CLEP American Government A+ Test Success Pack |
Verified Answers & Rationales 2025/2026
Pocket veto - correct answer if a president does not sign a bill and
congress adjourns, then the bill has undergone what?
Gerrymandering - correct answer paths creation if a congressional district
to ensure the election of someone from a certain political party or ethnic or
racial group.
"home style" - correct answer refers to appeals of local interests
Two-thirds of the senate - correct answer agreements between the united
states and foreign nations can be made by a president's administration, but
for the agreement to go into effect it must have the concurrence of what?
U.s. president - correct answer the highest person in the military's chain of
command
Sum of state's u.s. representatives and senators - correct answer a state's
representation in the electoral college most directly reflect what?
The speaker of the house - correct answer becomes president i the event
that both the president and the vice president are incapacitated
President pro tempore - correct answer the most senior member of the
majority party in the senate; follows the house speaker in the line of
succession to president
, The secretary of state - correct answer fourth in the line of succession to
president
District of columbia v. Heller - correct answer case over the second
amendment with the majority decision that the amendment applied to
individuals, not simply militias
Engel v. Vitale - correct answer eliminated prayer organized by public
schools
Brown v. Board of education - correct answer required the desegregation
of public schools
Balanced budget act of 1997 - correct answer signed by president bill
clinton, led to a balanced budget and a budget surplus
Mcculloch v. Maryland - correct answer effect of the supreme court case
that was to strengthen federal power at the expense of stat power
Theory of sampling - correct answer theory that relies on random
selection, sample size, and variation
Grand old party - correct answer the republican party's second name.
Cooperative federalism - correct answer sometimes called marble-cake
federalism, refers to the overlapping federal and state government
jurisdiction
Verified Answers & Rationales 2025/2026
Pocket veto - correct answer if a president does not sign a bill and
congress adjourns, then the bill has undergone what?
Gerrymandering - correct answer paths creation if a congressional district
to ensure the election of someone from a certain political party or ethnic or
racial group.
"home style" - correct answer refers to appeals of local interests
Two-thirds of the senate - correct answer agreements between the united
states and foreign nations can be made by a president's administration, but
for the agreement to go into effect it must have the concurrence of what?
U.s. president - correct answer the highest person in the military's chain of
command
Sum of state's u.s. representatives and senators - correct answer a state's
representation in the electoral college most directly reflect what?
The speaker of the house - correct answer becomes president i the event
that both the president and the vice president are incapacitated
President pro tempore - correct answer the most senior member of the
majority party in the senate; follows the house speaker in the line of
succession to president
, The secretary of state - correct answer fourth in the line of succession to
president
District of columbia v. Heller - correct answer case over the second
amendment with the majority decision that the amendment applied to
individuals, not simply militias
Engel v. Vitale - correct answer eliminated prayer organized by public
schools
Brown v. Board of education - correct answer required the desegregation
of public schools
Balanced budget act of 1997 - correct answer signed by president bill
clinton, led to a balanced budget and a budget surplus
Mcculloch v. Maryland - correct answer effect of the supreme court case
that was to strengthen federal power at the expense of stat power
Theory of sampling - correct answer theory that relies on random
selection, sample size, and variation
Grand old party - correct answer the republican party's second name.
Cooperative federalism - correct answer sometimes called marble-cake
federalism, refers to the overlapping federal and state government
jurisdiction
