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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.






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






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

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4. 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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. Not allowed.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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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20. 30 minutes.






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






22. Most common job of Senators






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






24. 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.






25. 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.






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






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

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






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






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






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






32. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






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






34. % of votes to override a presidential veto






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.






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






41. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






42. % of House that get reelected






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






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






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






46. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






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






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






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






50. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.