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PRESIDENCY TEST REVIEW. Vice Presidents are chosen for their ability to… balance the ticket.

Jan 16, 2016

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Page 1: PRESIDENCY TEST REVIEW. Vice Presidents are chosen for their ability to… balance the ticket.

PRESIDENCY TEST REVIEW

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Vice Presidents are chosen for their ability to…

•balance the ticket

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The President’s salary?

•$400,000 a year

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True or false?

• The President’s salary cannot be increased or decreased during a term.

• true• President’s terms begin and end at

noon on January 20th every 4 years.• true• Presidents can be elected only twice.• true

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If no one receives a majority of the electoral vote for President, who decides the election?

• the House of Representatives, with each state having 1 vote

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When a President signs a treaty, what must happen?

•Senate must approve/ratify

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Legislative powers of the President

• recommend legislation• veto legislation• propose federal budget

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Which amendment sets the inauguration date for the President?

•20th

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As chief diplomat a President might

• negotiate an executive agreement with a foreign head of state

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The number of electors per state is based on

• number of representatives and senators from that state

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War Powers Resolution…

• attempt by Congress to limit the President’s power to wage war

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Executive function means the President…

•enforces the law

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Presidential succession…

• Vice President• Speaker of the House• President pro tempore of the Senate• Cabinet officials in the order their

offices were created

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Commander-in-chief role…

•send troops into hostile action or on a peacekeeping mission

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As chief executive the President

•carries out programs and policies passed by Congress

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In the oath of office a President vows to…

•faithfully execute the law

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An example of an executive check on the legislative branch

•veto

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How does Congress check a President’s power to appoint judges, ambassadors, and

Cabinet heads?

•Senate approval

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True or false?

• The President has the power to commit troops to hostile action without a declaration of war.

• true• The President has the power to declare war.• false• The President is commander-in-chief of the armed

forces.• true• The War Powers Resolution places limits on the

length of time a President may commit troops.• true

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As legislative leader a President

• recommends legislation to Congress and signs bills into law

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When a President receives an ambassador he is fulfilling which

power?• recognition power

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Qualifications for becoming President…

• 35 years old• natural born citizen• 14 year resident of U.S.

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To fill a vacancy in the office of Vice President

•President appoints and both houses confirm

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What is an executive order?

•rule or regulation issued by the President that has the force of law

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True or false?

• A President’s term lasts 4 years.• true• A President may be elected only

twice.• true• The maximum a President may serve

is 10 years.• true

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Major Presidential appointments

• Cabinet department heads

• federal judges, including Supreme Court justices

• ambassadors

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True or false?

• The electoral vote for Pres. and V.P. is cast as a single unit to ensure the winning pres. has his choice for v.p.

• false• Electors are free to vote as they please.• true• It is possible for the popular vote winner to

lose the electoral vote.• true

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Who served as both President and Vice President, but was never

elected?• Gerald Ford

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In the 2000 election…

• Al Gore won the popular vote, but lost the electoral college vote.

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The only two Presidents to temporarily give up their authority to the Vice President were

• Ronald Reagan and• George W.

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Diplomatic powers usually involve the President in…

• foreign relations

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Where do electoral college delegates cast their votes?

• in their state capitols

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Formal duties the Constitution gives to the Vice President…

• preside over the Senate

• help determine Presidential disability

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The courts’ main function…

• interpret the law

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Legislative oversight…

• When Congress uses its investigatory powers to check up on how the executive branch is spending money and enforcing laws

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Trends in the American political system…

• a decline in the influence of parties on policymakers and policymaking?

• yes• an increase in the number of independents?• yes• an increase in split-ticket voting?• yes• an increase in the number of people saying they

are either Democrats or Republicans?• no

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Extreme right of the political spectrum

• reactionary – advocate returning to past ways of doing things, believing that government should preserve and nurture the “best and brightest”

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Due process…

• government laws and procedures must be fair and reasonable

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Probable cause…

• Reasonable ground for suspicion

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The greatest amount of change in our system of government over the last 2 centuries has occurred as a result of…

• legislative, executive, and judicial powers, party practices, and precedent-setting traditions

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The Constitution prohibits amendments that would

•change the number of senators per state

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Judicial review

• when the courts declare an act of Congress or the President unconstitutional

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Because the people who wrote the Constitution

were rather elitist, one might expect a gov’t that is

•structured to favor men of wealth and property

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The power in confederate governments such as ours under the Articles of Confederation is located

where?in the states

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Social contract theory

• governmental powers granted by the people?

• yes• state was created voluntarily by a

free people?• yes• governmental powers may be limited

by the people?• yes

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Why is the U.S. a republic?

• because we have representative government

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