Deck 7: The Presidency

Question 1

According to political scientist Richard Neustadt,the president's power to persuade is crucial to his

A)charisma.
B)exercise of ultra-constitutional powers.
C)ideological entrepreneurship.
D)political leadership.
E)reelection campaign.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Removal of the president from office requires

A)a two-thirds vote in the House.
B)a simple majority in the House.
C)a two-thirds vote in the Senate.
D)a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress.
E)a three-fourths vote in the Senate.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The main purpose of the War Powers Act was to

A)reassert Congress's budgetary authority over the conduct of war.
B)rein in the ability of the president to wage war.
C)show support for the troops.
D)overrule a Supreme Court decision enhancing the president's ability to wage war.
E)strengthen the president's powers as commander-in-chief.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The Framers did not envision that the president would be a strong executive officer.

Question 5

Generally speaking,the president has the power to remove his appointees at will.

Question 6

In the early years of the country,the president was much more powerful than Congress.

Question 7

Historically,vice presidents were selected as presidential running mates to

A)balance the ticket.
B)provide for an excellent successor in the event of the president's death.
C)provide the president with policy expertise.
D)be close advisers to the president.
E)serve as the president's equal partner in running the nation.

Question 8

Under the Articles of Confederation,

A)there were three branches of government.
B)there was no executive branch.
C)there were eighteen presidents with significant authority.
D)George Washington served temporarily as president.
E)the national government was supreme over the states.

Question 9

Agreements that the president concludes with foreign nations that do not require the advice and consent of the Senate are called

A)executive protocols.
B)executive orders.
C)treaties.
D)covenants.
E)executive agreements.

Question 10

The first president to send a legislative package to Congress was

A)George Washington.
B)Abraham Lincoln.
C)Woodrow Wilson.
D)Franklin D. Roosevelt.
E)Harry S Truman.

Question 11

Increases in presidential popularity are often the result of

A)midterm elections.
B)international crises.
C)economic crises.
D)the actions of the vice president.
E)scandals.

Question 12

The nickname "First Lady President" was given to

A)Hillary Rodham Clinton.
B)Edith Bolling Galt Wilson.
C)Eleanor Roosevelt.
D)Abigail Adams.
E)Laura Bush.

Question 13

Franklin D.Roosevelt is generally regarded as the best president.

Question 14

The president's power to convene Congress

A)allows the president to make recess appointments.
B)is largely symbolic today.
C)is utilized regularly by modern presidents.
D)was justified by Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. 10.
E)was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Question 15

Franklin D.Roosevelt served as president for three four-year terms.

Question 16

Historians have ranked ________ and ________ as the best and worst presidents.

A)George Washington/George W. Bush
B)Franklin D. Roosevelt/Warren Harding
C)Theodore Roosevelt/Franklin Pierce
D)Harry S Truman/Andrew Johnson
E)Abraham Lincoln/James Buchanan

Question 17

The president must be a natural-born citizen of the United States.

Question 18

The president often uses executive agreements to avoid confrontations with Congress.

Question 19

The Constitution sets the length of a presidential term at ________ years.

A)two
B)four
C)six
D)eight
E)ten

Question 20

The trend toward a greater role for the president in policy making began with

A)Theodore Roosevelt.
B)Franklin D. Roosevelt.
C)Lyndon B. Johnson.
D)George W. Bush.
E)Ronald Reagan.

Question 21

In U.S.v.Nixon,the U.S.Supreme Court

A)decided that presidential papers must be open to the public.
B)upheld the House's articles of impeachment against the President Richard M. Nixon.
C)ruled that the rights of criminal defendants overrode the president's general claim of executive privilege.
D)found that the president and his aides were not immune from lawsuits.
E)ruled that executive privilege was inherently unconstitutional.

Question 22

Jeff Johnson is a thirty-two-year-old born and raised mostly in a small town in Texas,but he lived in Botswana for three years starting when he was eight.A proud Republican,he has served as a member of the U.S.House of Representatives for his district and is quite popular in that position.Why can't Jeff be president?

