Deck 6: Presidency and Foreign Policy

Question 1

Super PACs cannot​

A) ​send mailings in support of a candidate or issue television commercials.
B) engage in independent campaign activities.
C) ​coordinate with candidates.
D) ​make donations to candidates.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What is the third step in the presidential election cycle?​

A) ​The party nominating convention
B) ​The primary election season
C) ​Fundraising
D) ​The general election campaign

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Emergency powers derive from​

A) ​Article II of the Constitution.
B) ​the oath of office.
C) the Supreme Court.
D) ​congressional acts.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The day of the presidential election is always​ the

A) ​first Tuesday of November.
B) ​Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
C) ​second Tuesday in November.
D) ​first Monday in November.

Question 5

Who officially determines who gets elected president on election day?​

A) ​The House of Representatives
B) ​​The popular vote and the Electoral College
C) ​​The popular vote
D) ​​The Electoral College

Question 6

Which Article of the Constitution addresses the executive branch?​

A) ​Article I
B) ​Article II
C) ​Article III
D) Article IV​

Question 7

How many terms can the president serve?​

A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four

Question 8

​Candidates in recent elections have rejected public election funding because it

A) ​places strict fundraising and spending limits on candidates.
B) ​does not support Internet communication.
C) requires candidates to release their federal tax forms for review.​
D) stipulates how the money must be spent.

Question 9

​When Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus without the approval of Congress, he used

A) ​emergency powers.
B) ​implied powers.
C) ​express powers.
D) illegal powers.

Question 10

​Closed primaries allow

A) ​any registered voter to participate, and the voter may ask for a ballot of either party.
B) ​only voters who are registered party members to participate.
C) ​voters not enrolled in a political party to choose either ballot.
D) ​voters time to discuss the candidates, choose one, and then vote.

Question 11

Which president was elected to four terms?​

A) ​Franklin Delano Roosevelt
B) ​Theodore Roosevelt
C) ​George H.W. Bush
D) ​Richard Nixon

Question 12

How many electors does a state receive?​

A) ​​The number of members it has in the House of Representatives
B) ​​The number of members it has in the Senate
C) ​​The number of members it has in Congress
D) ​​The number is not set because it is based on voter turnout.

Question 13

Define the term express powers.​

A) Elastic duties and powers of the office
B) Formal duties and powers of the office
C) Formal duties and powers that do not fall within the realm of congressional oversight
D) ​Formal duties and powers that do not fall within the realm of judicial review

Question 14

Which of the following is an express power of the presidency as outlined in the Constitution? I. Convene Congress
II. Sign or veto legislation
III. Convene the Supreme Court
IV. Negotiate treaties​

A) ​All but I
B) ​All but II
C) ​All but III
D) ​All but IV

Question 15

​The general election campaign period begins

A) ​when the first candidate announces his or her intent to run for president and runs through election day.
B) ​with the start of the primary season and runs through election day.
C) ​after the party nominating conventions and runs through election day.
D) ​when a candidate starts fundraising and runs through election day.

Question 16

Caucuses are​ ​open to

A) everyone.
B) ​only local party members.
C) anyone who voted in the last presidential election.
D) only local party members who voted in the last election.

Question 17

Which amendment limits the president to a specific number of terms?​

A) ​The Twenty-First Amendment
B) ​The Twenty-Third Amendment
C) ​The Twenty-Second Amendment
D) ​The Twenty-Seventh Amendment

Question 18

When the president assumes the role of head of state, this involves

A) overseeing implementation of laws.
B) responding quickly to threats to national security.
C) delivering the State of the Union address.
D) receiving ambassadors from other nations and negotiating treaties.

Question 19

Implied powers are​

A) ​essential to the functioning of the office.
B) ​powers Congress has given to the president.
C) ​open to interpretation and change with each president.
D) ​directly stated in the Constitution.

Question 20

All of the following are qualifications to be the president of the United States except he or she must

A) be at least thirty-five years old.
B) ​have served in a branch of the military.
C) ​have been a resident of the United States for at least fourteen years.
D) ​be a natural-born citizen of the United States.

Question 21

The Executive Office of the President is overseen by the

A) ​first lady.
B) ​vice president.
C) ​press secretary.
D) ​chief of staff.

Question 22

What is the National Security Council?​

A) ​It is a committee for domestic security issues.
B) ​It is a committee that is charged with helping the president implement military strategies.
C) ​It is a committee for foreign policy and military issues.
D) ​It is a committee for policies related to the right to privacy and national security.

Question 23

Which two organizations in the Executive Office of the President play a major role and have significant power over the functioning of the executive branch?​

A) ​The National Security Council and the Office of the Vice President
B) ​The National Security Council and the Office of Management and Budget
C) ​The Office of the Vice President and the Office of Management and Budget
D) ​The Office of the Vice President and the Council of Economic Advisors

Question 24

After the president and the vice president, who is the next person in line to fill the role of president under the Presidential Succession Act?​

A) The majority leader of the House
B) ​The minority whip
C) ​The Speaker of the House
D) ​The Secretary of State

Question 25

Executive agreements are​

A) ​treaties that negotiate settlements with foreign heads of state.
B) ​treaties that have to be approved by Congress.
C) ​agreements that open discussion prior to writing a treaty.
D) ​agreements that communicate mutual understanding of issues with foreign heads of state.

