AP US Gov. ch. 13 The Presidency
T or F: The concept of the "two presidencies" suggests that the president plays different roles when it comes to economic policy and social policy.
False
The constitutional power of the president to send a bill back to Congress with reasons for objecting to it is the
veto.
The pocket veto can only be used
when Congress is adjourned.
What is the major responsibility of the Office of Management and Budget?
To prepare the president's budget
T or F: A pocket veto occurs when Congress adjourns within 10 days of submitting a bill to the president and the president neither signs nor vetoes the bill.
True
T or F: Among the constitutional powers of the president's role as commander in chief of the armed forces.
True
T or F: Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States of America.
True
T or F: Contemporary presidents have more presidential power than the Constitution suggests.
True
T or F: The First Lady has no official government position.
True
T or F: The House must vote by simple majority in order to impeach a president.
True
T or F: The original constitution set no limit on the number of terms a president could serve.
True
T or F: The president alone extends diplomatic recognition to foreign governments.
True
T or F: When Washington was president, there were just three cabinet secretaries and one attorney general.
True
Which amendment limits the president to two terms?
Twenty-second
Impeachment of a president means that the president is
indicted by the House
The system of the White House management employed by President John Kennedy, sometimes referred to as "wheels and spokes,"
involved many aides equally participating in the decision-making process.
The National Security Council
links the president's key foreign and military policy advisers.
In order to impeach a president , it takes a
majority vote in the House of Representatives.
The Office of Management and budget, the National Security Council, and the Council of Economic Advisers are
policymaking bodies of the Executive Office of the President.
A primary resource available to presidents for controlling the bureaucracy is
the power to appoint top-level administrators.
The three-member body appointed by the president to advise the president on economic policy is the
Council of Economic Advisers.
Barack Obama is the ______ president.
44th
Donald Trump will be the ______ president.
45th
When a president vetoes congressional legislation,
Congress can override the veto by a two-thirds vote in both houses.
According to the Constitution, a president must be at least ______ years of age.
35
Which of these is NOT one of the four generally held points regarding impeachable offenses?
An impeachable offense must be against a specific article of the Constitution.
Which of the following is a member of the cabinet?
None of the above is a member of the cabinet.
The executive power is discussed in which part of the Constitution?
Article II
Which of the following presidents had the greatest number of unsuccessful vetoes?
George W. Bush
Appointed to the vice president in 1973, he was the only one to become president having run for neither the presidency or vice presidency in the preceding election.
Gerald Ford
Which of the following is NOT a constitutional power of the president?
None of the above; all are constitutional powers of the president.
Which of the following best describes the position of First Lady?
It is not an official government position.
Which one of these presidents only served one full term in office?
Jimmy Carter
The agency that reviews legislative proposals for the president is the
Office of Management and Budget
The only president to resign his office was
Richard Nixon.
The two oldest cabinet departments are
State and Treasury.
The scandal surrounding Richard Nixon's administration that led to impeachment hearings was known as
Watergate
In 1998, the Supreme Court ruled in Clinton v. City of New York that
a 1996 law granting the president the authority to propose rescinding funds in appropriation bills was unconstitutional.
The Twenty-fifth Amendment, ratified in 1967,
created a means for selecting a new vice president when the office becomes vacant.
The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921
gave presidents the power to recommend agency budgets to Congress.