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CLEP Political Science Us
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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2. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Pork Barrel Legislation
State of the Union Address
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
3. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Clear and Present Danger Test
Marbury v. Madison
Power of the Federal Reserve
4. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Plessy v. Fergueson
Articles of Confederation
President's Appointment Power
5. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Clear and Present Danger Test
90% or higher
Dred Scot v. Standford
Filibuster
6. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Daniel Shays
Lawyers
Strict Scrutiny
Alexander Hamilton
7. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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8. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
American Government and Politics
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
De facto and de jure segregation
Habeas Corpus
9. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Government Corporation
Buckley v. Valeo
Redlining
9
10. 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
Critical Period
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Gideon v. Wainwright
11. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Brown v. Board of Education
Habeas Corpus
Articles of Confederation
Filibuster
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.
De facto and de jure segregation
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Plessy v. Fergueson
The Right of Due Process
13. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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14. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
President's Inherent Powers
Strict Scrutiny
Lawrence v. Texas
Gideon v. Wainwright
15. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
CA Prop 187
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Devolution
16. 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
American Government and Politics
CA Prop 187
2/3 from Congress
Habeas Corpus
17. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Delegated Powers
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Pork Barrel Legislation
The Federalist Papers
18. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Lawrence v. Texas
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Clear and Present Danger Test
Executive office of the President
19. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Amicus Curiae
Class Action Suit
Executive Order
Native American Smoking
20. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Devolution
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Jim Crow Laws
Executive office of the President
21. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Buckley v. Valeo
Daniel Shays
Amicus Curiae
Constitutional Convention
22. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Critical Period
Gideon v. Wainwright
23. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Prior Restraint
Thomas Jefferson
Activist Judges
Around 100
24. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
President's Appointment Power
Congressional Oversight
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
25. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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26. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Shays' Rebellion
2/3 from Congress
Congressional Oversight
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
27. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Activist Judges
Presidential Mandate
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
28. Gave equal right to black people covering voting - employment - public accommodation - and educations.
Congressional Oversight
James Madison
Speaker of the House
Civil Rights Act of 1964
29. 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.
Delegated Powers
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
30. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Redlining
Thomas Jefferson
American Government and Politics
Jurisdiction
31. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Standing
14th Amendment
Activist Judges
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
32. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
State of the Union Address
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Declaration of Independence.
Articles of Confederation
33. Term of Senate/House
Delegated Powers
6 years/2 years
Griswald v. Connecticut
President's Appointment Power
34. 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.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
CA Prop 187
Conference Committee
Constitutional Convention
35. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
James Madison
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Pork Barrel Legislation
George Washington
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.
Miranda v. Arizona
Logrolling
Senatorial Courtesy
Activist Judges
37. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
Pork Barrel Legislation
The Federalist Papers
President's Appointment Power
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
38. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
James Madison
Habeas Corpus
The Exclusionary Rule
4th Amendment protections
39. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Presidential Mandate
2/3 from Congress
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
40. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Logrolling
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Power to Declare War
Buckley v. Valeo
41. 30 minutes.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Pork Barrel Legislation
The Federalist Papers
Gideon v. Wainwright
42. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Native American Smoking
Critical Period
Delegated Powers
Civil Service Act of 1883
43. Not allowed.
Buckley v. Valeo
Native American Smoking
90% or higher
Power of the Federal Reserve
44. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Executive Agreements
Administrative Rule Making
9
Devolution
45. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Strict Scrutiny
Stare Decisis
Power of the Federal Reserve
George Washington
46. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Civil Service Act of 1883
Pork Barrel Legislation
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Around 100
47. 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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48. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
President's Appointment Power
Jim Crow Laws
CA Prop 187
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
49. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Gouverneur Morris
Last time Congress declared war
The Federalist Papers
Pork Barrel Legislation
50. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
George Washington
Conference Committee
2/3 from Congress
Around 100