CLEP American Government Practice
Test 2025 Questions and Answers
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
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, 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 Representatives?
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Test 2025 Questions and Answers
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
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, 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 Representatives?
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