CLEP American Government Problem Set with Fully
Solved Answers (2025/2026 Edition)
Individual liberties on which the government may not infringe - correct
answer civil liberties
Federal law preventing racial discrimination by any private business receiving
federal money or engaging in commerce with an interstate component -
correct answer Civil Rights of 1964
Banned discrimination in housing - correct answer Civil Rights of 1968
Standard used to judge speech restrictions that are allowed only when an
exercise of free speech would directly threaten public safety - correct answer
Clear and present danger
Primary election where only a party's registered voters may vote to select the
party's candidate for the general election - correct answer closed primary
A vote of 60 or more senators required to end a filabuster - correct answer
Cloture
when the definition of obscenity shifts depending on the locale - correct
answer Community standard
Direct payment sought to recover from damages caused by a defendant -
correct answer Compensatory damages
Fugitive slave law protecting the South - correct answer Compromise of
1850
, Opinion written by a court minority that accepts the judgement, but for
alternative reasonings - correct answer Concurring opinion
Government that decentralizes units, such as states are clearly dominate -
correct answer Confederation
American Policy to resist the spread of communism through counterforce -
correct answer Containment Policy
Different levels of government divide responsibly for public policy areas -
correct answer Cooperative Federalism
the 1995 peace agreement between Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia brokered by
the US - correct answer Dayton Accords
Racial separation that comes about as a result of private social practices -
correct answer de facto segregation
Racial segregation enforced by law - correct answer de jure segregation
American policy in the 1970s to ease the tensions with the Soviet Union -
correct answer detente
The belief that allowing a single country to become communist would result in
many more countries in the region doing the same. - correct answer domino
theory
Solved Answers (2025/2026 Edition)
Individual liberties on which the government may not infringe - correct
answer civil liberties
Federal law preventing racial discrimination by any private business receiving
federal money or engaging in commerce with an interstate component -
correct answer Civil Rights of 1964
Banned discrimination in housing - correct answer Civil Rights of 1968
Standard used to judge speech restrictions that are allowed only when an
exercise of free speech would directly threaten public safety - correct answer
Clear and present danger
Primary election where only a party's registered voters may vote to select the
party's candidate for the general election - correct answer closed primary
A vote of 60 or more senators required to end a filabuster - correct answer
Cloture
when the definition of obscenity shifts depending on the locale - correct
answer Community standard
Direct payment sought to recover from damages caused by a defendant -
correct answer Compensatory damages
Fugitive slave law protecting the South - correct answer Compromise of
1850
, Opinion written by a court minority that accepts the judgement, but for
alternative reasonings - correct answer Concurring opinion
Government that decentralizes units, such as states are clearly dominate -
correct answer Confederation
American Policy to resist the spread of communism through counterforce -
correct answer Containment Policy
Different levels of government divide responsibly for public policy areas -
correct answer Cooperative Federalism
the 1995 peace agreement between Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia brokered by
the US - correct answer Dayton Accords
Racial separation that comes about as a result of private social practices -
correct answer de facto segregation
Racial segregation enforced by law - correct answer de jure segregation
American policy in the 1970s to ease the tensions with the Soviet Union -
correct answer detente
The belief that allowing a single country to become communist would result in
many more countries in the region doing the same. - correct answer domino
theory
