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CLEP Political Science Us

Subjects : clep, political-science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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






3. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions






4. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.






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






6. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






7. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.

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8. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






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






10. 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






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






12. 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.






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

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






15. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).






16. 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






17. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.






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






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






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






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






22. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






23. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






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






25. Congress because they're tied to the people.

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






27. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).






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






29. 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.






30. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.






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






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






33. Term of Senate/House






34. 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.






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






41. 30 minutes.






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






43. Not allowed.






44. Number of Supreme Court Justices






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






46. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






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






49. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






50. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.