CLEP American Government Practice
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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
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