When the president puts together a team of people to head-up the top positions in executive departments and agencies, this is an example of the president performing which role?
Head of State
Chief Legislator
Commander-in-Chief
Chief Executive
Chief Diplom
Chief Executive
When both presidents Bush and Obama took swift and bold actions to protect the economy from the aftermath of the financial system downturn in 2008 and 2009, this is an example of the president performing which role?
Chief Executive
Commander-in-Chief
Cris
Crisis Manager
When the president proposes a set of new laws for Congress to consider passing, this is an example of the president performing which role?
Chief Diplomat and Chief Foreign Policy Maker
Head of State
Commander-in-Chief
Crisis Manager
Chief Executive
Chief
Chief Legislator
Commander-in-Chief
Acts as the head of the armed forces (security of nation)
Head of State
A head of state is the public persona that officially represents the national unity and legitimacy of a sovereign state. Depending on the country's form of government and separation of powers, the head of state may be a ceremonial figurehead or concurrent
Chief Diplomat
Oversees the US foreign policy, talks with foreign leaders; negotiates treaties
Chief Policy Maker
Sets policy agenda for congress in the state of union address, propose legislation; can call Congress into special session, can veto bills
What part of the U.S. Constitution establishes rules about presidential succession and disability?
25th Amendment
Article 2 (Executive Branch) section 1 (Presidency)
According to the textbook, to whom or what is the President accountable? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
To the American People
Congress
The courts
What part of the U.S. Constitution establishes the rule that Presidents may serve no more than two terms?
22nd Amendment
According to this section of the textbook, what is "the ultimate constitutional sanction against the abuse of presidential power"?
Impeachment
What name is given to the theory of presidential power that says presidents should "exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power or justly implied and included within such express grant as proper and neces
Constitutional Theory
What name is given to the theory of presidential power that says the Constitution permits the president "to do anything that the needs of the nation [demand] unless such action [is] forbidden by the Constitution or the laws.
Stewardship Theory
According to this section of the textbook, "The Supreme Court has been, for the most part, _______ to allow the expansion of executive power.
Willing
What is it called when the President refuses to allow the expenditure of funds appropriated by Congress?
Impoundment
Whom may the President remove from office "at will" (i.e., for any reason whatsoever)?
Executive branch officers performing purely executive functions
Whom may the President remove from office only for a cause
Executive branch officials performing quasi-legislative functions
Executive branch officials performing quasi-judicial functions
True or False? When President Jimmy Carter granted amnesty to those who were either deserters or draft evaders during the Vietnam War, the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional because it went beyond the President's authority to grant pardons (which
False
What name is given to a veto of only a part of a bill?
Line-Item Veto
What kind of veto cannot be overridden by Congress?
Pocket Veto
Regular Veto
A veto is the constitutional procedure by which the President (or chief legislator of a state) refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution, and thus prevents its enactment into law.
According to the "Two Presidencies" thesis, the President ...
has more influence over foreign policy than over domestic policy
Which kind of international commitment does the Constitution authorize presidents to make (subject to the consent of the Senate)?
Treaties
Executive Privilege ... (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
is understood to be an inherent right of the presidency even though it is not mentioned in the Constitution.
Chief of Staff
Considered the president's closest advisor who generally controls the president's calendar, access to the president, manages the staff, and advises in all aspects of policy.
Which of the following claims is made about the Chief of Staff in this section of the textbook? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
The Chief of Staff is the most important position among the many White House Staff positions.
The Chief of Staff controls the president's calendar, limits access to the president, manages the staff, and helps the president in all aspects of domestic and f
The President Cabinet
It consists of the heads of the major executive departments
The Executive Office of the President (EOP)
It includes the National Security Council, the Council of Economic Advisers, and the Office of Management and Budget
The War Powers Resolution ... (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
was enacted in the 1970s
has been mostly ineffective at reducing the ability for presidents to use military force without formal Congressional approval.
When did a President first employ military force without a formal declaration of war by Congress?
Thomas Jefferson 1801
When reviewing domestic actions taken by Presidents to protect national security that seem to unjustifiably violate the Constitution, the Supreme Court has ...
sometimes declared the actions constitutional and sometimes declared them unconstitutional.
What is the primary reasons Presidents "go public"?
To get voters to place pressure on Congress to support the President's policies.
Which of the following factors influences the political situation facing presidents when they seek to pursue their legislative agendas? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
Whether the president faces a friendly Congress with a majority of his or her own party members or a hostile Congress with a majority of the opposition party.
Whether a president can credibly claim an electoral mandate.
Whether a president is at the begin