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CLEP Political Science Us
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
President's Appointment Power
Amicus Curiae
Congressional Oversight
2. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
War Powers Resolution
Critical Period
14th Amendment
Jim Crow Laws
3. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
George Washington
Lawrence v. Texas
The Federalist Papers
4. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
President's Inherent Powers
Daniel Shays
Executive Agreements
Conference Committee
5. A legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit.
Standing
War Powers Resolution
Gouverneur Morris
James Madison
6. 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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7. A collection of essays expressing the political philosophy of the Founders and that were instrumental in bringing about the ratification of the Constitution.
The Federalist Papers
Gouverneur Morris
Lawrence v. Texas
Habeas Corpus
8. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
The Federalist Papers
Pork Barrel Legislation
Around 100
9. Most common job of Senators
The Federalist Papers
Executive Order
Amicus Curiae
Lawyers
10. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Griswald v. Connecticut
Congressional Oversight
8th Amendment
Gouverneur Morris
11. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Executive office of the President
Daniel Shays
Congressional Oversight
Native American Smoking
12. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
The Declaration of Independence.
Gideon v. Wainwright
9
Lawyers
13. 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.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Marbury v. Madison
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Buckley v. Valeo
14. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Clear and Present Danger Test
Shays' Rebellion
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Griswald v. Connecticut
15. 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 Inherent Powers
Strict Scrutiny
Presidential Mandate
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
16. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Marbury v. Madison
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Lawrence v. Texas
Logrolling
17. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
14th Amendment
State of the Union Address
Conference Committee
Devolution
18. Term of Senate/House
Gideon v. Wainwright
6 years/2 years
Executive Agreements
Administrative Rule Making
19. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
6 years/2 years
War Powers Resolution
Independent Agency
20. Not allowed.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
CA Prop 187
Jurisdiction
Native American Smoking
21. 1954 - stopped state from using race as a criterion of discrimination and gave national gov't the power to intervene.
Prior Restraint
Native American Smoking
Brown v. Board of Education
Independent Agency
22. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Jurisdiction
Alexander Hamilton
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Executive Order
23. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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24. 1978 supreme court decision holding that a state university could not admit less qualified individuals solely because of their race.
Conference Committee
Filibuster
CA Prop 187
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
25. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
The Exclusionary Rule
Lawyers
Devolution
James Madison
26. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Brown v. Board of Education
6 years/2 years
Class Action Suit
Griswald v. Connecticut
27. Number of Supreme Court Justices
American Government and Politics
Last time Congress declared war
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
9
28. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Native American Smoking
Bill of Rights
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
4th Amendment protections
29. President is obligated to make recommendations for Congress's consideration.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
State of the Union Address
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Amicus Curiae
30. 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.
President's Appointment Power
90% or higher
Delegated Powers
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
31. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Executive Order
Civil Service Act of 1883
Marbury v. Madison
32. WWll - 1941
Buckley v. Valeo
Last time Congress declared war
Joint Chiefs of Staff
6 years/2 years
33. % of votes to override a presidential veto
Executive office of the President
Stare Decisis
8th Amendment
2/3 from Congress
34. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Plessy v. Fergueson
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Prior Restraint
Power to Declare War
35. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Independent Agency
Prior Restraint
Civil Service Act of 1883
Miranda v. Arizona
36. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Alexander Hamilton
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
37. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Brown v. Board of Education
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Administrative Rule Making
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
38. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Around 100
Plessy v. Fergueson
Articles of Confederation
Pork Barrel Legislation
39. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Congressional Oversight
Filibuster
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Gideon v. Wainwright
40. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Clear and Present Danger Test
The Exclusionary Rule
Miranda v. Arizona
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
41. 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.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Prior Restraint
Speaker of the House
Power of the Federal Reserve
42. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
6 years/2 years
Last time Congress declared war
Plessy v. Fergueson
Griswald v. Connecticut
43. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Delegated Powers
Dred Scot v. Standford
Regulatory Agency
Lawyers
44. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
War Powers Resolution
Civil Service Act of 1883
Executive Order
45. 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
De facto and de jure segregation
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
State of the Union Address
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
46. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Amicus Curiae
CA Prop 187
Activist Judges
Power to Declare War
47. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Devolution
Power of the Federal Reserve
Clear and Present Danger Test
Bill of Rights
48. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Activist Judges
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Power of the Federal Reserve
49. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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50. 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
Devolution
Logrolling
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
American Government and Politics