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CLEP Political Science Us

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






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






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






4. 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.






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

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






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






8. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






9. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.






10. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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






12. % of votes to override a presidential veto






13. % of House that get reelected






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






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

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16. 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.






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






18. 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.






19. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






20. 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.






21. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.






22. 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.






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






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






25. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






26. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






27. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.






28. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.






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






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






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

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






33. 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.






34. Number of Supreme Court Justices






35. 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.






36. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






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






38. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Congress has this power - only used twice.






48. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.






49. 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






50. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.