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CLEP Political Science Us

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.






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






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






4. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.






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






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






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






8. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






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






10. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






11. Number of Supreme Court Justices






12. 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.






13. 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






14. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


35. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






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






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






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






39. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






40. % of House that get reelected






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






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






43. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.


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