American Government CLEP Exam | Questions & Answers (100 %Score) Latest Updated
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What was the first act to make govt jobs off-limits to patronage (spoils system) -
Pendleton Act of 1883
What immigrants mainly came as a result of the Immigration and Nationality act of 1965
- Asia and Latin America
What body of colonial leaders devised the Articles of Confederation - Second
Continental Congress
The basic purpose of political action committees (PACs) is to - Pool funds and donate
them to political candidates
What act encouraged congressional districts to make racial minorities the majority - The
Voting Rights Act of 1982
What feminist goal has been introduced in every congress since 1982 - Equal Rights
Amendment
How often does the Constitution require the president to "give to the congress
information of the State of the Union" - From time to time
When was the bill of rights added to the Constitution - During the ratification debates
What act outlawed discrimination in most kinds of housing - Civil Rights Act of 1968
Which president launched a "war on poverty" - Lyndon Johnson
What congress has one house of representatives - Unicameral
What congress has two houses of representatives - Bicameral
What three authors wrote the Federalist Papers - Alexander Hamilton, James Madison,
and John Jay
What pen name did the Federalist Papers authors use - Publius
What did Federalist Paper No. 10 refer to - Interest groups or factions
What did the Federalist Papers advocate - Ratification of the Constitution
What focuses on government-directed wealth equalization and control of industry -
Socialism
, What is cooperation among politicians in the major parties - Bipartisanship
What government agency oversees campaign financing - Federal Election Commission
(FEC)
What money is given directly to a candidate - Hard money
What money is given to party committees to be used generally - Soft money
What are groups that channel money to political candidates and parties that support
their cause - Political action committees (PACs)
What are voters that vote based on general economic conditions rather than their own
conditions - Sociotropic voters
What agency provides congress with evaluations of public policies - General Accounting
Office
What philosopher embodied the concept of balancing government powers - Baron de
Montesquieu
What is the philosophy that judges in the federal court should seek to address important
social issues - Judicial Activism
In what elections are party affiliations not listed - Non-partisan
What governmental system divides power between a central government and several
regional governments - Federalism
What is the promise or trade of votes between members of congress on unrelated
legislation called - Logrolling
What did supreme court case "Bowers v. Hardwick" address - Right to privacy
What protects individuals from being held without being charged - The Writ of Habeas
Corpus
After hearings are complete, a congressional subcommittee will usually determine a
bill's future in final deliberations known as - Markup session
What committee serves to create a compromise bill of legislation between the two
houses - Conference committee
What are informal organizations of individual congressional representatives with like
interests or constituencies - Caucuses
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