CLEP Exam - American Government Questions with Correct Answers

CLEP Exam - American Government Questions with Correct Answers Punch cards - answerType of voting system that became well known immediately following the 2000 election Prospective voting - answerA 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 - answerShould 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 - answerNew England town's meetings are examples of this type of democracy The Federalist Papers - answerUnder the pen name "Publius," Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote this The Mayflower Compact - answerIn 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 - answerThe last state to ratify the U.S. Constitution U.S. President - answerThe purpose of the electoral college is to choose the_________ Interest groups - answerIn 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 - answerThe English philosopher whose words are heavily drawn on in the Declaration of Independence U.S. Treasury - answerInsofar as the Constitution is concerned, members of Congress receive payment for their work from_______ Senate - answerThe Vice President of the United States is the president of what government body? 25 - answerWhat is the minimum age specified in the Constitution for members of the House of Representatives? Oregon - answerIn recent decades, which state has relied most heavily on mail-in voting? The Constitution - answerIn which of the nation's founding documents could one point to an "elastic clause" to justify the existence of vast government agencies such as the Department of Health and Human Services? State legislatures and the people - answerThe Tenth Amendment to the Constitution states that government powers "not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States," are reserved for_____, ______, and _______. Administrative discretion - answerTerm for when Congress sets guidelines for government agencies to follow Unfunded mandate - answerThe Real ID Act of 2005 was an example of an_______ Filibuster - answerSenators have the power to "talk a bill to death." What is the formal term for this procedure? Bill - answerA piece of legislation proposed to Congress is called_________ End debate in the Senate - answerWhat do Unanimous consent agreements accomplish? Congress - answerArticle I is the longest section contained in the U.S. Constitution. What is the subject matter of this article? Punch-card ballots - answerCreated a controversy following the 2000 presidential election; the "hanging" and "dimpled" chads that resulted when voters did not punch through the cards completely were difficult for vote counters to assess Prospective voting - answerForward-looking voting: when a voter supports a candidate based on what the candidate plans to do once in office Retrospective voting - answerVoting based on an informed view of a candidate's or political party's past Attack and contrast ads - answerDesigned, respectively, to create negative feelings toward a candidate's opponent and to draw distinctions between opponents Republicanism - answerAdvocates a political system without a monarch "Mobocracy" - answerRule by the mob Oligarchy - answerA government run by a few people Democratic socialism - answerDistinguished from tyrannical forms of socialism in that it guarantees basic rights (e.g. Free speech) and free elections Concurrence - answerRefers to a judge's agreement with the decision of a majority of judges on the court, through different reasons. The Anti-Federalist Papers - answerWere written in opposition to ratification of the Constitution Common Sense - answerWritten by Thomas Paine in the early stage of the Revolution. It's purpose was to rouse the American public against the British Leviathan - answerAn important work in political philosophy by the English theorist Thomas Hobbes. Second Treatise on Government - answerBy John Locke, another work in political philosophy, was highly influential on the American revolutionaries and Constitutional framers. Mayflower Compact - answerWas agreed to by Pilgrim leaders who had landed at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts Magna Carta - answerIs a document from medieval England that established certain rights for British citizens. The Federalist - answera series of essays written to address the American controversy over ratification of the U.S. Constitution. The English Bill of Rights of 1689 - answerSet an important precedent for the Americans who desired a federal Bill of Rights. Marshall Plan - answerWas a post-World War II development program for Europe Delaware - answerFirst state to ratify the Constitution; it was a unanimous vote Political delegates - answerRepresent the wishes of the majority on whose behalf they vote Earmarks - answerFederal funds appropriated by Congress for local projects Executive orders - answerPresidential directives that direct and create laws and policies within the federal bureaucracy Caucuses - answerClosed meetings of members of a political party who meet to decide on political candidates and policy positions Article 1 - answerArticle on both chambers of Congress