Chapter 13 Quiz

Why is the president's State of the Union address important?

It is an opportunity for the president to set the legislative agenda by initiating proposals and directing public attention to the executive's goals.

The Office of Management and Budget is important because

Its personnel are an integral part of virtually every conceivable presidential responsibility, such as overseeing regulatory proposals, reporting on agency activities, and preparing the national budget.

The formal group of presidential foreign policy advisers, established in 1947, is called

National Security Council

The president's expressed powers include all of the following except

Partisan

According to the text, what are the three most common ways for a president to expand his base of power?

Party support, popular mobilization, and administrative control

In United States v. Nixon, the Supreme Court

Required Nixon to turn over secret tapes to Congress

In undertaking the campaign against the Taliban in 2001, George W. Bush

Sought and received congressional authorization for the bombing, but not a declaration of war

After the president and vice president, which office is next in the line of succession?

Speaker of the House

The National Security Council is composed of all of the following except the

Speaker of the House

Which executive agency has the least discretion, as a result of very detailed congressional legislation?

The Internal Revenue Service

The last time Congress exercised its constitutional power to declare war was in

1941

An executive order is

A rule or regulation issued unilaterally by the president, with the status of a law

The Environmental Protection Agency was created in 1970 by

An executive order

A signing statement is a(n)

Announcement the president makes about his interpretation of a congressional enactment he is signing into law

The office of the presidency was established by _____ of the Constitution.

Article II

The power to declare war is given to ____ under the Constitution.

Both houses of Congress

The president has the power to appoint which of the following positions?

Cabinet secretaries

____ powers are specifically established by the language of the Constitution.

Expressed

The turning point in American politics toward a president-centered government came about during the administration of

Franklin Roosevelt

Which president began the era of greater presidential control over the budgeting process?

Franklin Roosevelt

The rise of the national convention was important because it

Gave the presidency a mass popular base that would eventually support and demand increased power

Which of the following statements about presidential pardons is false?

George Washington declared amnesty to all Americans who fought for the British during the War for Independence

The first lady is an important resource for the president in his capacity as

Head of state

Which first lady was the first to seek and win public office on her own?

Hillary Clinton

When are the president's partisan ties most important?

In dealing with Congress on legislative matters

When Dwight Eisenhower sent federal troops into Little Rock High School in 1957, it demonstrated that

The president may make unilateral use of the emergency powers to protect states against domestic disorder

What is the primary constitutional task of the vice president, besides succeeding the president in case of death, resignation, or incapacitation?

To cast tie-breaking votes in the Senate

What did the framers mean to accomplish by indirect election of the president?

To make the president responsible to state and national legislatures

What is required for Congress to override a presidential veto?

Two-thirds of both houses of Congress

The _____ asserted that the president could send American troops into action abroad only in the event of a declaration of war or other statutory authorization by Congress, or if American troops were attacked or directly endangered.

War Powers Resolution of 1973