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CLEP Political Science Us

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






2. Number of Supreme Court Justices






3. 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






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






5. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.






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






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






8. % of votes to override a presidential veto






9. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






10. A rule that gov't action toward religion is permissible if it is secular in purpose. Separation of law and religion.


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






12. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






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






14. WWll - 1941






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






16. 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.






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






25. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






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






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


28. Most common job of Senators






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. 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.






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






42. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






43. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






49. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






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