CLEP American Government Key Concepts Review | Fully
Solved Questions 2025/2026
The concept of responsible party government emphasizes the following about
elections - correct answer Political parties will take clear, unambiguous
positions
The following is a difference between the House of Representatives and the
Senate - correct answer The Senate has the exclusive power to ratify
treaties
The following was a consequence of the new Deal legislation passed during
the Great Depression under the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt -
correct answer The federal government became a more important agent of
change than in previous presidential administrations.
Congressional oversight is best described as - correct answer monitoring the
federal bureaucracy
The differences between the political attitudes of men and women are referred
to as - correct answer the gender gap
According to the Constitution, the following decides the presidential election
outcome in the event that a single candidate does not get a majority of
electoral votes - correct answer The House of Representatives
If the vice presidency of the United States is vacated the Constitution
stipulates that the president must - correct answer appoint a new vice
president with the approval of both houses of Congress
, James Madison's goal of setting power against power to minimize the
concentration of authority in any one branch of government is outlined in the
Constitution as a system of - correct answer checks and balances
The declining number of marginal seats in Congress means that - correct
answer fewer seats are won by 55% or less of the vote
The ability of the media to define the importance of particular events and
issues is called - correct answer agenda setting
The power of judicial review was established in - correct answer Marbury v.
Madison
The following is true of both the House of Representatives and the Senate -
correct answer Both chambers employ a complex system of permanent
committees to assist them in carrying out their legislative duties.
The authority of a chief executive to withhold approval from specific parts of
appropriations bills passed by the legislature is known as - correct answer a
line-item veto
The weakening of political parties is most often traced to - correct answer
Progressive Era reforms
The following contemporary political ideologies posits that government power
should be used to promote individual economic security and redistribute
resources, but rejects the notion that government should favor a particular set
of social values... - correct answer Liberalism
The following best describes a referendum - correct answer Citizens vote
directly on laws proposed by state legislature
Solved Questions 2025/2026
The concept of responsible party government emphasizes the following about
elections - correct answer Political parties will take clear, unambiguous
positions
The following is a difference between the House of Representatives and the
Senate - correct answer The Senate has the exclusive power to ratify
treaties
The following was a consequence of the new Deal legislation passed during
the Great Depression under the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt -
correct answer The federal government became a more important agent of
change than in previous presidential administrations.
Congressional oversight is best described as - correct answer monitoring the
federal bureaucracy
The differences between the political attitudes of men and women are referred
to as - correct answer the gender gap
According to the Constitution, the following decides the presidential election
outcome in the event that a single candidate does not get a majority of
electoral votes - correct answer The House of Representatives
If the vice presidency of the United States is vacated the Constitution
stipulates that the president must - correct answer appoint a new vice
president with the approval of both houses of Congress
, James Madison's goal of setting power against power to minimize the
concentration of authority in any one branch of government is outlined in the
Constitution as a system of - correct answer checks and balances
The declining number of marginal seats in Congress means that - correct
answer fewer seats are won by 55% or less of the vote
The ability of the media to define the importance of particular events and
issues is called - correct answer agenda setting
The power of judicial review was established in - correct answer Marbury v.
Madison
The following is true of both the House of Representatives and the Senate -
correct answer Both chambers employ a complex system of permanent
committees to assist them in carrying out their legislative duties.
The authority of a chief executive to withhold approval from specific parts of
appropriations bills passed by the legislature is known as - correct answer a
line-item veto
The weakening of political parties is most often traced to - correct answer
Progressive Era reforms
The following contemporary political ideologies posits that government power
should be used to promote individual economic security and redistribute
resources, but rejects the notion that government should favor a particular set
of social values... - correct answer Liberalism
The following best describes a referendum - correct answer Citizens vote
directly on laws proposed by state legislature
