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CLEP Political Science Us

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






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






3. 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.






4. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






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






6. 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






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

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






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






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






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






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

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13. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






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






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






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






17. Term of Senate/House






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






24. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






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






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






27. 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.






28. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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






30. 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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31. 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






32. % of House that get reelected






33. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






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

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35. 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.






36. Congress has this power - only used twice.






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






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






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






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






41. Civil liberties are rights that individuals have against government. Among our civil liberties are the right to free expression - the right to worship (or not) as we choose - and the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. Only the






42. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






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






44. Most common job of Senators






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






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






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






48. WWll - 1941






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






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