Question 26

How many members made up George Washington's cabinet?​

A) ​Three
B) ​Four
C) Seven
D) ​Eight

Question 27

Based on the Constitution, in which policy area does the president have the most authority?​

A) Economic policy
B) Military policy
C) Education policy
D) Foreign policy

Question 28

Which of the following are duties of the president's chief of staff? I. Managing the interactions with the media
II. Managing the daily operations of the Executive Office of the President
III. Managing the president's overall schedule
IV. Deciding who gets to see the president
V. Advising the president on policy issues and on working with the executive branch

A) ​All but I
B) ​All but II
C) ​All but III and V
D) ​All but V

Question 29

Which action of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt invoked emergency powers?​

A) ​Asking Congress to declare war on Japan
B) ​Issuing the executive order for the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII
C) Approving the creation of the Manhattan Project​
D) ​Establishing the Tennessee Valley Authority

Question 30

The Executive Office of the President includes all of the following agencies except​ the

A) ​National Aeronautic and Space Agency.
B) ​National Security Council.
C) ​Council of Economic Advisers.
D) ​Office of the Vice President.

Question 31

Which of the following positions has to be confirmed by the Senate?​

A) ​The vice president
B) ​The chief of staff
C) ​The cabinet secretaries
D) The minority leader of the House

Question 32

The role of the Executive Office of the President is to​ ​advise and support the president in

A) his or her execution of the duties outlined in the Constitution.
B) managing new legislation.
C) his or her management of executive agencies.
D) his or her management of the White House.

Question 33

Which of the following is not ​a member of the National Security Council?​

A) ​The Secretary of State
B) ​The Secretary of Treasury
C) ​The Secretary of Defense
D) ​The Secretary of Transportation

Question 34

What is the primary role of a cabinet secretary?​

A) ​To work the floor of the Senate to get policies passed
B) ​To provide expert advice to the president
C) ​To work cooperatively with other cabinet secretaries to solve problems
D) ​To draft legislation and design policy

Question 35

What is the largest department in the Executive Office of the President?​

A) ​The National Security Council
B) ​The U.S Trade Representative
C) ​The Office of Management and Budget
D) ​The Council of Economic Advisors

Question 36

Which of the following is not a foreign policy role or one of the powers of the president as outlined in the Constitution?​

A) Head of state
B) ​Commander in chief
C) Executive orders
D) Diplomacy

Question 37

How many cabinet-level departments exist today?​

A) ​10
B) ​15
C) ​20
D) ​25

Question 38

Which of the following is one task the press secretary does?​

A) ​He or she is responsible for speechwriting.
B) ​He or she coordinates the president's message with policy information from executive agencies.
C) ​He or she manages the overall communications strategy and message.
D) ​He or she plays a role in the presidential communications strategy.

Question 39

The purpose of the Office of Management and Budget is to help the president​

A) ​implement his or her policy priorities across the executive branch.
B) ​implement his or her staffing procedures and manage accounts receivable.
C) ​implement his or her policies managing the budgets of the judicial and legislative branches.
D) approve budget changes for military action.

Question 40

Executive orders​ become

A) ​law after judicial review.
B) ​law with congressional approval.
C) ​law without congressional approval.
D) ​directives not laws.

Question 41

The War Powers Resolution was in response, in part, to​ the

A) ​Bay of Pigs.
B) ​Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
C) ​Vietnam War.
D) ​Warsaw Pact.

Question 42

The diplomatic stance that America engaged in during the earliest years of the country began to change under​ President

A) ​James Monroe.
B) ​Ulysses S. Grant.
C) ​Woodrow Wilson.
D) ​Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Question 43

George Washington supported a position of​ ________ for the new nation in its relations with other countries.

A) ​occupation
B) isolationism
C) pacifism
D) ​engagement

Question 44

After September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush shifted the focus of American foreign policy to​ ​protecting the United States

A) by rebuilding the allied forces.
B) by returning to isolationism.
C) from domestic security leaks.
D) from terrorists and declaring a "war on terrorism."

Question 45

The Cold War was a period of tense diplomacy between the United States and​ ________ that threatened an actual war and a period of intense competition in the areas of science, technology, and nuclear weapons.

A) ​the Soviet Union
B) ​China
C) ​India
D) ​Vietnam

Question 46

​Which of the following did not aid President Clinton's efforts to shift American foreign policy away from the Cold War and toward building international relationships?

A) ​The Wye River Memorandum
B) ​The Oslo Accords
C) ​The Good Friday Agreement
D) ​The Paris Peace Accords

Question 47

The Marshall Plan was made possible by​ the

A) ​development and use of the atomic bomb through executive order.
B) ​reorientation of U.S. foreign policy through the Truman Doctrine.
C) ​increased spending on the military by the Office of Management and Budget.
D) ​maintenance of U.S. foreign policy through the Truman Doctrine.

Question 48

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's original plan for the United States during World War II was to​

A) ​get involved on the side of Axis Powers as soon as possible.
B) ​keep the country out of the war unless Russia fell.
C) ​keep the country out of the war.
D) join the war as soon as possible.

Question 49

The end of the Cold War began in _______ when the Berlin Wall came down.

A) ​1988
B) ​1989
C) ​1990
D) ​1991

Question 50

Which post-World War II foreign policy presented the idea that the United States should assist democratic countries, take action to preserve free institutions with the goal of preserving peace, and keep other nations free from totalitarian regimes?​

A) ​The Monroe Doctrine
B) ​The Marshall Plan
C) ​The Truman Doctrine
D) ​The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution