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CLEP Political Science Us
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Most common job of Senators
Lawyers
Congressional Oversight
Habeas Corpus
Brown v. Board of Education
2. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
Amicus Curiae
9
The Right of Due Process
Executive Agreements
3. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
The Federalist Papers
The Declaration of Independence.
2/3 from Congress
Lawrence v. Texas
4. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Senatorial Courtesy
Daniel Shays
Logrolling
Lawyers
5. WWll - 1941
Strict Scrutiny
The Right of Due Process
Redlining
Last time Congress declared war
6. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
The Exclusionary Rule
American Government and Politics
Miranda v. Arizona
Executive Agreements
7. 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
Strict Scrutiny
Marbury v. Madison
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Redlining
8. The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment.
Logrolling
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Habeas Corpus
The Exclusionary Rule
9. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
George Washington
Executive Agreements
Logrolling
Administrative Rule Making
10. Law should not punish speech unless there was a clear and present danger of producing harmful actions
Jim Crow Laws
Gouverneur Morris
Clear and Present Danger Test
Civil Service Act of 1883
11. Constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.
Gouverneur Morris
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Delegated Powers
12. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
Speaker of the House
Strict Scrutiny
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Plessy v. Fergueson
13. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Filibuster
Gideon v. Wainwright
4th Amendment protections
Independent Agency
14. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
Independent Agency
Filibuster
Buckley v. Valeo
15. Requires police to read the Miranda rights so they know they don't have to self incriminate.
Delegated Powers
Miranda v. Arizona
Articles of Confederation
President's Appointment Power
16. 30 minutes.
14th Amendment
Redlining
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
17. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Executive Agreements
The Exclusionary Rule
Critical Period
9
18. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Executive Agreements
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Amicus Curiae
19. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Prior Restraint
8th Amendment
Constitutional Convention
Standing
20. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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21. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Stare Decisis
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Standing
Activist Judges
22. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Power to Declare War
Regulatory Agency
Daniel Shays
James Madison
23. Term of Senate/House
6 years/2 years
Miranda v. Arizona
Native American Smoking
Government Corporation
24. 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.
Congressional Oversight
President's Inherent Powers
Class Action Suit
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
25. A government agency that operates like a business corporation - created to secure greater freedom of action and flexibility for a particular program.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Buckley v. Valeo
State of the Union Address
Government Corporation
26. Who formalized the political science curriculum in the United States?
Brown v. Board of Education
Faculty at Columbia and Johns Hopkins. They were deeply influenced by German scholarship on the nation-state and the formation of democratic institutions.
9
The Declaration of Independence.
27. Not allowed.
The Federalist Papers
Buckley v. Valeo
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Native American Smoking
28. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Critical Period
6 years/2 years
Executive office of the President
29. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Around 100
Logrolling
Joint Chiefs of Staff
30. Wrote the final version of the Constitution.
Articles of Confederation
Executive Agreements
9
Gouverneur Morris
31. Laws enacted by southern states following Reconstruction that discriminated against African American.
Redlining
Miranda v. Arizona
Jim Crow Laws
Articles of Confederation
32. 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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33. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
Standing
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
9
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
34. % of House that get reelected
90% or higher
Constitutional Convention
Around 100
Amicus Curiae
35. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
American Government and Politics
War Powers Resolution
Speaker of the House
President's Inherent Powers
36. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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37. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
Native American Smoking
Habeas Corpus
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
38. Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
14th Amendment
Thomas Jefferson
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
The Exclusionary Rule
39. (law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Griswald v. Connecticut
Jurisdiction
James Madison
40. Persuade people - power within his branch - and going public.
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
Filibuster
State of the Union Address
41. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
Pork Barrel Legislation
The Right of Due Process
Class Action Suit
Gideon v. Wainwright
42. An effort by a gov't agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful in some other way; censorship.
Lawrence v. Texas
4th Amendment protections
Prior Restraint
Pork Barrel Legislation
43. Affecting ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls and disputes between the states.
Congressional Oversight
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
90% or higher
Buckley v. Valeo
44. Federal employees are elected/hired based on merit.
Conference Committee
Civil Service Act of 1883
American Government and Politics
Miranda v. Arizona
45. % of votes to override a presidential veto
Class Action Suit
2/3 from Congress
Critical Period
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
46. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
Class Action Suit
Articles of Confederation
Amicus Curiae
Griswald v. Connecticut
47. 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.
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
Regulatory Agency
48. What document was heavily influenced by Locke's philosophies?
Delegated Powers
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Independent Agency
The Declaration of Independence.
49. 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.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Executive Order
Around 100
Brown v. Board of Education
50. 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
The Declaration of Independence.
Power of the Federal Reserve
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Miranda v. Arizona