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CLEP Political Science Us
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
14th Amendment
Executive Agreements
Articles of Confederation
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
2. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Government Corporation
Daniel Shays
Gideon v. Wainwright
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
3. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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4. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Gouverneur Morris
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Brown v. Board of Education
Regulatory Agency
5. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Activist Judges
6 years/2 years
Habeas Corpus
Daniel Shays
6. Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases.
Stare Decisis
Pork Barrel Legislation
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
90% or higher
7. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Miranda v. Arizona
Conference Committee
War Powers Resolution
8. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Amicus Curiae
The Right of Due Process
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Strict Scrutiny
9. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Dred Scot v. Standford
CA Prop 187
10. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Buckley v. Valeo
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Power to Declare War
Civil Rights Act of 1964
11. 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
Civil Service Act of 1883
Gouverneur Morris
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Buckley v. Valeo
12. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Pork Barrel Legislation
Standing
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Executive Order
13. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Filibuster
4th Amendment protections
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
8th Amendment
14. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
The Declaration of Independence.
Gouverneur Morris
Executive Order
Amicus Curiae
15. 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.
Activist Judges
Critical Period
De facto and de jure segregation
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
16. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Prior Restraint
Articles of Confederation
Gouverneur Morris
17. % of House that get reelected
Senatorial Courtesy
Civil Service Act of 1883
Critical Period
90% or higher
18. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Civil Service Act of 1883
Presidential Mandate
Habeas Corpus
Activist Judges
19. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Senatorial Courtesy
CA Prop 187
Clear and Present Danger Test
Delegated Powers
20. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Alexander Hamilton
Independent Agency
8th Amendment
Plessy v. Fergueson
21. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Executive Order
Dred Scot v. Standford
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Executive Agreements
22. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Jim Crow Laws
De facto and de jure segregation
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
23. % of votes to override a presidential veto
Jurisdiction
Executive office of the President
Constitutional Convention
2/3 from Congress
24. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Prior Restraint
Jurisdiction
Alexander Hamilton
Conference Committee
25. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Administrative Rule Making
Redlining
State of the Union Address
Government Corporation
26. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Plessy v. Fergueson
Standing
The Exclusionary Rule
27. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
Shays' Rebellion
6 years/2 years
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Power of the Federal Reserve
28. 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
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
President's Appointment Power
Jurisdiction
29. A case brought by someone to help him or her and all others who are similarly situated.
Class Action Suit
Around 100
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Executive Order
30. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Independent Agency
6 years/2 years
Plessy v. Fergueson
Habeas Corpus
31. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Lawrence v. Texas
Constitutional Convention
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Delegated Powers
32. 30 minutes.
State of the Union Address
Critical Period
Civil Service Act of 1883
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
33. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Senatorial Courtesy
James Madison
Executive Order
Lawyers
34. 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.
Stare Decisis
Buckley v. Valeo
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
35. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Amicus Curiae
Clear and Present Danger Test
Gouverneur Morris
36. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Senatorial Courtesy
The Right of Due Process
Executive Order
Jim Crow Laws
37. The delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government).
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
4th Amendment protections
Devolution
Joint Chiefs of Staff
38. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Jim Crow Laws
Dred Scot v. Standford
Strict Scrutiny
90% or higher
39. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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40. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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41. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Griswald v. Connecticut
State of the Union Address
4th Amendment protections
Pork Barrel Legislation
42. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Gideon v. Wainwright
War Powers Resolution
Administrative Rule Making
Amicus Curiae
43. Save Our State - 1994 - Prohibit illegal aliens from using health care - public education - and other social services in the U.S. State of California.
CA Prop 187
Administrative Rule Making
Around 100
Logrolling
44. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
CA Prop 187
Executive office of the President
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
45. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Bill of Rights
Delegated Powers
Executive office of the President
46. 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.
Articles of Confederation
The Right of Due Process
War Powers Resolution
Devolution
47. Term of Senate/House
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Prior Restraint
Bill of Rights
6 years/2 years
48. 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
James Madison
American Government and Politics
The Federalist Papers
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
49. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
The Exclusionary Rule
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Buckley v. Valeo
The Declaration of Independence.
50. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Habeas Corpus
Civil Service Act of 1883
President's Appointment Power