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CLEP Political Science Us
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1. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
Bill of Rights
Executive Agreements
Presidential Mandate
Congressional Oversight
2. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Strict Scrutiny
Brown v. Board of Education
Congressional Oversight
Stare Decisis
3. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Clear and Present Danger Test
Gideon v. Wainwright
Congressional Oversight
Buckley v. Valeo
4. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
2/3 from Congress
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
5. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Gouverneur Morris
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Filibuster
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
6. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Bill of Rights
Miranda v. Arizona
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
8th Amendment
7. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Clear and Present Danger Test
Dred Scot v. Standford
Strict Scrutiny
De facto and de jure segregation
8. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Lawrence v. Texas
Activist Judges
George Washington
Critical Period
9. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
American Government and Politics
Dred Scot v. Standford
Regulatory Agency
10. 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
George Washington
Around 100
Constitutional Convention
8th Amendment
11. 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.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Class Action Suit
12. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Pork Barrel Legislation
Lawyers
Executive Agreements
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
13. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Civil Service Act of 1883
Griswald v. Connecticut
American Government and Politics
Logrolling
14. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
14th Amendment
Shays' Rebellion
Pork Barrel Legislation
Administrative Rule Making
15. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
The Federalist Papers
Power of the Federal Reserve
6 years/2 years
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
16. Court found detainess held both at US and Guantanamo bay had the right to challenge their detention before a judge or other neutral decision maker.
De facto and de jure segregation
14th Amendment
Regulatory Agency
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
17. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Independent Agency
Habeas Corpus
Alexander Hamilton
18. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Gouverneur Morris
4th Amendment protections
Jim Crow Laws
Bill of Rights
19. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Griswald v. Connecticut
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
20. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Alexander Hamilton
Filibuster
Dred Scot v. Standford
90% or higher
21. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Class Action Suit
Logrolling
Bill of Rights
Power of the Federal Reserve
22. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Congressional Oversight
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Government Corporation
23. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Miranda v. Arizona
James Madison
American Government and Politics
Clear and Present Danger Test
24. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Stare Decisis
Gideon v. Wainwright
9
2/3 from Congress
25. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
CA Prop 187
The Exclusionary Rule
Senatorial Courtesy
Daniel Shays
26. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Prior Restraint
Marbury v. Madison
Stare Decisis
Amicus Curiae
27. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Buckley v. Valeo
Native American Smoking
90% or higher
Amicus Curiae
28. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Delegated Powers
Critical Period
8th Amendment
Regulatory Agency
29. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Alexander Hamilton
Presidential Mandate
Senatorial Courtesy
30. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
9
Amicus Curiae
Griswald v. Connecticut
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
31. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
14th Amendment
State of the Union Address
Prior Restraint
Standing
32. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Strict Scrutiny
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Thomas Jefferson
Senatorial Courtesy
33. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Speaker of the House
Standing
4th Amendment protections
Government Corporation
34. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Clear and Present Danger Test
State of the Union Address
Thomas Jefferson
Amicus Curiae
35. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Regulatory Agency
Executive Order
Government Corporation
Redlining
36. 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.
Articles of Confederation
The Federalist Papers
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
American Government and Politics
37. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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38. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Class Action Suit
Around 100
8th Amendment
Thomas Jefferson
39. 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.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Dred Scot v. Standford
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
40. 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.
Logrolling
De facto and de jure segregation
14th Amendment
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
41. The chief presiding officer of the HoR. The speaker is the most important party and House leader - can influence lefislative agenda - fate of individual pieces of legislation - and members positions with the House.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Speaker of the House
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Pork Barrel Legislation
42. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Critical Period
Constitutional Convention
Amicus Curiae
Redlining
43. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
War Powers Resolution
4th Amendment protections
Lawyers
Articles of Confederation
44. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
President's Appointment Power
Government Corporation
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
The Declaration of Independence.
45. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Buckley v. Valeo
Prior Restraint
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Critical Period
46. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
The Federalist Papers
Senatorial Courtesy
Activist Judges
Habeas Corpus
47. 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.
Clear and Present Danger Test
Senatorial Courtesy
14th Amendment
Last time Congress declared war
48. % of votes to override a presidential veto
Buckley v. Valeo
2/3 from Congress
Strict Scrutiny
Marbury v. Madison
49. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Miranda v. Arizona
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Power to Declare War
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
50. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Brown v. Board of Education
Griswald v. Connecticut
Miranda v. Arizona
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction