CLEP American Government Final Exam Prep | Real Test
Questions + A+ Solutions 2025/2026
The States' Right Democratic Party, also called the Dixiecrat Party, split from
the Democratic Party in 1948 because it opposed - correct answer racial
desegegration
All of the following are reasons two major parties dominate American politics
EXCEPT - correct answer several state constitutions prohibit more than two
political parties
What twentieth-century presidential candidate received fewer votes than his
opponent but still won the election? - correct answer George W. Bush
Marble-cake federalism is a term political scientists use to describe - correct
answer cooperative federalism
Which act forbade discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, religion
or national origin? - correct answer Civil Rights Act of 1964
What Supreme Court case nullified laws that made first-trimester abortion
illegal? - correct answer Roe v. Wade
Who was the first female speaker of the House of Representatives? - correct
answer Nancy Pelosi
The tendency of different races to live in separate communities and, therefore,
to attend different schools is referred to as - correct answer de facto
segregation
, The political system that divides political power between states and a federal
government is referred to as - correct answer federalism
The Fifteenth Amendment made it unconstitutional to prevent citizens from
voting based on race or skin color. Which of the following is an example of an
initiative set up by states to continue to prevent African Americans from
voting? - correct answer Poll taxes
Which of the following acts penalized employers who hired illegal immigrants
and gave amnesty to most of the undocumented aliens in the country? -
correct answer Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
How many votes are necessary for a unanimous consent agreement to be
passed in the Senate? - correct answer 100 percent
All of the following programs were part of President Lyndon Johnson's Great
Society and war on poverty programs EXCEPT - correct answer social
security
Which of the following types of federal funding do states prefer? - correct
answer block grants
For a case to be heard in the Supreme Court, the Court must issue a call for a
lower court to send to the Supreme Court case in 1966 guaranteed that no
individual "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against
himself"? - correct answer Miranda v. Arizona
The Bill of Rights guarantees all of the following EXCEPT - correct answer
the right of women to vote
Questions + A+ Solutions 2025/2026
The States' Right Democratic Party, also called the Dixiecrat Party, split from
the Democratic Party in 1948 because it opposed - correct answer racial
desegegration
All of the following are reasons two major parties dominate American politics
EXCEPT - correct answer several state constitutions prohibit more than two
political parties
What twentieth-century presidential candidate received fewer votes than his
opponent but still won the election? - correct answer George W. Bush
Marble-cake federalism is a term political scientists use to describe - correct
answer cooperative federalism
Which act forbade discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, religion
or national origin? - correct answer Civil Rights Act of 1964
What Supreme Court case nullified laws that made first-trimester abortion
illegal? - correct answer Roe v. Wade
Who was the first female speaker of the House of Representatives? - correct
answer Nancy Pelosi
The tendency of different races to live in separate communities and, therefore,
to attend different schools is referred to as - correct answer de facto
segregation
, The political system that divides political power between states and a federal
government is referred to as - correct answer federalism
The Fifteenth Amendment made it unconstitutional to prevent citizens from
voting based on race or skin color. Which of the following is an example of an
initiative set up by states to continue to prevent African Americans from
voting? - correct answer Poll taxes
Which of the following acts penalized employers who hired illegal immigrants
and gave amnesty to most of the undocumented aliens in the country? -
correct answer Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
How many votes are necessary for a unanimous consent agreement to be
passed in the Senate? - correct answer 100 percent
All of the following programs were part of President Lyndon Johnson's Great
Society and war on poverty programs EXCEPT - correct answer social
security
Which of the following types of federal funding do states prefer? - correct
answer block grants
For a case to be heard in the Supreme Court, the Court must issue a call for a
lower court to send to the Supreme Court case in 1966 guaranteed that no
individual "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against
himself"? - correct answer Miranda v. Arizona
The Bill of Rights guarantees all of the following EXCEPT - correct answer
the right of women to vote
