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CLEP Political Science Us

Subjects : clep, political-science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. % of votes to override a presidential veto






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






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

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4. 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.






5. % of House that get reelected






6. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






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






8. Congress has this power - only used twice.






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






10. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






11. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






12. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.






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






14. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.






15. Implemented following the successful revolt of the British colonies in North America against imperial rule - the articles served as the national government from 1781-1787.






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. Not allowed.






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






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

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






26. 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






27. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.

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






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






30. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears






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






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






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






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






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






36. 30 minutes.






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






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






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






40. 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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41. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.






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






43. 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.






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






45. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. 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