Question 1

Which of the following is true of the president's veto power?

Accepted Answer

A)  Presidents are limited in their use of the veto on legislation directly affecting national security or economic policy.
B)  The threat of a veto has never proven to be enough to make Congress bend to the president's demands.
C)  Congress can usually muster the two-thirds majority in each chamber required to override a presidential veto.
D)  The veto is as much a sign of presidential weakness as of strength,because it arises when Congress refuses to accept the president's ideas.
E)  President Bush used the veto less and less during the course of his presidency so as not to cause his popularity to fall.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

Congress has formally declared war ________ times in U.S.history.

Accepted Answer

A)  2
B)  5
C)  55
D)  200
E)  6,500F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 3

Congress authorized an official impeachment investigation of

Accepted Answer

A)  Andrew Johnson.
B)  John Quincy Adams.
C)  Theodore Roosevelt.
D)  Warren Harding.
E)  Calvin Coolidge.F) D) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 4

How did Theodore Roosevelt change the conception of the presidency?

Accepted Answer

A)  He altered the stewardship theory to reduce the power of the presidency while remaining an activist president.
B)  He sought to act only within the confines of expressly-granted constitutional authority.
C)  He rejected the idea of the "strong presidency".
D)  He cast aside the stewardship theory in favor of the Whig theory.
E)  He cast aside the Whig theory in favor of the stewardship theory.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 5

If the U.S.House of Representatives chooses to impeach a president,who conducts the trial?

Accepted Answer

A)  the U.S.Supreme Court
B)  the U.S.House of Representatives
C)  the U.S.Senate
D)  the Federal Bureau of Investigation
E)  the Department of JusticeF) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 6

A president's accomplishments have largely depended on

Accepted Answer

A)  the margin of victory in the presidential campaign.
B)  whether circumstances favor strong presidential leadership.
C)  the president's ability to come up with good ideas.
D)  the president's skill at balancing the demands of competing groups.
E)  mid-term elections.F) A) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 7

What did Alexander Hamilton argue about war in Federalist No.69?

Accepted Answer

A)  Congress is the only body with enough deliberative powers to be able to justly declare war.
B)  War under any circumstances is unjust,even in self-defense.
C)  A president should be allowed to declare war,because only the executive can react quickly enough.
D)  A surprise attack on the United States is the only justification for war by presidential action.
E)  Building a strong military for engagement in foreign wars would be a key ingredient to establishing executive authority.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 8

Political scientist Aaron Wildavsky's "two presidencies" thesis holds that a president is likely to be most successful with Congress on policy initiatives involving

Accepted Answer

A)  social welfare policy.
B)  foreign policy.
C)  tax policy.
D)  economic policy.
E)  environmental policy.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 9

Discuss the relationship of presidential power to public support for the president,and explain why this relationship is both an asset and a liability for the president.

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Question 10

The only two states that are exceptions to the unit rule are

Accepted Answer

A)  Michigan and Montana.
B)  New Hampshire and Vermont.
C)  Maine and Nebraska.
D)  Georgia and Louisiana.
E)  Rhode Island and Oregon.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

Which one of the following did NOT serve as a state governor prior to being president?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ronald Reagan
B)  Bill Clinton
C)  John Kennedy
D)  George W.Bush
E)  Jimmy CarterF) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 12

The selection of the vice presidential nominee at the national convention is based on the

Accepted Answer

A)  results of the primaries and caucuses; the candidate who places second in these contests is nominated as the running mate of the candidate who finishes first.
B)  convention delegates' judgment as to the candidate who would make the best vice president.
C)  results of public opinion polls taken just before the convention begins.
D)  presidential nominee's choice of a running mate.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 13

Which of the following states gives one Electoral College vote to the winner of each congressional district and two Electoral College votes to the statewide winner?

Accepted Answer

A)  Texas
B)  Maine
C)  New York
D)  New Hampshire
E)  IowaF) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 14

Which of the following did the framers want from a president?

Accepted Answer

A)  national leadership
B)  administration of the laws
C)  statesmanship in foreign affairs
D)  command of the military
E)  All these answers are correct.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 15

Which of the following is true of the vice presidency?

Accepted Answer

A)  Presidents in the nineteenth century paid more attention to their vice presidents and granted them more authority.
B)  The Constitution assigns no executive authority to the vice president.
C)  Jimmy Carter reduced the power of the vice presidency by removing the vice president's office from the White House.
D)  The constitutional powers of the vice presidency have been increased by Congress twice during U.S.history.
E)  Daniel Webster and Henry Clay accepted nominations to the vice presidency as stepping stones to the presidency.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

How many presidents have been impeached in U.S.history?

Accepted Answer

A)  0
B)  1
C)  2
D)  3
E)  4F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 17

During 2006,the year before Democrats took back control of Congress,George W.Bush

Accepted Answer

A)  broke most of his campaign promises.
B)  enjoyed Republican majorities in both houses of Congress.
C)  had a congressional success rate of more than 80 percent.
D)  had a 37 percent success rate with Congress.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 18

In the modern era,the equivalent practice of using the presidency as a bully pulpit (Theodore Roosevelt) could best be summed up in the phrase,"________".

Accepted Answer

A)  going public
B)  spin control
C)  air wars
D)  lobbying the bureaucracy
E)  manipulating the mediaF) A) and C)
G) None of the above

Question 19

The president's role in foreign policy increased largely because

Accepted Answer

A)  Congress proved so inept in foreign affairs that the American people demanded a change.
B)  America became more of a world power.
C)  of the need to coordinate national economic policy and foreign policy,a task to which the presidency was well suited.
D)  of the desire of U.S.business to expand into Latin America and Asia,which required executive action at the highest level.
E)  of attitudes held by the American public.F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 20

What aspect of presidential election did Andrew Jackson try but fail to achieve?

Accepted Answer

A)  elimination of the Electoral College
B)  elimination of candidate selection by primary
C)  elimination of the unit rule
D)  the equalization of Electoral College votes,eliminating population as a factor
E)  an increase in the number of presidential candidates per partyF) All of the above
G) C) and D)

Exam 12: The Presidency: Leading the Nation

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