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CLEP Political Science Us
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Presidential Mandate
Around 100
Habeas Corpus
Last time Congress declared war
2. WWll - 1941
Last time Congress declared war
Brown v. Board of Education
Civil Service Act of 1883
Delegated Powers
3. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Executive Order
6 years/2 years
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
De facto and de jure segregation
4. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
James Madison
Congressional Oversight
8th Amendment
5. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Executive Order
President's Appointment Power
6. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
Filibuster
Dred Scot v. Standford
De facto and de jure segregation
Plessy v. Fergueson
7. 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
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
14th Amendment
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
2/3 from Congress
8. 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
Thomas Jefferson
President's Appointment Power
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Marbury v. Madison
9. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Redlining
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
8th Amendment
10. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Strict Scrutiny
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
11. 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
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Constitutional Convention
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
President's Inherent Powers
12. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Pork Barrel Legislation
Clear and Present Danger Test
James Madison
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
13. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
14. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Filibuster
Amicus Curiae
Executive office of the President
Regulatory Agency
15. 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.
Plessy v. Fergueson
Filibuster
Conference Committee
The Declaration of Independence.
16. 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.
Critical Period
Executive Agreements
Power of the Federal Reserve
17. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
Redlining
The Right of Due Process
Administrative Rule Making
Presidential Mandate
18. Congress has this power - only used twice.
Bill of Rights
Power to Declare War
Congressional Oversight
4th Amendment protections
19. First ten amendments to the US Constitution - ratified in 1971; ensure the rights and liberties to the people.
Bill of Rights
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Executive Agreements
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
20. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Native American Smoking
Filibuster
Civil Rights Act of 1964
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
21. Address banking problems and Americas Central Bank.
Power of the Federal Reserve
14th Amendment
Constitutional Convention
Strict Scrutiny
22. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Prior Restraint
9
CA Prop 187
4th Amendment protections
23. % of House that get reelected
90% or higher
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Filibuster
Brown v. Board of Education
24. A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Regulatory Agency
Marbury v. Madison
The Federalist Papers
25. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
Government Corporation
14th Amendment
Filibuster
Habeas Corpus
26. Congress because they're tied to the people.
27. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
The Federalist Papers
Griswald v. Connecticut
Civil Service Act of 1883
14th Amendment
28. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
President's Inherent Powers
The Federalist Papers
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
Pork Barrel Legislation
29. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Gideon v. Wainwright
6 years/2 years
The Right of Due Process
Jim Crow Laws
30. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
Activist Judges
George Washington
Delegated Powers
Clear and Present Danger Test
31. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Habeas Corpus
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
De facto and de jure segregation
Native American Smoking
32. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
The Declaration of Independence.
Independent Agency
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Executive Agreements
33. Number of Supreme Court Justices
War Powers Resolution
Shays' Rebellion
Gideon v. Wainwright
9
34. Makes gov't have heavy burden of proof to regulate & restrict speech.
Strict Scrutiny
Pork Barrel Legislation
CA Prop 187
James Madison
35. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
9
Delegated Powers
Amicus Curiae
Dred Scot v. Standford
36. 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
14th Amendment
Power of the Federal Reserve
Thomas Jefferson
Critical Period
37. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Civil Service Act of 1883
Jurisdiction
Lawyers
38. High-ranking military officers who represent the Navy - Army - Air Force and Marines. They assist the civilian leaders of the Department of Defense-advise the president on security matters.
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Executive office of the President
39. % of votes to override a presidential veto
2/3 from Congress
Marbury v. Madison
Logrolling
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
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.
14th Amendment
Jim Crow Laws
Speaker of the House
Clear and Present Danger Test
41. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Thomas Jefferson
14th Amendment
Clear and Present Danger Test
42. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Delegated Powers
2/3 from Congress
The Right of Due Process
43. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Griswald v. Connecticut
9
Prior Restraint
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
44. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Habeas Corpus
Lawyers
Clear and Present Danger Test
Miranda v. Arizona
45. A rule that gov't action toward religion is permissible if it is secular in purpose. Separation of law and religion.
46. Not allowed.
Conference Committee
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Strict Scrutiny
Native American Smoking
47. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
6 years/2 years
Executive Agreements
2/3 from Congress
48. The continuous holding of the floor by a party to prevent action. Needs 3/5 to end.
Filibuster
Dred Scot v. Standford
Civil Service Act of 1883
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
49. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
George Washington
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
James Madison
2/3 from Congress
50. 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.
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Civil Service Act of 1883
Civil Rights Act of 1964