CLEP American Government 2025 complete questions (
frequently tested) and answers| already graded A+
Recent Immigration - ans -Large numbers of people from Latin America and Asia
Early Immigration - ans -Western and northern Europe.
Federalism - ans -Division of power between the federal govt. and the states
allows the different levels of govt. to check each other
Specificity - ans -a program developed with selected activities to improve skills
and conditioning for the purposes of achieving a goal
Checks and Balances - ans -A system that allows each branch of government to
limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
The Bill of Rights - ans -First 10 amendments of the Const. 1st 9 limited Congress'
Power, the 10th gave states the power to make laws not included in the
Constitution.
Rules for Election - ans -The voters have the power to change the govt.
435 - ans -Seats in the House of Reps
100 - ans -Seats in the Senate
6 years - ans -Senators serve?
2 years - ans -House of Reps serve?
4 years - ans -President serves?
Elastic clause - ans -gives congress the power to do what is necessary
Congress can - ans -make laws
, Congress - ans -has the power of the purse
Prohibited powers of Congress - ans -Passing an ex post facto law
Prohibited powers of Congress - ans -Passing a bill of attainder
Prohibited powers of Congress - ans -Suspending the write of habeas corpus
Federalism - ans -system of govt. in which the national and state govt. share
power
Changing the constitution - ans -is called an amendment
FIrst 10 Amendments - ans -Bill of Rights
Federalists - ans -Supporters of the Constitution
Federalist Papers - ans -Written by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay; to convince ppl to
ratify the constitution
Antifederalists - ans -believed that the Constitution took away power from the
states, thereby taking power away from the people
Expressed (Enumerated) - ans -Powers explicitly granted to Congress
Implied - ans -Powers that Congress has assumed in order to better do its job.
Inherent - ans -Powers inherent to a sovereign nation
Prohibited - ans -Powers prohibited to the national government.
Commerce clause - ans -the authority to regulate interstate commerce
Reservation Clause - ans -Reserved to the States
Concurrent powers - ans -powers held by both states and the national
government
frequently tested) and answers| already graded A+
Recent Immigration - ans -Large numbers of people from Latin America and Asia
Early Immigration - ans -Western and northern Europe.
Federalism - ans -Division of power between the federal govt. and the states
allows the different levels of govt. to check each other
Specificity - ans -a program developed with selected activities to improve skills
and conditioning for the purposes of achieving a goal
Checks and Balances - ans -A system that allows each branch of government to
limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
The Bill of Rights - ans -First 10 amendments of the Const. 1st 9 limited Congress'
Power, the 10th gave states the power to make laws not included in the
Constitution.
Rules for Election - ans -The voters have the power to change the govt.
435 - ans -Seats in the House of Reps
100 - ans -Seats in the Senate
6 years - ans -Senators serve?
2 years - ans -House of Reps serve?
4 years - ans -President serves?
Elastic clause - ans -gives congress the power to do what is necessary
Congress can - ans -make laws
, Congress - ans -has the power of the purse
Prohibited powers of Congress - ans -Passing an ex post facto law
Prohibited powers of Congress - ans -Passing a bill of attainder
Prohibited powers of Congress - ans -Suspending the write of habeas corpus
Federalism - ans -system of govt. in which the national and state govt. share
power
Changing the constitution - ans -is called an amendment
FIrst 10 Amendments - ans -Bill of Rights
Federalists - ans -Supporters of the Constitution
Federalist Papers - ans -Written by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay; to convince ppl to
ratify the constitution
Antifederalists - ans -believed that the Constitution took away power from the
states, thereby taking power away from the people
Expressed (Enumerated) - ans -Powers explicitly granted to Congress
Implied - ans -Powers that Congress has assumed in order to better do its job.
Inherent - ans -Powers inherent to a sovereign nation
Prohibited - ans -Powers prohibited to the national government.
Commerce clause - ans -the authority to regulate interstate commerce
Reservation Clause - ans -Reserved to the States
Concurrent powers - ans -powers held by both states and the national
government
