CLEP American Government Mastery Guide | Fully Explained
Answers 2025/2026 Edition
Which presidential candidate from the last two decades of the 20th century is
most closely associated with raising the issue of the fed gov's budget deficit -
correct answer Ross Perot
The State's Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrat Party) split from the
Democratic Party in 1948 because it opposed - correct answer Racial
segregation
What 20th century presidential candidate received fewer votes than his
opponent but still won the election - correct answer George W. Bush
Marble-cake federalism is a term to describe - correct answer Cooperative
federalism
Which act forbade discrimination on the basis or race, color, gender, religion,
or national origin - correct answer Civil Rights Act of 1964
What Supreme Court case nullified state laws that made first-trimester
abortion illegal - correct answer Roe v. Wade
Who was the first female speaker of the House of Representatives - correct
answer Nancy Pelosi
The tendency of different races to live in separate communities and, therefore,
to attend different schools is referred to as - correct answer de facto
segregation
, The political system that divides political power between states and federal
government is referred to as - correct answer Federalism
Which act penalized employers who hired illegal immigrants and gave
amnesty to most of the undocumented aliens in the country - correct answer
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
All of the following programs were part of President Lyndon Johnson's Great
Society and war on poverty programs EXCEPT
A. Medicare
B. Medicaid
C. Project Head Start
D. Social Security
E. Housing and Urban Development - correct answer D. Social Security
What type of federal funding do states prefer - correct answer Block grants
For a case to be heard in the Supreme Court, the Court must issue a call for a
lower court to send to the Supreme Court the records related to the case. This
call is referred to as a - correct answer Writ of certiorari
Which Supreme Court case in 1966 guaranteed that no individual "shall be
compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself' - correct
answer Miranda v. Arizona
State militias are/have NOT:
A. Established to enforce the will of the people
B. Used to put down insurrections
C. Been superseded by the National Guard
Answers 2025/2026 Edition
Which presidential candidate from the last two decades of the 20th century is
most closely associated with raising the issue of the fed gov's budget deficit -
correct answer Ross Perot
The State's Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrat Party) split from the
Democratic Party in 1948 because it opposed - correct answer Racial
segregation
What 20th century presidential candidate received fewer votes than his
opponent but still won the election - correct answer George W. Bush
Marble-cake federalism is a term to describe - correct answer Cooperative
federalism
Which act forbade discrimination on the basis or race, color, gender, religion,
or national origin - correct answer Civil Rights Act of 1964
What Supreme Court case nullified state laws that made first-trimester
abortion illegal - correct answer Roe v. Wade
Who was the first female speaker of the House of Representatives - correct
answer Nancy Pelosi
The tendency of different races to live in separate communities and, therefore,
to attend different schools is referred to as - correct answer de facto
segregation
, The political system that divides political power between states and federal
government is referred to as - correct answer Federalism
Which act penalized employers who hired illegal immigrants and gave
amnesty to most of the undocumented aliens in the country - correct answer
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
All of the following programs were part of President Lyndon Johnson's Great
Society and war on poverty programs EXCEPT
A. Medicare
B. Medicaid
C. Project Head Start
D. Social Security
E. Housing and Urban Development - correct answer D. Social Security
What type of federal funding do states prefer - correct answer Block grants
For a case to be heard in the Supreme Court, the Court must issue a call for a
lower court to send to the Supreme Court the records related to the case. This
call is referred to as a - correct answer Writ of certiorari
Which Supreme Court case in 1966 guaranteed that no individual "shall be
compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself' - correct
answer Miranda v. Arizona
State militias are/have NOT:
A. Established to enforce the will of the people
B. Used to put down insurrections
C. Been superseded by the National Guard
