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CLEP Political Science Us

Subjects : clep, political-science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.






2. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.






3. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






4. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






5. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






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






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






8. Most common job of Senators






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






10. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






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






21. WWll - 1941






22. 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.






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






24. 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






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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

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






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






33. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.






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






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






36. 30 minutes.






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

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






39. Number of Supreme Court Justices






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

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






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. % of House that get reelected






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






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. 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






49. 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.






50. 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