CLEP American Government Practice Test

Punch cards - Answer- Type of voting system that became well known immediately following the 2000 election Prospective voting - Answer- A person who votes based on what candidate says he or she will do in the future is said to be engaged in this type of voting House of Representatives - Answer- Should presidential candidates receive an equal number of electoral votes, the election is decided by___________ Democracy - Answer- "A form of government in which the people (defined broadly to include all adults or narrowly to exclude women and slaves, for example) are the ultimate political authority" Direct democracy - Answer- New England town's meetings are examples of this type of democracy The Federalist Papers - Answer- Under the pen name "Publius," Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote this The Mayflower Compact - Answer- In the seventeenth century, the signers of which document agreed to live under the colony's recognized authority and to wait for a royal charter, such as the Virginians had? Rhode Island - Answer- The last state to ratify the U.S. Constitution U.S. President - Answer- The purpose of the electoral college is to choose the_________ Interest groups - Answer- In the debates over the Constitution, federalist sand anti-federalist a spoke of factions the way we today speak of _________ Article I - Answer- "All Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives." These words appear in which article of the U.S. Constitution? John Locke - Answer- The English philosopher whose words are heavily drawn on in the Declaration of Independence U.S. Treasury - Answer- Insofar as the Constitution is concerned, members of Congress receive payment for their work from_______ Senate - Answer- The Vice President of the United States is the president of what government body? 25 - Answer- What is the minimum age specified in the Constitution for members of the House of Represent