Chapter 14

The consitution requires that the president be a resident of the United States for at least ___ years

14

Which amendment formally limited presidents to two terms?

22nd

Today, winning the presidency means a candidate must get ____ electoral votes.

270

An individual has to be ___ years old to be president

35

Which of the following statements about trends in the presidential approval ratings is supported by information presented in the graph above?

A President's popularity tends to fall during his term in office.

The modern president is seems as the party leader because

All of the above

Which presidential power gives the president the ability to control what happens inside departments and agencies

Appointment

When the president uses his/her statue true the media to promote their policy

Bully pulpit

The Framers first considered having __________ select the president.

Congress

A president suffers a stroke that leaves him or her partially paralyzed. The vice president, with the support of a majority of the cabinet, declares that the president is unable to discharge the duties of the office, but the president disagrees. What happens next?

Congress decides who is president.

The president can which of the following without seeking consent of either house or the senate

Deploy troops

The president's right to withhold information from congress is

Executive Privilage

George Washington attempted to get his cabinet members to work together, and the result was

Feuding

Which of these presidents was the inspiration for the twenty-second amendment

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Andrew Jackson's use of veto power was conspicuous because

He sued it more than all the presidents before him combined

What cabinet department was created as a reaction to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks?

Homeland Security

The president's veto power is accurately described by which of the following statements?

I and III

Presidents have the authority to issue executive orders because of

Inherent powers

Which of the following statements is true of a bill that is not signed or vetoed within 10 days while congress is still in session?

It becomes a law automatically

Which of the following is true about the pocket veto?

It occurs when the President takes no action on a bill for ten days during which Congress is adjourned.

As commander in chief of the armed forces, the president has the power to

Lead the military

Shortly after 2008 election

Members of congress could issue statements opposing the appointment but have no formal power to block it

The result of the surpreme court ruling in United States v Nixon was that

Nixon has to hand over all the evidence that would eventually incriminate him

The data in the table illustrate which of the following about United States constitutional government?

Presidential foreign policy can be checked through the legislative power of Congress.

Which of the following best illustrates the point being made in the cartoon above

Presidents can have an influence on public policy far beyond their terms of office.

In November 2014, president Obama announced an expansion of the deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) program through an executive order. The policy would protect over 700,000 more children of undocumented immigrants from deportation. Republican members of congress denounced the order as an abuse of executive power. Previously, members of the house of representatives had voted to defund the program. This scenario best illustrates which of the following?

Presidents exert informal powers when their policy agenda conflicts with that of Congress.

Which of the following statements concerning signing statements is incorrect?

Such statements are popular with Congress.

A newly elected president faces a Senate controlled by the opposition party. Which of the following presidential appointments is the most likely to encounter difficulty with confirmation by the Senate?

Supreme Court Justice

Which of the following explains why the author believes presidential power has expanded

The United States has emerged as a global power, which has enhanced the power of the president in foreign affairs.

LBJ enjoyed considerate success in congress until

The Vietnam war sapped his strength

Which of the following statements best characterize the nature of the conflict between presidents and congress?

The conflict is integral to the design of the constitution, deliberately intended by the authors of the consitution

LBJ expansion of domestic public policy in the 1960s was called

The great society

What distinguishes the modern presidency from the institution originally envisioned by the framers of the constitution?

The modern presidency is much more powerful than the Framers intended.

Which of the following trends is best supported by the information in the table

The number of executive agreements has increased over time.

Which of the following statements is best supported by the line graph?

The number of vetoes has generally decreased since 1945, but so has the number of bills passed by Congress.

In the last years of presidential primacy, so indispensable to the political order, has turned into presidential supremacy. Which of the following statements is correct implication of the author's argument?

The perception of multiple crises has lead to the growth of an executive branch that is undermining the separation of powers in the government

The president has control of executive bureaucracies; this control is exercised best through

The power of appointment

Which of the following presidential power is not a shared power

The power to pardon

Which of the following is an example of how the innovation of social media can influence presidential power?

The president announces the nomination of a cabinet secretary on the internet

Which statement best explains the information in the graphic

The secretary was confirmed by a party-line vote.

Which of the following is an action a president can take to rally public support for the administration's legislative agenda?

Use the state of the union address to pressure congress to pass a bill lowering income taxes

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the text by Schlesinger and fed 70?

While schlesinger views centralization of power in the presidency as dangerous, the federalist 70 views it as vital to the presidency's effectiveness

In The Federalist 70, Alexander Hamilton states that "energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government." In this statement, Hamilton is arguing in favor of the need for

a single executive who can respond quickly to crises

As chief diplomat, the president can use ___ as a means of avoiding treaty ratification process in congress

executive agreements

The executive orders are

formal instructions issued by the president

Executive agreements have been cited as evidence that

modern presidents often try to avoid legislative checks and balances on their authority

All the following are formal or informal sources of presidential power except

presidential authority to raise revenue

War powers act of 1973 sought to

require the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing troops

In crafting the executive branch, what was the motive behind the decisions of the Constitution's Framers?

to create a leader with enough authority to protect the nation from domestic and foreign threats but not so strong that he/she would jeopardize liberty

When might citizens be particularly concerned about an expansion of presidential power?

when they oppose the president's agenda