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CLEP AMERICAN GOVERNMENT EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 400
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CLEP American Government
In the 17th Century, the signers of which of the following documents agreed to live under the colony's recognized authority and to wait for a royal charter, such has the Virginians had?
(A) the Mayflower Compact
(B) the Magna Carta
(C) The Federalist
(D) the English Bill of Rights
(E) the Marshall Plan - ANSWER-A. the Mayflower Compact
A person who believes that the government should do what the majority of people in the country want to do is advocating
(A) libertarianism
(B) pluralist theory
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(D) elite theory
(E) majoritarianism - ANSWER-E. majoritarianism
The state officer typically responsible for overseeing federal elections at the state level is the:
(A) Secretary of State.
(B) Attorney General.
(C) State Auditor.
(D) Governor.
(E) State Treasurer. - ANSWER-A. Secretary of State.
The purpose of the electoral college is to
(A) decide in disputes between the executive and judiciary branches
(B) choose the US president
(C) break the tie votes in the Senate
(D) promote higher education
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Most Americans believe that:
(A) the needs of the individual should be subordinate to those of the community.
(B) everyone should enjoy equal opportunities for personal and material success.
(C) the government should provide free healthcare for all citizens.
(D) the government rather than industry should be responsible for national economic development.
(E) Congress rather than the President should determine foreign policy. - ANSWER-B. everyone should enjoy equal opportunities for personal and material success.
All of the following are principles upon which the United States Constitution was founded
EXCEPT:
(A) Every state is equal and the national government cannot give special rights to an individual state.
(B) There should be three branches of government to make, execute, and interpret the nation's laws.
(C) All men are equal before the law regardless of social standing.
(D) The best government is a government by laws not by men. 3 / 4
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(E) All citizens should have the right to keep and bear arms. - ANSWER-E. All citizens should have the right to keep and bear arms.
The Department of Commerce promotes
(A) domestic aggregate demand and supply.
(B) international trade and economic growth.
(C) fair prices and stable markets for producers and consumers.
(D) improved technology through research, development, and demonstration.
(E) better working conditions and improved relations between labor and management. - ANSWER-B. international trade and economic growth.
In the debates over the Constitution, the federalists and anti-federalists spoke of "factions" the way we today speak of
(A) delegates
(B) earmarks
(C) executive orders
(D) interest groups
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