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CLEP Political Science Us

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






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






3. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






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






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

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






7. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






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






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






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






11. Term of Senate/House






12. 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.






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






14. WWll - 1941






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






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






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






18. Congress has this power - only used twice.






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






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






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






22. % of votes to override a presidential veto






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






25. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






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






27. 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






28. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






38. 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






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






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






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.






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

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






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






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






46. 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






47. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






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






49. 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






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