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CLEP Political Science Us

Subjects : clep, political-science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.






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






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

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






5. % of votes to override a presidential veto






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






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






8. 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.






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.






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






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

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20. 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






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






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






23. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.






24. 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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25. WWll - 1941






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






27. 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.






28. 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






29. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.






30. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.






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






32. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.






33. 30 minutes.






34. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. 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.






41. Number of Supreme Court Justices






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






43. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.






44. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.






45. 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






46. % of House that get reelected






47. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.






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






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






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