Question 1

What is a typical topic a student of the presidency might research?&#10;A) Public approval of the president&#10;B) The White House staff&#10;C) Presidential decisions to use military force&#10;D) All of the above

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All of the given choices are typical topics that a student of the presidency might research. Public approval of the president, the White House staff, and presidential decisions to use military force are all important concepts related to the study of the presidency.

Question 2

Why might executive orders not be considered purely &#34;unilateral&#34; actions by a president?

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Question 3

What is the impact of &#34;centralization&#34; on presidents' legislative success? Why? What else matters?

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Question 4

What is the &#34;n=1&#34; problem? How can it be circumvented in studying the presidency?

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Question 5

What has been the impact over time of the vague language dealing with presidential power in Article II of the U.S. Constitution?

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Question 6

What factors influence whether a president &#34;makes&#34; legislative policy using his personal staff or whether he &#34;buys&#34; it from departmental or agency personnel?&#10;A) The &#34;transaction costs&#34; associated with the political environment&#10;B) Whether multiple departments have jurisdiction over a policy area&#10;C) How close or distant a president's preferences are to Congress's&#10;D) All of the above

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All three factors - transaction costs, multiple departmental jurisdictions, and proximity of president's preferences to those of Congress - can influence a president's decision to either rely on personal staff to make legislative policy or to buy it from departmental or agency personnel. Transaction costs relate to the costs associated with negotiating and coordinating with Congress and other actors in the political environment. Multiple departmental jurisdictions can create difficulties in coordinating policy among departments, and may make it more appealing for a president to rely on personal staff with a more centralized focus. Finally, if a president's policy preferences are closely aligned with those of Congress, there may be less need to "buy" policy from departmental or agency personnel, as the president may be able to rely more on working directly with Congress to achieve his or her policy goals.

Question 7

What influential scholar wrote Presidential Power in 1960?&#10;A) Richard Norton&#10;B) Richard Nixon&#10;C) Richard Neustadt&#10;D) Richard Nathan

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Presidential Power was written by Richard Neustadt in 1960, which became one of the most influential works on the presidency of the United States.

Question 8

Which of the following is not a power granted the President in Article II of the Constitution?&#10;A) To negotiate treaties&#10;B) To obtain advice from department heads&#10;C) To pass legislation&#10;D) To appoint federal judges, with Senate confirmation

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The power to pass legislation is granted to Congress in Article I of the Constitution, not the President in Article II.

Question 9

What is an early example of a presidential unilateral action?&#10;A) The War of 1812&#10;B) The Alien and Sedition Acts&#10;C) The Missouri Compromise&#10;D) The Emancipation Proclamation

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The Emancipation Proclamation was an early example of a presidential unilateral action in which President Abraham Lincoln issued the proclamation during the Civil War without seeking approval from Congress. The proclamation declared that all enslaved people in Confederate-held territory were to be freed, thus changing the nature of the war and solidifying Lincoln's legacy as a president who took bold, decisive action in the face of opposition. The other options listed do not represent unilateral actions taken by a president.

Question 10

What was spurred by the 1937 observation &#34;the President needs help&#34;?&#10;A) Creation of the Department of State&#10;B) The growth of a White House staff&#10;C) Expansion of the Democratic National Committee&#10;D) None of the above

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The 1937 observation "the President needs help" spurred the growth of a White House staff, leading to the creation of the Executive Office of the President and the expansion of the President's support staff.

Question 11

Clinton Rossiter wrote in the 1950s about the different &#34;hats&#34; presidents wore in the process of their different duties. Which of the following is not one of these &#34;hats&#34;?&#10;A) Chief of State&#10;B) Leader of a Coalition of Free Nations&#10;C) Chief of Interstate Commerce&#10;D) Chief Legislator

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Question 12

With whose administration is the &#34;modern presidency&#34; normally thought to begin?&#10;A) Theodore Roosevelt&#10;B) Franklin Roosevelt&#10;C) Harry Truman&#10;D) Ronald Reagan

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Question 13

Which of these is not a subfield in presidency studies as identified by Rudalevige?&#10;A) The bureaucratic presidency&#10;B) The public presidency&#10;C) The constitutional presidency&#10;D) The institutional presidency

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Question 14

President Theodore Roosevelt's assessment of presidential power was that the president ________.&#10;A) cannot act unless specifically authorized by a law or the Constitution&#10;B) must receive Congressional approval to act in most instances&#10;C) can act unless the law or Constitution specifically forbids it&#10;D) can act even if the law or Constitution forbids it

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Question 15

Charles O. Jones writes that despite overwhelming media and popular attention on the incumbent president, &#34;the presidency is not the government.&#34; How does that fact matter for presidential power? How does good research approach this issue?

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Deck 3: Presidential Authority in a Separated System of Governance