A)He is too young.
B)He has not been a governor.
C)He lived for more than a year outside the United States.
D)There is a limit on the number of presidents who can come from any one state.
E)He is eligible to run for president.

Question 23

The Twenty-Fifth Amendment was added to the Constitution in 1967 to provide a way to

A)define the line of presidential succession.
B)remove the secretary of state from the line of presidential succession.
C)provide guidance during impeachment proceedings.
D)ensure that vacancies in the office of the vice president can be filled without election.
E)eliminate the Electoral College.

Question 24

Walter Mondale is regarded as the first "modern" vice president.

Question 25

If the president dies in office and the vice presidency is vacant,the next person in the line of succession is the

A)President pro tempore of the Senate.
B)Secretary of Defense.
C)Speaker of the House.
D)Secretary of State.
E)Secretary of the Treasury.

Question 26

The Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution limits a president from serving in office more than ________ years.

A)four
B)eight
C)ten
D)twelve
E)fourteen

Question 27

Which of the following presidents did NOT file plans for his funeral?
I)Gerald R.Ford
II)George W.Bush
III)Bill Clinton
IV)Jimmy Carter

A)II only
B)IV only
C)II and III
D)I, II, and III
E)I, II, and IV

Question 28

By the time the Twenty-Fifth Amendment was added to the Constitution,the office of the vice president had been vacant on ________ occasions.

A)five
B)seven
C)nine
D)eleven
E)twelve

Question 29

Presidents may be removed from office by

A)being found guilty of any crime by either the House or Senate.
B)state referenda.
C)a trial held in the Department of Justice.
D)impeachment in the House and trial in the Senate.
E)a majority vote of "no confidence" in both the House and Senate.

Question 30

President Bill Clinton proposed,and Congress approved a balanced budget.

Question 31

The process of bringing charges against the president or vice president is called

A)impeachment.
B)removal.
C)recall.
D)initiative.
E)conviction.

Question 32

Only ____ presidents have laid in state in the rotunda of the U.S.Capitol.

A)two
B)five
C)seven
D)nine
E) ten

Question 33

President Ronald Reagan was the first president to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda since

A)Gerald R. Ford.
B)Richard M. Nixon.
C)John F. Kennedy.
D)Lyndon B. Johnson.
E)Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Question 34

Executive privilege
I)has been defined narrowly by the Supreme Court.
II)is an express power granted to the president in Article II of the Constitution.
III)refers to the entire collection of rights enjoyed by the president.
IV)allows presidents to break the law with impunity.

A)I only
B)I and II
C)I and III
D)II and III
E)II and IV

Question 35

The difference between great and mediocre presidents frequently centers on leadership style.

Question 36

The only president to have served more than two terms is

A)George Washington?
B)Ulysses S. Grant?
C)Franklin D. Roosevelt
D)Harry S Truman
E)Ronald Reagan

Question 37

Which of the following countries does NOT have a president serving a four-year term?

A)United States
B)Russia
C)Mexico
D)Nigeria
E)Iran

Question 38

The constitutional qualifications for a president include that the president must be

A)an American citizen and a resident for at least fourteen years.
B)over twenty-five years old and a citizen for at least fifteen years.
C)over thirty years old and a citizen.
D)over thirty-five years old, a natural-born citizen, and a resident for fourteen years.
E)over forty-five years old, a naturalized citizen, and a resident for fifteen years.

Question 39

Executive orders have the force of law and can be used by presidents to make major policy decisions.

Question 40

The Executive Office of the President is a building next door to the White House.

Question 41

The president's fundamental authority over the military comes from

A)treaty powers.
B)Congress.
C)being commander in chief.
D)Marbury v. Madison.
E)the War Powers Act.

Question 42

Presidents have relied on their inherent powers to

A)circumvent the Constitution in times of war or crisis.
B)enter into treaties.
C)demonstrate their power to the electorate.
D)act as commander in chief.
E)declare war.

Question 43

Since 1972,the number of White House staffers has

A)increased substantially
B)decreased substantially.
C)hovered around 500.
D)varied.
E)been larger in Republican administrations.

Question 44

President Barack Obama made remarks about immigration at American University in July of 2010.This action is an example of which presidential role?

A)Chief law enforcer
B)Commander in chief
C)Chief of state
D)Shaper of public policy
E)Leader of the party

Question 45

The Cabinet membership is determined by the

A)Constitution.
B)number of departments in the bureaucracy.
C)president.
D)Congress.
E)Supreme Court.

Question 46

The president's power to make treaties is limited by

A)the House Foreign Relations Committee.
B)the advice and consent of two-thirds of both the House and Senate.
C)State Department rules.
D)a majority vote in the Senate.
E)the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate.

Question 47

The Cabinet system was established by

A)Article II.
B)the Articles of Confederation.
C)tradition.
D)Thomas Jefferson.
E)John Adams.

Question 48

The Executive Office of the President was established in 1939 to

A)formalize the informal structure of the Cabinet.
B)act as a liaison with the legislative branch.
C)aid in the war effort.
D)help the president direct the activities of the executive branch.
E)improve the accuracy of military intelligence to the president.

Question 49

One of the president's checks on judicial power is

A)the line-item veto.
B)the pardon.
C)impeachment.
D)the general veto.
E)commander in chief.

Question 50

Suppose a crisis necessitates President Barack Obama to send troops to enter homes of individuals suspected of terrorism.The justification for this unconstitutional act would MOST likely be

A)the necessary and proper clause.
B)the inherent powers of the presidency.
C)U)S. v. Nixon.
D)the War Powers Act.
E)the supremacy clause.

Question 51

The number of presidential vetoes

A)is roughly equivalent to the number of vetoes Congress has overridden.
B)is just over 2,500.
C)decreased after the early 1800s.
D)has never been tabulated.
E)was highest during the George W. Bush administration.

Question 52

The ________ was established to advise the president on military affairs and foreign policy.

A)National Security Council
B)Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
C)Council on Foreign Relations
D)Executive Office of the President
E)Defense Intelligence Agency

Question 53

A good example of a president "unsigning" a treaty is

A)President George Bush's retraction of the Panama Canal Treaty.
B)President Bill Clinton's rejection of the Kyoto Protocol dealing with environmental controls.
C)President George W. Bush's withdrawal of support for the International Criminal Court.
D)President George W. Bush's withdrawal of support for stem cell research.
E)President Woodrow Wilson's withdrawal of support for the Treaty of Versailles.

Question 54

________ and ________ were the only nonelected president and vice president.

A)Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert Humphrey
B)John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson
C)Gerald R. Ford/Nelson Rockefeller
D)Gerald R. Ford/Spiro T. Agnew
E)Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale

Question 55

The president has the power to appoint

A)his Cabinet.
B)all federal employees.
C)all legislative branch employees.
D)over 10,000 political appointees.
E)only Supreme Court justices.

Question 56

The Executive Office of the President includes
I)the National Security Council.
II)the Office of Management and Budget.
III)the Council of Economic Advisers.
IV)the Environmental Protection Agency

A)II and IV
B)I and II
C)I, II, and IV
D)I, III, and IV
E)I, II, and III

Question 57

Which of the following is the MOST likely reason that Senator John McCain chose Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008?

A)McCain thought Palin was attractive.
B)Palin balanced McCain's lack of experience in Washington, D.C.
C)Palin was more conservative than McCain, making the ticket more appealing to many Republicans.
D)McCain wanted to tout family values, and Palin was a great example of a typical American family.
E)No other candidate had been from Alaska.

Question 58

Which of the following is NOT among President Abraham Lincoln's legally questionable acts?
?

