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.






13. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.






14. Congress has this power - only used twice.






15. 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.






16. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






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






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






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






20. Not allowed.






21. 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.






22. A system in which the president submits the name of a candidate for judicial appointment to the senators from the candidate's state before formally submitting it for full senate approval.






23. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.






24. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






25. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.






26. 30 minutes.






27. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






28. Term of Senate/House






29. Implemented following the successful revolt of the British colonies in North America against imperial rule - the articles served as the national government from 1781-1787.






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






31. de jure - 'by law'. Legally enforced practices - such as school segregation in the South before the 1960s. De facto - 'by fact'. Practices that occur even when there is no legal enforcement - such as school segregation in much of the US today.






32. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






33. Most common job of Senators






34. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.






35. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.






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






37. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






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






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






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






41. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






42. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.






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






44. 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.






45. WWll - 1941






46. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.






47. 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






48. 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






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