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CLEP U.S. History II
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CLEP U.S. History II
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1. Case decided by the U.S supreme court in 1963 that established the right to legal representation for all defendants in criminal cases

2. Christian conservatives - led by the Rev. jerry Falwell. who favored prayer and teaching of creationism in public schools - opposed abortion and pornography - and backed a strong national defense

3. The supreme court upheld the right of a slave owner to reclaim his property after the slave had fled into a free state

4. International organization to promote peaceful resolution of international conflicts; called on all members to protect the territorial integrity and political independence of all nations; replaced by United Nations

5. Those implemented by Franklin Delanor Roosevelt during the Great Depression to give relief to the unemployed.

6. Using American military power to fortify the diplomatic policies of the United States

7. A closed meeting of Democratic Party leaders to agree on a legislative program

8. Political movement calling for rejuvenation of free enterprise capitalism and the destruction of illegal monopolies; also called for civil service reform and honest and efficient government

9. Civil rights leader who fought for the rights of minorities by the use of peaceful civil disobedience

10. The Supreme court ruled that material vested with a public interest could not be withheld from evidence under the rule of executive privilege

11. The illegal entry and phone monitoring in 1972 of Democratic headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington by members of the Republican Party

12. The right to engage in the electing of public office holders

13. A senator who gains the floor has the right to go in talking until the senator relinquishes the floor to another

14. Investigative journalists and authors who exposed corruption in business and government

15. Leaders of the three major allied powers ( Roosevelt - Churchill and Stalin)

16. The act of reducing or eliminating economic controls

17. Parliamentary procedure for ending debate and calling for an immediate vote on a pending matter.

18. Radical muslin leader who wanted a total separation of the races

19. President of the united Sates during the Depression and WWII; most noted for his enactment of New Deal programs such as the Social Security Act

20. Federal money provided to a state of local government for a general purpose - such as reducing crime or improving education - with relatively few requirements on how the states can spend the money

21. Process by which persons acquire citizenship

22. The only president of the United States to resign after being confronted with impeachment (because of his alleged actions in the Watergate scandal)

23. Declared that trade with China should be open to all nations

24. The supreme court recognized that evidence seized without a search warrant cannot be used

25. A corporation that has many businesses in unrelated fields