front 1 The president's constitutional roles, such as chief executive and commander in chief, | back 1 Have expanded in practice to be more powerful than the writers of the Constitution intended. |
front 2 Congress has formally declared war how many times in U.S. history? | back 2 Five. |
front 3 The whig theory holds that the presidency | back 3 Is a limited office whose occupant is confined by the exercise of expressly granted constitutional powers. |
front 4 The president's role in foreign policy increased largely because | back 4 America became more of a world power. |
front 5 The primary election as a means of choosing presidential nominees | back 5 Has been used more extensively in recent decades such that the candidate who dominates the primaries can usually expect to receive the nomination. |
front 6 The selection of the vice presidential nominee at the national convention is based on the | back 6 Presidential nominee's choice of a running mate. |
front 7 The Executive Office of the President (EOP) was created in | back 7 1939. |
front 8 Which of the following did the framers want from a president? | back 8 -National Leadership. -Administration of the laws. -Statesmanship in foreign affairs. -Command of the military. **All these answers are correct** |
front 9 The presidency was created by Article ____ of the U.S. Constitution. | back 9 II. |
front 10 According to the U.S. Constitution, if no one candidate received the majority vote of the Electoral College, who chooses the president? | back 10 U.S. House of Representatives. |
front 11 Under which president did the Electoral College change to a popular vote? | back 11 Andrew Jackson. |
front 12 After which party convention did the Democrats force major changes in the presidential nominating process? | back 12 1968. |
front 13 Which of the following states gives one Electoral College vote to the winner of the congressional district and two Electoral College votes to the statewide winner? | back 13 Maine. |
front 14 Which of the following is NOT true of the 2004 presidential election? | back 14 John Kerry accepted federal matching funds in the primaries. |
front 15 Which of the following is a reason that the nation did not routinely need a strong president during most of the nineteenth century? | back 15 All of these factors: America's small policymaking role of the federal government; the sectional nature of the nation's major issues; and the U.S. government's small role in world affairs. |
front 16 A president's accomplishments have largely depended on | back 16 Whether circumstances favor strong presidential leadership. |
front 17 Political scientist Aaron Wildavsky's "two presidencies" thesis holds that a president is likely to be most successful with Congress on policy initiatives involving | back 17 Foreign Policy. |
front 18 The War Powers Act was enacted in order to | back 18 Limit the president's war-making power. |
front 19 The forced removal of a president from office through impeachment and conviction requires action by the | back 19 House and Senate in separate proceedings. |
front 20 Which of the following describes what political scientist Hugh Heclo calls "the illusion of presidential government"? | back 20 The presidential image building through public relations that contributes to the idea that the president is in charge of the national government. |
front 21 What did Alexander Hamilton argue about war in Federalist No. 69? | back 21 A surprise attack on the United States is the only justification for war by presidential action. |
front 22 A president's policy initiatives are significantly more successful when the president | back 22 Has the strong support of the American people. |
front 23 The U.S. House of Representatives last decided the outcome of a presidential election in what year? | back 23 1824. |
front 24 In the modern era, the equivalent practice of using the presidency as a "bully pulpit" (Theodore Roosevelt) could be summed up in this phrase. | back 24 Going Public. |
front 25 How did Theodore Roosevelt change the conception of the presidency? | back 25 He cast aside the Whig theory in favor of the stewardship theory. |
front 26 Which of the following is true of the vice presidency? | back 26 The Constitution assigns no executive authority to the vice president. |
front 27 Candidate strategy in the early presidential nominating contests (such as New Hampshire's primary) is designed chiefly to gain | back 27 Momentum. |
front 28 President Obama's failure in his early months in office to enact policies to combat global warming, despite his determination to do so, is a reflection primarily of | back 28 Poor circumstance related to the economy. |
front 29 Which of the following presidents failed to win an electoral majority but still won the presidency by decision of the House of Representatives? | back 29 John Quincy Adams |
front 30 Which of the following is part of the Executive Office of the President (EOP)? | back 30 -Office Management and Budget. -National Economic Council. -National Security Council. -Office of Legislative Affairs. **All these answers are correct.** |
front 31 Which of the following was a provision of the War Powers Act? | back 31 It requires hostilities to end within sixty days unless Congress extends the period. |
front 32 During 2006, the year before Democrats took back control of Congress, George W. Bush | back 32 Had a congressional success rate of more than 80 percent. |
front 33 Congress authorized an official impeachment investigation of | back 33 Andrew Johnson. |
front 34 How many presidents have been impeached in U.S. history? | back 34 Two. |
front 35 A president is likely to propose the most new programs | back 35 During his or her first year in office. |
front 36 The U.S. House of Representatives chooses to impeach a president; who conducts the trial? | back 36 The U.S. Senate. |
front 37 The only two states that are exceptions to the unit rule are | back 37 Maine and Nebraska. |