CLEP American Government | Questions & Answers (100 %Score) Latest Updated
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Federal Reserve Tasks - Providing financial services to depository institutions, the
United States government and foreign institutions, as well as playing a key role in
operating the nation's payments system
Although the Constitution does not explicitly give Congress the right to enact a military
draft, which clause in the Constitution allows Congress to do so? - Necessary and
proper clause
The formation of numerous interest groups during the post-Civil War industrialization
shows the - influence of social tensions and economic stress on group formation
What is the name of the type of federal grant that gives wide discretion to local officials?
- Revenue-sharing grants are basically dispersals of federal funds to local officials.
Whose power is the Bill of Rights intended to restrict? - In the wake of the American
Revolution, citizens were unwilling to allow a strong central authority.
Which amendment to the Constitution specifically outlines the powers delegated to the
states? - A caucus is a closed meeting in which the members of a political party select a
representative.
How did political parties nominate presidential candidates until the early nineteenth
century? - A caucus is a closed meeting in which the members of a political party select
a representative.
Which of the following strategies can Congress use to restrict the power of the federal
courts? - Congress can attempt to influence future court decisions by altering
jurisdiction.
What is the name for the idea that states can declare a federal law void if it violates the
Constitution? - Nullification was seen as the alternative to settling constitutional
controversies formerly handled by the Supreme Court.
What is the name for an elected official or party leader who does not have to pledge in
advance to support a particular presidential candidate? - superdelegate
civics - The study of the rights and duties of citizens
The State of Nature - the "natural condition of mankind" that would exist if there were no
government, rules or law
naturalization - A legal process to obtain citizenship
,direct democracy - A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through
representatives
divine rule - when a ruler justifies himself by saying gods chose him for the position
totalitarian - A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not
restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
majority rule - ...
parliamentary system - ...
The Enlightenment - (1650-1800) the emergence of the belief that the power of human
knowledge and reason can improve human society. its scholars shared a critical style, a
commitment to open-mindedness, and a hostility to authority
oligarchy - ...
public policy - ...
authoritarian - ...
autocracy - ...
theocracy - ...
plurality - ...
authority - Power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over
whom it is exercised.
presidential system - A system of government in which the legislative and executive
branches operate independently of each other
nationalism - A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
What were four main problems with the Articles of Confederation? - ...
How did Thomas Paine interpret the events at Concord and Lexington - ...
How does John Locke's social contract principle contribute to American Revolutionary
thought? - ...
How did mercantilism and the French and Indian War lead to colonial rebellion and
Independence? - ...
, How is the establishment of Jamestown and Plymouth important to understanding the
colonial belief in self-government? What were the two different systems that they
established across the colonies? - ...
Compare and contrast the common law court system to the statutory law system. - ...
Glorious Revolution? - ...
What was required for the Magna Carta to establish the first official rights - ...
What was the origin of the American political and legal thought - ...
The Magna Carta - 1215
- Jamestown (1607) - ...
- Mayflower Compact and Plymouth (1620) - ...
- Glorious Revolution (1688) - ...
- English Bill of Rights (1689) - ...
- Second Treatise of Government- John Locke (1690) - ...
- French and Indian War (1754-1763) - ...
- Common Sense- Thomas Paine (1776) - ...
- The Declaration of Independence- Thomas Jefferson and committee (1776) - ...
- Articles of Confederation (1777 and ratified in 1781) - ...
- First and Second Continental Congress (1774) - ...
Habeas Corpus - An order to produce an arrested person before a judge.
legislature - A body of lawmakers that has a job of creating statutory law under the
powers given to the federal government by Article I of the Constitution.
confederation - A joining of several groups for a common purpose.
Common Law System - body of law originating in England and derived from judicial
decisions.
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