REA AP CLEP American Government Exam 2023

powers granted to Congress - ANSWER-Levy taxes, Declare war, Establish courts, Govern the federal district What was one way that the Fourteenth Amendment expanded rights in the United States? - ANSWER-By granting equal protection under the law to African Americans Which type of federalism is closest to that laid out in the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution? - ANSWER-Dual federalism How did the Seventeenth Amendment change the process of U.S. government? - ANSWER-It allowed for the direct election of senators. High approval ratings can benefit a president in which of the following ways? - ANSWER-By encouraging the passage of laws the president supports How did the ruling in Barron v. Baltimore affect the United States? - ANSWER-It stated that the Bill of Rights applied only to the federal government Which Supreme Court case affirmed the power of judicial review? - ANSWER-Marbury v. Madison Those who argued for the inclusion of a series of defined individual liberties as a condition for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution drew inspiration largely from the - ANSWER-English Bill of Rights. Which of these is the original constitutionally assigned duty of the vice-president? - ANSWER-Serving as president of the Senate In politics, to what does the term revolving door refer? - ANSWER-The practice of bureaucrats becoming lobbyists to the agencies for which they once worked How did James Madison try to address the issue of pluralism while framing the U.S. Constitution? - ANSWER-He sought to limit the influence of factions so that they could not put their own interests ahead of the national interest. Presidents can create policies that carry the force of law without congressional approval by - ANSWER-issuing executive orders What act penalized employers who hired illegal immigrants and gave amnesty to most of the undocumented aliens in the country - ANSWER-Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, if both the president and the vp are incapacitated, who rises to the presidency - ANSWER-The speaker of the House of Representatives Which presidential candidate from the las two decades of the 20th center is most closely associated with raising the issue of the federal government's budget deficit - ANSWER-Ross Perot According to pollsters who sample populations - ANSWER-traits of individuals within representative groups reflect the views of the group The Constitution specifically empowers Congress to coin money, declare war, and admit new states into the Union. These powers are referred to as - ANSWER-enumerated powers In which of the nation's founding documents could one point to an "elastic clause" to justify the existence of large government agencies such as the Department of Health and Human Services? - ANSWER-The Constitution where in the Constitution does Congress locate its authority to oversee gov. bodies not mentioned in the Constitution, such as the Department of Education - ANSWER-Necessary and proper clause Powers claimed by the president but NOT expressly called for in the Constitution are called - ANSWER-inherent powers What of the following, within various executive departments, write and enforce rules that regulate some element of industry - ANSWER-Independent regulatory commissions