CLEP American Government Essential Exam Toolkit | Correct
Answers Included 2025/2026
Congressional standing committees - correct answer endure through
congressional sessions
In the US, the state and national gov work together to solve problems. This
form of gov interaction is called - correct answer cooperative federalism
How often does the Constitution require the president to "give to the Congress
Information of the State of the Union." - correct answer From time to time
The US president nominates ambassadors to foreign countries, but the
ambassadorship must have the consent of - correct answer the Senate alone
When George W. Bush ordered, without the consent of Congress, the
establishing of military commissions to try captives captured in Iraq and
Afghanistan, he was theoretically relying on what kind of powers derived from
the war powers given to the president by the Constitution - correct answer
Inherent Powers
Which agency is not included in the Executive Office of the President -
correct answer the Federal Reserve System
When was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution - correct answer
During the debates over the ratification of the Constitution
What is the most severe form of discipline that congressional members can
receive from the Congress - correct answer Expulsion
, If a bill passes both houses, it will often go to a committee made up of
members of both houses to iron out differences in the two bills. This
committee is the - correct answer conference committee
BEST summarizes the power relationship btw the federal and state gov. Since
the 1980s - correct answer Devolution of power from the federal gov to the
states
___ is a presidential appointee within the Justice Department who regularly
makes legal arguments to the Supreme Court on behalf of the US
government. - correct answer Solicitor General
What led the federal government to take precedence over state governments
in the 20th century - correct answer Civil Rights
Plessy v Ferguson (1896) put in place the doctrine of - correct answer
separate but equal
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka - correct answer spurred the process
of desegregation in the southern and some midwestern states
Two-step flow of communication - correct answer an informed reader pays
close attention to info and then disperses what he or she has learned to the
masses
The 1st president to use radio effectively - correct answer Franklin Roosevelt
Civil Rights Act of 1968 - correct answer outlawed discrimination in most
kinds of housing
Answers Included 2025/2026
Congressional standing committees - correct answer endure through
congressional sessions
In the US, the state and national gov work together to solve problems. This
form of gov interaction is called - correct answer cooperative federalism
How often does the Constitution require the president to "give to the Congress
Information of the State of the Union." - correct answer From time to time
The US president nominates ambassadors to foreign countries, but the
ambassadorship must have the consent of - correct answer the Senate alone
When George W. Bush ordered, without the consent of Congress, the
establishing of military commissions to try captives captured in Iraq and
Afghanistan, he was theoretically relying on what kind of powers derived from
the war powers given to the president by the Constitution - correct answer
Inherent Powers
Which agency is not included in the Executive Office of the President -
correct answer the Federal Reserve System
When was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution - correct answer
During the debates over the ratification of the Constitution
What is the most severe form of discipline that congressional members can
receive from the Congress - correct answer Expulsion
, If a bill passes both houses, it will often go to a committee made up of
members of both houses to iron out differences in the two bills. This
committee is the - correct answer conference committee
BEST summarizes the power relationship btw the federal and state gov. Since
the 1980s - correct answer Devolution of power from the federal gov to the
states
___ is a presidential appointee within the Justice Department who regularly
makes legal arguments to the Supreme Court on behalf of the US
government. - correct answer Solicitor General
What led the federal government to take precedence over state governments
in the 20th century - correct answer Civil Rights
Plessy v Ferguson (1896) put in place the doctrine of - correct answer
separate but equal
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka - correct answer spurred the process
of desegregation in the southern and some midwestern states
Two-step flow of communication - correct answer an informed reader pays
close attention to info and then disperses what he or she has learned to the
masses
The 1st president to use radio effectively - correct answer Franklin Roosevelt
Civil Rights Act of 1968 - correct answer outlawed discrimination in most
kinds of housing
