CLEP American Government Real-World Scenario
Questions + Certified Solutions 2025/2026
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 Right Act of 1964
What Supreme Court case nullified state 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 some states to continue to prevent African Americans from
voting? - correct answer poll taxes
The Supreme Court's Brown vs. Board of Education decision of 1954 -
correct answer ordered the racial desegregation of public schools
, A person who votes based on what a candidate says he or she will do in the
future is said to be - correct answer engaging in prospective voting
Should presidential candidates receive an equal number of electoral votes,
the election is decided by - correct answer the House of Representatives
enter graph here***** - correct answer
"A form of government in which the people (defined broadly to include all
adults or narrowly to exclude women and slaves, for examples) are the
ultimate political authority." These words best define what political
arrangement? - correct answer Democracy
New England's town meetings are examples of - correct answer direct
democracy
Under the pen name "Publius," Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and
John Jay wrote - correct answer The Federalist Papers
In the seventeenth 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 as the Virginians had? - correct answer 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 - correct answer
majoritarianism
Questions + Certified Solutions 2025/2026
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 Right Act of 1964
What Supreme Court case nullified state 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 some states to continue to prevent African Americans from
voting? - correct answer poll taxes
The Supreme Court's Brown vs. Board of Education decision of 1954 -
correct answer ordered the racial desegregation of public schools
, A person who votes based on what a candidate says he or she will do in the
future is said to be - correct answer engaging in prospective voting
Should presidential candidates receive an equal number of electoral votes,
the election is decided by - correct answer the House of Representatives
enter graph here***** - correct answer
"A form of government in which the people (defined broadly to include all
adults or narrowly to exclude women and slaves, for examples) are the
ultimate political authority." These words best define what political
arrangement? - correct answer Democracy
New England's town meetings are examples of - correct answer direct
democracy
Under the pen name "Publius," Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and
John Jay wrote - correct answer The Federalist Papers
In the seventeenth 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 as the Virginians had? - correct answer 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 - correct answer
majoritarianism
