Government Chapter 13

Who was the youngest person to be elected President of the US?

John F. Kennedy

The Constitution states tat the minimum age requirement for the presidency is

35 years

To be elected president one must receive

a simple majority of the electoral vote

Which constitutional amendment specifies the separate election of the president and vice president by the Electoral College?

The 12th Amendment

If the president is dissatisfied with the performance of a member of the Cabinet, the most drastic step that he is able to take is to

fire the person

Executive agreements are

agreements between the president and a head of government in another country that do not have to be approved by the Senate

A pocket veto

can only be used when Congress adjourns for the session within ten days of the bill being submitted to the President

Although George W. Bush enjoyed the highest approval ratings ever recorded after 9/11, by his second term his approval ratings fell to a low of ______% in 2006.

31

Presidential approval ratings tend to be

very high when a new president takes office with a decline in the last two years of the second term

Bill Clinton was able to raise more than half a billion for the Democratic Party during his two terms

…

Executive privilege

involves the ability of the president and executive brach officials to withhold certain information from Congress and the courts

The seizure of the nation’s steel mills by President ______ was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

Truman

President _____ suspended civil liberties and called state militias into national service.

Lincoln

According to the Constitution, impeachment

is voted on by the HOR

The strategy carried out by the White House to increase the president’s popularity and support is known as the

permanent campaign

The members of the Cabinet

include the heads of the 15 executive departments plus other top officials chosen by the president

The Cabinet is

an advisory group selected by the president to aid in making decisions

If the office of vice president becomes vacant,

the president nominates a replacement who must be approved by both chambers of Congress

Typically, administrations use executive privilege

to safeguard national security secrets

US Senators have a difficult time being elected president because they

frequently have difficulty defending their voting records

When President Carter extended amnesty to more than 50,000 people who avoided the Vietnam War draft by fleeing to Canada, he demonstrated that the

power to pardon can also be applied to large groups of individuals

The last war to be fought under a Congressional declaration of war was

World War 2

Presidents tend to have

high legislative success rates at the beginning of their administrations with a steep decline at the end

The president in his capacity as head of state, is responsible for

engaging in activities that are largely symbolic or ceremonial in nature

In most democratic governments, the head of state is

someone other than the chief executive

Going on official state visits to other countries, decorating war heroes, and dedicating parks are all examples of the president’s role as

head of state

As chief executive, the president is constitutionally bound to

enforce laws, treaties, and court orders

The number of political appointments available to the president

are constrained by the civil service system

The granting of release from the punishment for a crime is called

a pardon

As Commander in Chief the president is,

the ultimate decision maker in military matters

As chief diplomat, the president

negotiates treaties, recognizes foreign governments, and makes executive agreements

Before a treaty can become legally binding, the treaty must be

approved by a two-thirds vote in the Senate

The State of the Union message

is required by the Constitution and gives a broad view of what the president wishes the legislature to accomplish during the session

If the president uses a veto, he or she

must return the bill to Congress with a veto message

Presidents who have used the veto power with unusual frequency include

Franklin D. Roosevelt and Grover Cleveland

Rewarding faithful party workers with government employment is called

patronage

In U.S. v. Nixon, the Supreme Court ruled

that executive privilege would not protect Richard Nixon’s attempt to withhold tapes of White House conversations

The following two presidents are the only ones in American history to have actually been impeached

Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton

Informal advisors to the president are called

the kitchen cabinet

The Chief of Staff

directs the White House Office and advises the president

Presidential candidates have asked individuals to join the ticket as a vice presidential candidate for all of the following reasons except

to serve as a co-president

Which of the following best describes the demographic bias in the selection of American presidents?

The number of white, male Protestants

The most common previous occupation of presidents in the US has been

lawyer

A constitutional amendment to clarify the way votes are cast in the Electoral College was necessary because

there was no way to tell which votes were for president and which were for vice president

If the Electoral College fails to give any presidential candidate a majority, the election of the president is determine by

the House

The requirement that the President report to Congress within 48 hours of sending troops into hostilities and then obtain approval of Congress with 60 days is established by

the War Powers Resolution

The role of the president in influencing the making of laws is called

Chief Legislator

President ____made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Truman

"Going public" means that the president

goes to the public and over the heads of the members of Congress

The "Washington community" refers to

individuals regularly involved with politics in Washington D.C.

Political scientist Richard Neustadt argues that presidential power is ultimately the power to

persuade

An executive order

is a rule issued by the president that has the effect of law

The fact that the president may exercise inherent powers in foreign affairs was stated by

the Supreme Court in Curtiss-Wright Export Corp case

The publication of the executive branch that prints executive orders, rules, and regulations is called

The Federal Register

In the history of the Us, no president has ever

been impeached and convicted

The office that works most closely with the president is the

White House Office

The Office of Management and Budget

helps the president prepare the annual budget

National Security Council is a link between

key foreign and military advisors and the president

According to the 25th Amendment, if a president’s ability to discharge his normal functions is in question and he is unable to communicate,

a majority of the cabinet, including the vice president, can declare the president incapable