AP Government Chapter 13 Moodle

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The principal reason that presidents have trouble getting things done is that
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other policymakers with whom they deal have their own agendas, interests and sources of power.
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Presidential power is probably best understood as the power to
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persuade
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Americans want a strong president but
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do not like a concentration of power
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Americans tend to look back longingly at
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great, powerful presidents
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According to the Constitution a president must be ____ years of age.
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35
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All presidents but one have been
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protestant
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How many presidents were political scientists?
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one
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Which president was a political scientist?
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Woodrow Wilson
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______ was widely regarded to be the worst and most ineffective president.
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Warren Harding
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Since WW2, United States presidents have
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come from a different diversity of career experiences
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The 22nd amendment
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limited presidents to 2 terms in office
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______ took over after the death of Franklin Roosevelt and eventually ordering the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japanese cities
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Harry Truman
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The only president to resign office was
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Richard Nixon
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Impeachment is roughly the equivalent of
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indictment of criminal law
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In order to impeach a president it takes
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a majority vote in the House of Representatives
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In order to convict and remove an impeached president it takes
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a two-thirds vote in the senate
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The Richard Nixon scandal that led to his impeachment is called
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Watergate
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The order of succession of the president if he/she is unable to perform their duties is
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vice president, speaker of the house, president pro tempore, cabinet members in order they were created
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The 25th amendment ratified
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means for selecting a vice president when the office becomes vacant
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Under the 25th amendment, while the vice president is serving/acting as president
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the recuperated president can reclaim the oval office through set procedures
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In the event of the vacancy of a vice president
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the president nominates a replacement which must be confirmed by the senate and the house
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The framers of the Constitution wanted a president
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with limited authorities and responsibilities
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In order to preserve the power in government without jeopardizing the independence of the presidency, the framers
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checked the powers they believed to be most dangerous
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Is enacting legislation by issuing decrees a constitutional power of the president?
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No
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The president has constitutional authority to make treaties with other nations, subject to the agreement of
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two-thirds of the senate
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The founding fathers envisioned a presidency that would
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have fewer responsibilities than today's president
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Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson
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set a precedent for presidents to serve as world leaders
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A primary resource available to presidents for controlling the bureaucracy is
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the power to appoint top-level administrators
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A constitutional duty of the vice president is to
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preside over the senate and cast the deciding vote in the event of a tie
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Traditionally a vice president has
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little responsibility
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The president's cabinet
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consists of executive branch leaders who advise the president on policy and administer government departments
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Cabinet level executive departments are created by
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congress
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The head of the cabinet level executive department is appointed by the president and must be approved by
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the majority of the senate
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The cabinet department responsible for making foreign policy and handling treaty negotiations is
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state
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The two oldest departments in the cabinet are
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state and treasury
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The newest department in the cabinet is
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homeland security
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The national security council
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links the president's key foreign and military policy advisors
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The Office of Management and Budget is comprised of
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political appointees and career officials
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The Office of Management and Budget, the National Security Council and the Council of Economic Advisors are
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policymaking bodies of the executive office of the president
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The agency that reviews legislative proposals for the president is the
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Office of Management and Budget
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The part of the executive branch that the president sees daily and relies heavily on for information is the
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white house staff
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The organization and importance of the white house staff depend on
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the personal style of the president in office
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The president who was known as the \"consummate delegator\" because he dispersed authority to his advisors was
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Ronald Reagan
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A presidential veto of legislation passed by Congress
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can be overturned by two thirds vote of both the house and the senate
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The pocket veto can only be used
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when congress is adjourned
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The Constitution gives the president the power to influence the legislative process through his responsibility to
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report on the state of the union and veto acts of congress
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A pocket veto is the situation in which the president
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lets a bill die by neither signing nor vetoing it after congress has adjourned
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The primary obstacle to party unity in congress is the
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lack of consensus on policy issues among party members
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Presidential coattails refers to
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voters casting their ballots for congressional candidates of the president's party who will support the president
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A mid-term election is
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a congressional election that is not accompanied by a presidential election
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According to the constitution, there are ___ members in the executive branch
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2
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The vice president's constitutional responsibility is to
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serve as the president if he/she becomes sick or incapacitated
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In presidential elections this is the group that elects the office
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electoral college
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The body that has the power to impeach the president
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house of representatives
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This is the number of electoral college votes necessary to elect the president
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270
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This office is appointed by the president but not considered part of the present cabinet
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attorney general
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This president was impeached and almost convicted
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Andrew Johnson
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The War Powers resolution states that
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congress has the authority to force the president to withdraw the troops after 60 days
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