A)Suspending the writ of habeas corpus
B)Expanding the size of the army
C)Ordering a blockade of Southern ports
D)Treating captured Southerners as prisoners of war
E)Closing the U.S. mail to treasonable correspondence

Question 59

The last Supreme Court justice nominated by President Barack Obama was

A)Sonia Sotomayor.
B)David Souter.
C)Elena Kagan.
D)John Paul Stevens.
E)John G. Roberts Jr.

Question 60

Unpopular use of the pardon contributed to which president's reelection defeat?

A)Andrew Johnson
B)Harry S Truman
C)John Adams
D)Lyndon B. Johnson
E)Gerald R. Ford

Question 61

The presidential chief of staff is fourth in line to become president in the event that Barack Obama is unable to fulfill his duties in office.

Question 62

Arnold Schwarzenegger cannot become president because he was born in Austria.

Question 63

Under the Articles of Confederation,the executive branch was quite weak.

Question 64

According to political scientist James David Barber's presidential typologies,President John F.Kennedy was

A)active/positive.
B)active/negative.
C)passive/positive
D)passive/negative.
E)active/neutral.

Question 65

Which of the following is an example of going public?

A)Calling members of both parties to the White House
B)Issuing executive orders
C)Appearing on Anderson Cooper 360.
D)Hosting t-ball games at the White House
E)Holding Cabinet meetings

Question 66

The high esteem Americans accord to former presidents is reflected in the fact that a majority of them lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda before their burial.

Question 67

Which president since Dwight D.Eisenhower has had the highest popularity ratings?

A)Ronald Reagan
B)George Bush
C)Bill Clinton
D)George W. Bush
E)John F. Kennedy

Question 68

What has brought the American people closer to our presidents and made them seem more human?

A)Television
B)Airplanes
C)Newspapers
D)Space exploration
E)Talk radio

Question 69

Presidential popularity generally

A)stays constant.
B)follows a cyclical pattern.
C)increases throughout a president's term.
D)responds only to crises.
E)drops at the very beginning of a president's first term.

Question 70

The responsibilities of the Office of Management and Budget include
I)preparing the president's budget.
II)reviewing the budget proposals of executive departments.
III)supplying economic forecasts.
IV)acting as a liaison with Congress and the federal judiciary.

A)I
B)II
C)I and II
D)I, II, and III
E)I, II, and IV

Question 71

Vice presidential vacancies are filled by presidential nomination with confirmation of three-fifths of the House.

Question 72

An executive order

A)has the power to create policy.
B)may be directly contrary to a law passed by Congress.
C)has no legal consequence.
D)is the same as an executive agreement.
E)is a rule or regulation rarely considered by presidents.

Question 73

State of the Union Addresses provide presidents with an opportunity to advance policy ideas in a fashion envisioned by the Framers.

Question 74

Why did President George W.Bush likely have the highest popularity rating?
?

A)The economy
B)The September 11 terrorist attacks
C)The War in Iraq
D)His "Mission Accomplished" speech
E)Successful domestic policies

Question 75

President Harry S Truman used an executive order to

A)justify the Korean War.
B)establish affirmative action.
C)avoid charges of adultery.
D)segregate the U.S. Army.
E)seize private U.S. steel mills.

Question 76

A president can best set national policy and priorities through

A)his budget proposals and continued insistence on their congressional passage.
B)the introduction of bills in Congress.
C)the line-item veto.
D)personal charm.
E)executive agreements.

Question 77

Which president has traveled overseas more than any other president in his first year?

A)Ronald Reagan
B)George H.W. Bush
C)Bill Clinton
D)George W. Bush
E)Barack Obama

Question 78

In comparison to other countries,the United States has short presidential terms.

Question 79

A two-thirds majority vote in the Senate is required to remove the president after the House has voted to impeach by a simple majority.

Question 80

The Twenty-Second Amendment prevents presidents from serving more than eight years.