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The president's constitutional roles, such as chief executive and commander in chief

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D. Have not expanded in practice to be more powerful than the writers of the Constitution intended

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Congress has formally declared war __ times in US History

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B. 5

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The Whig theory holds that the presidency

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B. Is limited office whose occupant is confined to the exercise of expressly granted constitutional powers

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The president'd role in foreign policy increased largely because

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B. America became more of a world power

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From roughly 1900-1960, a strong showing in presidential primaries

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B. enabled a candidate to demonstrate popular support, but did not ensure nomination

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The primary election as a means of choosing presidential nominees

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C. Has been used more extensively in recent decades, such that the candidate who dominates the primaries can usually expect to recieve the nomination

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Candidates strategy in the early presidential nominating contents (such as New Hampshire's primary) is designed chiefly to gain

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A. Momentum

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

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D. the presidential nominee's choice of a running mate

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The staffing of the modern presidency has

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E. All these answers are correct

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The executive office of the President (EOP) was created in

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E. 1939

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The presidential advisory unit that declined most in relevance as a policymaking forum during the twentieth century is the

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E. Cabinet

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Which of the following did the Framers want from a president

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E. All of these answers are correct

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The presidency was created by Article __ of the US Constitution

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B. II

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According to the US Constitution, if no one candidate recieves the majority vote of the electoral college, who chooses the president?

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B. the US House of Representatives

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___ ended the practice of nominating presidential candidates by party caucuses in Congress

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D. Andrew Jackson

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Which of the following presidents lost the popular vote but still won the presidency?

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A. John Quincy Adams

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After which party convention did the democrats force major changes in the presidential nominating process?

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C. 1968

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__ has the most votes in the electoral college in presidential elections

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B. California

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

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C. John Kennedy

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Which of the following is part of the Executive Office of the PResident

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E. All of these answers are correct

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Which of the following is a formal constitutional requirement for becoming president

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C. One must be a natural-born citizen

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Which of the following is not true of the 2004 presidential election

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B. JOhn KErry did not accept federal matching funds in the primaries

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Most presidential campaign money during the general election is spent on

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B. advertising on television

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The presidency has been a consistently activist office since the administration of

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A. Andrew Jackson

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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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D. All of these factors

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Wat happened in the presidential election of 2000?

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B. George W. Bush won florida by 537 votes

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The first televised "debates" between two major party presidential candidates occurred in

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B. 1960 (Kennedy-Nixon)

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The presidency is

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C. an office in which power is conditional, depending on whether the political support that gives force to presidential leadership exists or can be developed

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A president's accomplishments have largely depended on

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B. Whether circumstances favor strong presidential leadership

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The honeymoon period occurs during

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B. The first part of a president's term

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The two presidencies thesis holds that a president is likely to be most successful with Congress on policy initiatives involving

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B. Foreign Policy

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The Wars Power Act was enacted in order to

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D. Limit the president's war-making power

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The forced removal of a president from office through impeachment and conviction requires action by

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D. The House and Senate in separate proceedings

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A president's policy initiatives are significantly more successful when the president

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A. has the strong support of the American people

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The most important factor influencing the level of a president's support is typically

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B. The condition of the nation's economy

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Which of the following is true about the American presidency or president?

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E. None of these answers are correct

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The US HOR last decided the outcome of a presidential election in

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D. 1824

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During his first year as president George W. Bush

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C. HAd an 81 percent success rate with Congress

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Congress authorized an official impeachment investigation of

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A. Andrew Johnson

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In the modern era, the equivalent practice of using the presidency as a bully pulpit could best be summed up in the phrase

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A. Going public

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__ was known as the Great Communicator

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A. Ronald Reagan

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How many presidents have been impeached in US History

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C. 2

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The two presidencies thesis refers to

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B. Foreign and domestic policy

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in a 2000 survey, which of the following was ruled a great president

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A. Abraham Lincoln

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A parliamentary system of govt currently exists in

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E. All these answers are correct

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The strongest records of most presidents have been established during their

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A. Early years in office

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The highest point of public support for a president is likely to occur

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A. during the president's first year in office

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The War Powers Act was primarily intended to __ the authority of ___

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A. limit; the president

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If the US HOR chooses the impeach a president, who conducts the trial?

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C. The US Senate

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

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C. Maine and Nebraska

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Which of the following is a principle of bureaucratic organization?

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D. Both

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Compared to the president and Congress, the bureaucracy

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C. Has a more immediate impact on the daily life of americans

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Whenever Congress has a percieved need for ongoing control of an economic activity, it has tend to create a

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A. regulatory agency

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Which of the following statements does not correctly describe the typical independent agency

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B. its head is appointed by an independent committee

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The FBI, NASA, and EPA are

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E. respectively, an agency within a cabinet department, an independent agency, and a regulatory agency

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