unit 4 ch12
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The president's constitutional roles, such as chief executive and commander in chief,
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have expanded in practice to be more powerful than the writers of the Constitution intended.
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The Whig theory holds that the presidency
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b. is a limited office whose occupant is confined to the exercise of expressly granted constitutional powers.
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Which of the following is true of the vice presidency?
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The Constitution assigns no executive authority to the vice president.
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Candidate strategy in the early presidential nominating contests (such as New Hampshire's primary) is designed chiefly to gain
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momentum
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President Obama's failure in his early months in office to enact policies to combat global warming, despite his determination to do so, is reflective primarily of
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poor circumstance related to the economy.
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The presidential advisory unit that, as a whole, has declined significantly as an advisory resource for the president in the twentieth century is the
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Cabinet as a whole
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The presidency was created by Article ________ of the U.S. Constitution.
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II
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Under which president did the Electoral College selection process change to a popular vote?
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Andrew Jackson
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After which party convention did the Democrats force major changes in the presidential nominating process?
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1968
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Which one of the following did NOT serve as a state governor prior to being president?
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John Kennedy
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Which of the following is a formal constitutional requirement for becoming president?
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must be a natural-born citizen
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Whereas today candidates rely on the media, previously they based their campaigns on the
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party organizations.
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Which of the following is a reason that the nation did not routinely need a strong president during most of the nineteenth century?
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all of these factors: the 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
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Which of the following was a provision of the War Powers Act?
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It requires hostilities to end within sixty days unless Congress extends the period.
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A president's accomplishments have largely depended on
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whether circumstances favor strong presidential leadership.
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Political scientist Aaron Wildavsky's \"two presidencies\" thesis holds that a president is likely to be most successful with Congress on policy initiatives involving
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foreign policy.
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The forced removal of a president from office through impeachment and conviction requires action by the
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the Senate only
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A president's policy initiatives are significantly more successful when the president
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has the strong support of the American people
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The U.S. House of Representatives last decided the outcome of a presidential election in ________.
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1824
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Congress authorized an official impeachment investigation of
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Andrew Johnson.
