American Government Clep 2023 Exam /140
Questions With Complete Solution
Early Immigration - -Western and northern Europe.
-Second Wave - -Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe; before and after
World War II
-Recent Immigration - -Large numbers of people from Latin America and Asia
-Machine Politics - -an organizational style of local politics in which party bosses
traded jobs, money, and favors for votes and campaign support
-Liberty - -Freedom for people to do what they want
-Limited government - -places relatively few restrictions on it's citizens' freedom.
-Laissez-faire capitalism - -government that places relatively few restrictions on its
citizens' freedom
-Equality - -treated the same as everyone else
-Political equality - -equality in political decision making: one vote per person, with all
votes counted equally
-Equality of opportunity - -Giving people an equal chance to succeed.
-Popular Sovereignty - -rule by the people
-Majority Rule - -the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can
make decisions binding on the whole group
-Tyranny of the majority - -majority would ignore the basic rights of the minority
-Individualism - -a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-
reliance and personal independence
-Rugged individualism - -the willingness of individuals to stand along and struggle long
and hard to survive and prosper
-Conformism - -trying to be like everyone else
-Unity - -the quality of being united into one
-Diversity - -difference, variety
, -Multiculturalism - -embrace diversity and learn about others cultures
-government - -is viewed as a necessary evil
-Political efficacy - -belief that one's actions can make a difference in govt. and that the
govt. listens to normal, everyday people
-American exceptional-ism - -the idea that the U.S. differs from the rest of the world
-Divine Providences - -The idea that America has been chosen by God to be a beacon to
the world.
-Just principles - -Unlike most states, the US was founded on ideas and principles, not
by conquest
-Geography and resources - -The great wealth of resources and relative isolation of the
US for much of it's history has made America unique among most other countries in the
world
-Diversity - -American mix of cultures and traditions is the source of American
strength.
-Founding Fathers - -Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington,
Alexander Hamiton, John Adoms, James Madison
-Constitution - -rules that determines how power will be used legitimately in a state
-Declaration of Independence - -1776; all men are created equal
-Inalienable right - -a right that all people in the world have that no one can take away
-Congress achieved - -Negotiating and signing the Treaty of Paris (1783) to end
revolutionary war
-Congress achieved - -Passing the Northwest Ordinances (1787) to create a system for
admitting new states to the union
-Shay's Rebellion - -Heavy taxes and big debt, showed how weak the Natl. Govt. was.
-Constitutional (Philadelphia) Convention - -created an entirely new stronger natl.
govt.
-Annapolis Convention - -called Congress to make the Articles to make Congress
stronger
-Framers - -wealthier and better educated than the average American
Questions With Complete Solution
Early Immigration - -Western and northern Europe.
-Second Wave - -Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe; before and after
World War II
-Recent Immigration - -Large numbers of people from Latin America and Asia
-Machine Politics - -an organizational style of local politics in which party bosses
traded jobs, money, and favors for votes and campaign support
-Liberty - -Freedom for people to do what they want
-Limited government - -places relatively few restrictions on it's citizens' freedom.
-Laissez-faire capitalism - -government that places relatively few restrictions on its
citizens' freedom
-Equality - -treated the same as everyone else
-Political equality - -equality in political decision making: one vote per person, with all
votes counted equally
-Equality of opportunity - -Giving people an equal chance to succeed.
-Popular Sovereignty - -rule by the people
-Majority Rule - -the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can
make decisions binding on the whole group
-Tyranny of the majority - -majority would ignore the basic rights of the minority
-Individualism - -a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-
reliance and personal independence
-Rugged individualism - -the willingness of individuals to stand along and struggle long
and hard to survive and prosper
-Conformism - -trying to be like everyone else
-Unity - -the quality of being united into one
-Diversity - -difference, variety
, -Multiculturalism - -embrace diversity and learn about others cultures
-government - -is viewed as a necessary evil
-Political efficacy - -belief that one's actions can make a difference in govt. and that the
govt. listens to normal, everyday people
-American exceptional-ism - -the idea that the U.S. differs from the rest of the world
-Divine Providences - -The idea that America has been chosen by God to be a beacon to
the world.
-Just principles - -Unlike most states, the US was founded on ideas and principles, not
by conquest
-Geography and resources - -The great wealth of resources and relative isolation of the
US for much of it's history has made America unique among most other countries in the
world
-Diversity - -American mix of cultures and traditions is the source of American
strength.
-Founding Fathers - -Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington,
Alexander Hamiton, John Adoms, James Madison
-Constitution - -rules that determines how power will be used legitimately in a state
-Declaration of Independence - -1776; all men are created equal
-Inalienable right - -a right that all people in the world have that no one can take away
-Congress achieved - -Negotiating and signing the Treaty of Paris (1783) to end
revolutionary war
-Congress achieved - -Passing the Northwest Ordinances (1787) to create a system for
admitting new states to the union
-Shay's Rebellion - -Heavy taxes and big debt, showed how weak the Natl. Govt. was.
-Constitutional (Philadelphia) Convention - -created an entirely new stronger natl.
govt.
-Annapolis Convention - -called Congress to make the Articles to make Congress
stronger
-Framers - -wealthier and better educated than the average American
