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CLEP Political Science Us
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
Thomas Jefferson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Marbury v. Madison
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
2. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Lawyers
Amicus Curiae
Executive office of the President
Brown v. Board of Education
3. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Habeas Corpus
Last time Congress declared war
Gideon v. Wainwright
Gouverneur Morris
4. 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.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Administrative Rule Making
Brown v. Board of Education
Around 100
5. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Civil Service Act of 1883
Executive Order
2/3 from Congress
6. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Alexander Hamilton
Jurisdiction
The Right of Due Process
90% or higher
7. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Logrolling
Joint Chiefs of Staff
8. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Clear and Present Danger Test
Plessy v. Fergueson
Speaker of the House
Class Action Suit
9. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Jim Crow Laws
State of the Union Address
Lawrence v. Texas
Jurisdiction
10. One of the Civil War amendments; guaranteed equal protection and due process.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
14th Amendment
2/3 from Congress
Daniel Shays
11. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Strict Scrutiny
Clear and Present Danger Test
Dred Scot v. Standford
Pork Barrel Legislation
12. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
Alexander Hamilton
The Federalist Papers
Shays' Rebellion
Buckley v. Valeo
13. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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14. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Pork Barrel Legislation
President's Inherent Powers
Activist Judges
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
15. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Buckley v. Valeo
Miranda v. Arizona
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
The Exclusionary Rule
16. 30 minutes.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Habeas Corpus
President's Inherent Powers
Pork Barrel Legislation
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
Congressional Oversight
War Powers Resolution
2/3 from Congress
18. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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19. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Congressional Oversight
War Powers Resolution
Brown v. Board of Education
President's Inherent Powers
20. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Jim Crow Laws
Bill of Rights
War Powers Resolution
Last time Congress declared war
21. Most common job of Senators
Lawyers
6 years/2 years
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Filibuster
22. A claim by a victorious candidate that the electorate has given him or her special authority to carry out promises made during the campaign.
President's Appointment Power
Presidential Mandate
Activist Judges
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
23. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Brown v. Board of Education
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
State of the Union Address
Jurisdiction
24. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Class Action Suit
The Declaration of Independence.
Executive Order
Brown v. Board of Education
25. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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26. 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
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Buckley v. Valeo
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
27. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Devolution
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Civil Rights Act of 1964
28. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Delegated Powers
CA Prop 187
The Right of Due Process
Critical Period
29. % of votes to override a presidential veto
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
2/3 from Congress
Griswald v. Connecticut
Class Action Suit
30. 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.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Daniel Shays
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Administrative Rule Making
31. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
State of the Union Address
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
4th Amendment protections
Gouverneur Morris
32. 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
14th Amendment
American Government and Politics
Conference Committee
President's Inherent Powers
33. 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
Constitutional Convention
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
9
Jim Crow Laws
34. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Presidential Mandate
Standing
Administrative Rule Making
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
35. 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.
Conference Committee
Amicus Curiae
Regulatory Agency
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
36. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
President's Inherent Powers
Gideon v. Wainwright
8th Amendment
Presidential Mandate
37. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
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.
Constitutional Convention
2/3 from Congress
38. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Stare Decisis
Critical Period
Strict Scrutiny
Presidential Mandate
39. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Jurisdiction
Pork Barrel Legislation
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Filibuster
40. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Jim Crow Laws
Thomas Jefferson
9
Conference Committee
41. Number of Supreme Court Justices
14th Amendment
9
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
42. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Power of the Federal Reserve
90% or higher
Lawrence v. Texas
Activist Judges
43. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
War Powers Resolution
Native American Smoking
Constitutional Convention
Regulatory Agency
44. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
2/3 from Congress
Stare Decisis
Regulatory Agency
Daniel Shays
45. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Critical Period
Around 100
Executive Order
46. 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.
Executive Order
6 years/2 years
De facto and de jure segregation
Administrative Rule Making
47. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
President's Inherent Powers
Lawrence v. Texas
Lawyers
9
48. 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.
Brown v. Board of Education
Bill of Rights
Critical Period
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
49. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
George Washington
James Madison
Shays' Rebellion
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
50. 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
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Marbury v. Madison
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
De facto and de jure segregation