CLEP American Government Practice Test (100 Questions & Answers)2023

CLEP American Government Practice Test (100 Questions & Answers) Punch cards - Correct answer-Type of voting system that became well known immediately following the 2000 election Prospective voting - Correct 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 - Correct answer-Should presidential candidates receive an equal number of electoral votes, the election is decided by___________ Democracy - Correct 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 - Correct answer-New England town's meetings are examples of this type of democracy The Federalist Papers - Correct answer-Under the pen name "Publius," Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote this The Mayflower Compact - Correct 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 - Correct answer-The last state to ratify the U.S. Constitution U.S. President - Correct answer-The purpose of the electoral college is to choose the_________ Interest groups - Correct answer-In the debates over the Constitution, federalist sand anti-federalist a spoke of factions the way we today speak of _________ Article I - Correct 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 - Correct answer-The English philosopher whose words are heavily drawn on in the Declaration of Independence U.S. Treasury - Correct answer-Insofar as the Constitution is concerned, members of Congress receive payment for their work from_______ Senate - Correct answer-The Vice President of the United States is the president of what government body? 25 - Correct answer-What is the minimum age specified in the Constitution for members of the House of Representatives? Oregon - Correct answer-In recent decades, which state has relied most heavily on mail-in voting? The Constitution - Correct answer-In 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 - Correct answer-The 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 - Correct answer-Term for when Congress sets guidelines for government agencies to follow Unfunded mandate - Correct answer-The Real ID Act of 2005 was an example of an_______ Filibuster - Correct answer-Senators have the power to "talk a bill to death." What is the formal term for this procedure? Bill - Correct answer-A piece of legislation proposed to Congress is called_________ End debate in the Senate - Correct answer-What do Unanimous consent agreements accomplish? Congress - Correct answer-Article I is the longest section contained in the U.S. Constitution. What is the subject matter of this article? Punch-card ballots - Correct answer-Created 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 - Correct answer-Forward-looking voting: when a voter supports a candidate based on what the candidate plans to do once in office Retrospective voting - Correct answer-Voting based on an informed view of a candidate's or political party's past Attack and contrast ads - Correct answer-Designed, respectively, to create negative feelings toward a candidate's opponent and to draw distinctions between opponents Republicanism - Correct answer-Advocates a political system without a monarch "Mobocracy" - Correct answer-Rule by the mob Oligarchy - Correct answer-A government run by a few people Democratic socialism - Correct answer-Distinguished from tyrannical forms of socialism in that it guarantees basic rights (e.g. Free speech) and free elections Concurrence - Correct answer-Refers to a judge's agreement with the decision of a majority of judges on the court, through different reasons. The Anti-Federalist Papers - Correct answer-Were written in opposition to ratification of the Constitution Common Sense - Correct answer-Written by Thomas Paine in the early stage of the Revolution. It's purpose was to rouse the American public against the British Leviathan - Correct answer-An important work in political philosophy by the English theorist Thomas Hobbes. Second Treatise on Government - Correct answer-By John Locke, another work in political philosophy, was highly influential on the American revolutionaries and Constitutional framers. Mayflower Compact - Correct answer-Was agreed to by Pilgrim leaders who had landed at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts Magna Carta - Correct answer-Is a document from medieval England that established certain rights for British citizens. The Federalist - Correct answer-a series of essays written to address the American controversy over ratification of the U.S. Constitution. The English Bill of Rights of 1689 - Correct answer-Set an important precedent for the Americans who desired a federal Bill of Rights. Marshall Plan - Correct answer-Was a post-World War II development program for Europe Delaware - Correct answer-First state to ratify the Constitution; it was a unanimous vote Political delegates - Correct answer-Represent the wishes of the majority on whose behalf they vote Earmarks - Correct answer-Federal funds appropriated by Congress for local projects Executive orders - Correct answer-Presidential directives that direct and create laws and policies within the federal bureaucracy Caucuses - Correct answer-Closed meetings of members of a political party who meet to decide on political candidates and policy positions Article 1 - Correct answer-Article on both chambers of Congress Article 2 - Correct answer-Article that focuses on the presidency Article 3 - Correct answer-Article that focuses on the courts Article 4 - Correct answer-Article that focuses on the states Article 5 - Correct answer-Article that focuses on amending the Constitution Article 1, Section 6 - Correct answer-Article and section that says, "Senators and Representatives shall receive Compensation for their Services." Article 1, Section 3 - Correct answer-Article and section that says that the Vice President is president of the Senate, though he has no vote, except in the case of a tie vote in the Senate-in which case the Vice President can cast the deciding vote. Article 1, Section 2 - Correct answer-Article and section of the Constitution that reads (in part): "No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years." 30 - Correct answer-Senators must be at least how many years old? 18 - Correct answer-According to the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, how old must someone be to have a right to vote? Article 1 - Correct answer-Article that the elastic clause is found in 10th Amendment - Correct answer-What amendment says, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Unfunded mandate - Correct answer-When the federal government simply instructs states to meet a certain requirement without providing funding, it is known as this__