AP Gov Final Review Test Questions

Which of the following was created in 1947 to coordinate the president's foreign and military policy advisers? Department of Homeland Security National Security Council Department of State Department of Defense

National Security Council

A majority of American presidents have been

Protestant

What is the major responsibility of the Office of Management and Budget? To link key foreign and military policy advisers to the economy To prepare the annual Economic Report of the President Managing the White House staff To prepare the president's budget

To prepare the president's budget

The president is most likely to use an executive order to make important policy when... Congress is dominated by the president's party a compromise cannot be reached with Congress a negotiation with foreign heads of state reaches an impasse the Supreme Court is divided along ideological lines

a compromise cannot be reached with Congress

In order to impeach a president, it takes

a majority vote in the House of Representatives

The presidential cabinet consists of the head of each executive department, plus any additional government officials the president designates. is the electronically locked vault where the president keeps his top secret papers. is given tremendous power under the Constitution. can veto actions by the president.

consists of the head of each executive department, plus any additional government officials the president designates

The War Powers Resolution established the chain of command of the armed forces in the event the president is incapacitated. established the code protocols that launch nuclear missiles in order to prevent accidental or unauthorized missile launches. gave the president the formal power to declare war in the case of nuclear attack. mandated the withdrawal of forces after 60 days unless Congress declared war or granted an extension.

mandated the withdrawal of forces after 60 days unless Congress declared war or granted an extension

Under the terms of the Twenty-fifth Amendment, while the vice president is serving as acting president, the recuperated president can reclaim the Oval Office through a set procedure. a new election must be held within six months. the electoral college determines when the incapacitated president can reclaim the presidency. the recuperated president can not reclaim his former job.

the recuperated president can reclaim the Oval Office through a set procedure.