CLEP American Government Objective Assessment
Questions with Correct Answers 2025/2026
Antifederalists - correct answer believed that the Constitution took away
power from the states, thereby taking power away from the people
Expressed (Enumerated) - correct answer Powers explicitly granted to
Congress
Implied - correct answer Powers that Congress has assumed in order to
better do its job.
Inherent - correct answer Powers inherent to a sovereign nation
Prohibited - correct answer Powers prohibited to the national government.
Commerce clause - correct answer the authority to regulate interstate
commerce
Reservation Clause - correct answer Reserved to the States
Concurrent powers - correct answer powers held by both states and the
national government
Full Faith and Credit Clause - correct answer both establishes and limits
state powers
Charter - correct answer specifying its powers and responsibilities
, Home rule - correct answer a promise by the state government to refrain
from interfering in local issues
Special district - correct answer a local government created to deal with a
single issue or problem
Dual Federalism - correct answer 1789-1945; provisions for national and
state government
States' Rights - correct answer Advocates believed that the individual state
governments had power over the federal government because the sates had
ratified the Constitution to create the federal goverment in the first place.
Privileges and immunities clause - correct answer no state can deny any
citizen the privileges and immunitiess of American citizenship
Due process clause - correct answer limits states' abilities to deprive citizens
of their legal rights
equal protection clause - correct answer all people get the equal protection
of the laws
industrialization - correct answer economy became a national, industrial
economy, and the federal government was much better equipped than the
states to deal with this change.
Globalization - correct answer the US emerged as a global economic power
Questions with Correct Answers 2025/2026
Antifederalists - correct answer believed that the Constitution took away
power from the states, thereby taking power away from the people
Expressed (Enumerated) - correct answer Powers explicitly granted to
Congress
Implied - correct answer Powers that Congress has assumed in order to
better do its job.
Inherent - correct answer Powers inherent to a sovereign nation
Prohibited - correct answer Powers prohibited to the national government.
Commerce clause - correct answer the authority to regulate interstate
commerce
Reservation Clause - correct answer Reserved to the States
Concurrent powers - correct answer powers held by both states and the
national government
Full Faith and Credit Clause - correct answer both establishes and limits
state powers
Charter - correct answer specifying its powers and responsibilities
, Home rule - correct answer a promise by the state government to refrain
from interfering in local issues
Special district - correct answer a local government created to deal with a
single issue or problem
Dual Federalism - correct answer 1789-1945; provisions for national and
state government
States' Rights - correct answer Advocates believed that the individual state
governments had power over the federal government because the sates had
ratified the Constitution to create the federal goverment in the first place.
Privileges and immunities clause - correct answer no state can deny any
citizen the privileges and immunitiess of American citizenship
Due process clause - correct answer limits states' abilities to deprive citizens
of their legal rights
equal protection clause - correct answer all people get the equal protection
of the laws
industrialization - correct answer economy became a national, industrial
economy, and the federal government was much better equipped than the
states to deal with this change.
Globalization - correct answer the US emerged as a global economic power
