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CLEP Political Science Us
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. No arrest w/o probable cause - no improper searches and seizures.
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
4th Amendment protections
Amicus Curiae
George Washington
2. 1896 - required segregation of the reaces on trolleys and other public carriers. Louisiana.
The Federalist Papers
Lawyers
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Plessy v. Fergueson
3. # of Cases the Supreme Court receives and hears
Buckley v. Valeo
Around 100
Daniel Shays
Dred Scot v. Standford
4. 13th - abolished slavery. 14th - guaranteed equal protection and due process. 15th - guarenteed voting rights for African American men.
Redlining
Griswald v. Connecticut
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Lemon v. Kurtzman- 'Lemon Test'
5. 1965 - state forbid the use of contraceptive between married couples. Supreme court overturned the decision.
The Federalist Papers
James Madison
Griswald v. Connecticut
The Declaration of Independence.
6. Attended the Constitutional Convention and recorded the debate proceedings. Also contributed to the Federalist Papers.
Habeas Corpus
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Speaker of the House
James Madison
7. Ability of courts to exclude evidence obtained in violation of the 4th amendment.
The Exclusionary Rule
President's Inherent Powers
Thomas Jefferson
Native American Smoking
8. Most common job of Senators
Lawyers
Prior Restraint
Logrolling
Buckley v. Valeo
9. A practice in which banks refure to make loans to people living in certain geographic locations.
Constitutional Convention
CA Prop 187
James Madison
Redlining
10. One of the authors of the Federalist papers.
Bill of Rights
Shays' Rebellion
Habeas Corpus
Alexander Hamilton
11. Allows the right to a legal representation in all felony cases.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Executive office of the President
Alexander Hamilton
Miranda v. Arizona
12. 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.
Redlining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
American Government and Politics
Activist Judges
13. Regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation.
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Executive Order
Articles of Confederation
14. A system in which the president submits the name of a candidate for judicial appointment to the senators from the candidate's state before formally submitting it for full senate approval.
Power to Declare War
Senatorial Courtesy
Class Action Suit
Least dangerous branch of the gov't
15. In 1920 the 19th was ratified to give women the right to vote.
Filibuster
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
Last time Congress declared war
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
16. A slave that didn't have due process rights in a free state. 1857.
George Washington
Class Action Suit
Dred Scot v. Standford
American Government and Politics
17. A Revolutionary War veteran who led a rebellion of farmers against tax collectors and the banks that were siezing their property.
Power to Declare War
Last time Congress declared war
Constitutional Convention
Daniel Shays
18. An agreement - between president and other country that is like treaty but doesn't require Congress agreement.
Senatorial Courtesy
Stare Decisis
Executive Agreements
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
19. President of the body at the Constitutional Convention.
Supreme Court - Original Jurisdiction
Gideon v. Wainwright
George Washington
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
20. An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case.
Shays' Rebellion
Gideon v. Wainwright
Amicus Curiae
Activist Judges
21. WWll - 1941
Power to Declare War
CA Prop 187
Last time Congress declared war
Thomas Jefferson
22. 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.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Class Action Suit
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
23. Reasserted the principle of congressional war power - required the president to inform Congress of any planned military campaign. 1973.
Plessy v. Fergueson
War Powers Resolution
Administrative Rule Making
Constitutional Convention
24. 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
American Government and Politics
Miranda v. Arizona
Griswald v. Connecticut
Presidential Mandate
25. 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.
Delegated Powers
Conference Committee
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Lawyers
26. Process that executive and independent agencies use to create - or promulgate - regulations.
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
Administrative Rule Making
Three most common ways for President to expand his base of power
George Washington
27. No excessive bail and no cruel/unusual punishment.
Independent Agency
8th Amendment
Lawrence v. Texas
19th Amendment and the year it was ratified
28. The effort to oversee or to supervise how the executive branch carries out legislation.
Congressional Oversight
4th Amendment protections
Activist Judges
The Exclusionary Rule
29. The power to appoint high-ranking officials.
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30. Congress because they're tied to the people.
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31. State no longer had the authority to make private sexual behavior a crime.
Native American Smoking
Stare Decisis
Lawrence v. Texas
Congressional Oversight
32. Courts usurp authority and make law rather than interpret constitution (otherwise known as judicial activism).
Habeas Corpus
The Right of Due Process
Activist Judges
Thomas Jefferson
33. A practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading.
Lawrence v. Texas
Amicus Curiae
Jim Crow Laws
Logrolling
34. An agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
The Right of Due Process
Thomas Jefferson
Prior Restraint
Independent Agency
35. Gave an expansion of free speech. Money for candidates is a form of free speech by 1st amendment. Early 1970s.
Pork Barrel Legislation
Buckley v. Valeo
Congressional Oversight
9
36. 30 minutes.
Difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Gouverneur Morris
Logrolling
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
37. Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution - but are inferred from it.
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38. Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return.
2/3 from Congress
Presidential Mandate
Pork Barrel Legislation
Class Action Suit
39. Number of Supreme Court Justices
Civil Rights Act of 1964
9
Government Corporation
Congressional Oversight
40. A symbol of the inability of the government to under the Articles of Confederation to maintain order.
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41. The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Power to Declare War
The Federalist Papers
Executive office of the President
42. Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person.
President's Inherent Powers
The Right of Due Process
War Powers Resolution
Time aloud for oral argument with Supreme Court
43. 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.
James Madison
Delegate and Trustee Theories of Representation
Activist Judges
Gideon v. Wainwright
44. 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.
Dred Scot v. Standford
Lawyers
What were the key weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Thomas Jefferson
45. % of House that get reelected
Executive office of the President
Around 100
13th - 14th - and 15th Amendments
90% or higher
46. Interstate Commerce Commission 1887. Created over railroad problems.
Congressional Oversight
Jim Crow Laws
First Regulatory Agency created by Congress
The Declaration of Independence.
47. 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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48. 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
Lawrence v. Texas
The Federalist Papers
Class Action Suit
Critical Period
49. 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.
Congressional Oversight
Speaker of the House
Redlining
State of the Union Address
50. 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
Congressional Oversight
Marbury v. Madison
Amicus Curiae
Civil Rights Act of 1964