AP GOV CHAPTER 14

In his first term in office, Barack Obama vetoed how many bills

2

The last time a candidate won a majority of the electoral college without winning the popular vote was in

2000

Presidents are now limited to two terms by the

22nd amendment

In order to win the presidency today, a candidate must win ____ electoral

270

In only how many ____ instances, candidates have won the electoral vote without winning a majority of the popular vote.

3

The Constitution requires that the president be at least _____

35_____ years old.

More than twenty-five hundred presidential vetoes have been made since 1789. Congress has overridden approximately what percentage of these?

4%

In this method of White House staff organization, used by Carter, cabinet secretaries and assistants reported directly to the president

Ad Hoc

The personality of which president began to alter the relationship between the president and Congress and the nature of presidential leadership?

Andrew Jackson

This method of staff organization causes confusion and conflict among cabinet secretaries and assistants.

Circular

George Washington limited himself to two terms, and no president served more until whom

Franklin Roosevelt

This president was very successful at getting legislation through Congress during the first hundred days of his presidency or his "honeymoon."

Franklin Roosevelt

During a period of assertive Congresses, this president cast 414 vetoes.

Grover Cleveland

The Framers of the Constitution generally expected that the _____ would ultimately decide the winner of presidential elections.

House of Representatives

Which of the following statements about a president's serving more than two terms is correct?

It has been done by only one president.

Which president considered himself an "outsider" and boasted of it?

Jimmy Carter

This president faced the Bay of Pigs crisis

John F Kennedy

This important agency in the Executive Office of the President studies the organization and operations of the executive branch, devises plans for reorganizing various departments and agencies, develops ways of getting better information about government programs, and reviews proposals that cabinet departments want included in the president's legislative program

Office of management and budget

Divided government is

One party controls the White House, and another controls one or both houses of Congress

This method of staff organization poses the risk of isolating or misinforming the president.

Pyramid

Before 1824, this cabinet position was regarded as a stepping stone to the presidency.

Secretary of State

Which elastic phrase has become a significant source of presidential power?

Take care that the laws be faithfully executed

During the early years of the Republic, this department, under the direction of Alexander Hamilton, was "the principal federal office

Treasury department

According to presidential scholar Richard Neustadt, the president's most important audience is

Washington Colleagues

Which president was one of the first to argue for a presidential legislative

Woodrow Wilson

Alexander Hamilton stood at the Constitutional Convention and gave a five-hour speech calling for

an elective monarchy

The text cites the 1948 Marshall Plan and the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to

both were produced by divided governments

When the president uses the prestige and visibility of the office to guide or mobilize the American people, we say that he/she is using the

bully pulpit

Customarily, the members of the president's cabinet are

close friends, campaign aids, representatives of important constituencies, experts on various policy issues

President Reagan's approach to his program was to

concentrate on only one issues

From the time of winning office to the time of leaving it, the popularity of most recent presidents

decreased except at election time

Since 1934, in every off-year election but two, the president's party

has lost seats in one or both houses of congress

A bill is passed to the president for action while Congress is still in session. After ten days he or she has still not approved it. What happens to the bill?

it becomes a law

An obvious and important difference between a president and a prime minister is that the latter always has support in

majority support in parliament

United States v. Nixon held that there is

no unqualified presidential privilege of immunity from judicial process.

The rule of propinquity states that

power tends to be wielded by the people who are in the room where a decision is made.

Abraham Lincoln ____ without prior congressional approval.

raised an army

If a president has a particular attitude about how a piece of legislation might be implemented, he/she might issue a(n)

signing statement

If the president should die in office, the vice president is next in line. When there is no vice president, the next successor in line is the

speaker of the house

The position of "acting president" was created by

the 25th amendment

Lyndon Johnson enjoyed considerable success in Congress until

the Vietnam War

In recent decades, the two key issues that presidents have focused on in planning and developing new programs have been

the economy and foreign affairs

Almost every president since Hoover has tried to reorganize

the executive branch

The cabinet officers are the heads of

the fifteen major executive departments

The text suggests that the abolition of the electoral college might lead to

the formation of third parties

Today, senior White House staff members are drawn from the ranks of

the presidents campaign staff

The most important power of presidents is the power of persuasion because of their

vague constitutional powers and lack of ensured legislative majorities.