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Chapter 12-Ap Gov.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A parliamentary as opposed to a presidential system is found in all of the following countries except | France |
| If the president selected his cabinet from the same source as a prime minister in a parliamentary system does, the U.S. cabinet would be selected by | Congress |
| In a parliamentary system, the voters cannot choose | their prime minister |
| Each of the following is a fundamental difference between presidents and prime ministers except | presidents choose their cabinets from inside rather than outside Congress. |
| An obvious and important difference between a president and a prime minister is that the latter always has | majority support in parliament |
| Unlike a prime minister, the president selects his cabinet officers and advisers to | reward personal followers |
| If you are an ambitious member of the British Parliament, prudence will dictate that you | avoid displeasing the leader of your party. |
| Presidents, even with great majorities of their own party in Congress, experience difficulty in exercising legislative leadership because | the president is unable to control Congress, unlike a prime minister. |
| With substantial Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress, President Kennedy, during the last year of his presidency, was able to secure passage of ________ of his proposals. | only one-fourth |
| Of the twenty-four congressional or presidential elections between 1952 and 1996, ________ produced a divided government | fifteen |
| The text cites the 1946 Marshall Plan and the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to illustrate that | both were produced by divided governments. |
| The text cites Jimmy Carter's strategic arms limitation treaty and Bill Clinton's policy on gays to illustrate that | unified governments do not guarantee that presidential legislative initiatives will be carried out. |
| The text observes that the delegates to the Constitutional Convention feared | monarchy and anarchy about equally |
| An aspect of George Washington's personality that encouraged the delegates to the Constitutional Convention to approve an elected presidency was his | self-restraint. |
| If the Framers had decided to have the president chosen by the Congress, we could reasonably expect Congress to dominate the president | or the president to corrupt the legislature. |
| Each of the following was one of the fears expressed by the Founders about aspects of the presidency except | the fear of a president's using his position to shape public opinion. |
| One of the fears expressed by the Founders about aspects of the Presidency was the fear of a president's | using the militia to overpower state governments |
| One of the fears expressed by the Founders about aspects of the presidency was the fear of a president's | being corrupted by, or corrupting, the Senate. |
| Alexander Hamilton stood at the Constitutional Convention and gave a five hour speech calling for | an elective monarchy |
| The cause of those who argued for a single, elected president at the convention was, no doubt, aided by the fact that | everybody assumed that George Washington would be the first president. |
| One concern expressed at the Convention focused on the possibility that shared powers would cause the president to be a mere “tool” of | the senate |
| The House of Representatives has _________ to decide the winner of a presidential election | rarely had |
| When no candidate receives a majority of votes in the electoral college, the House of Representatives decides who will win a presidential election. This circumstance | has occurred only twice |
| The first plan suggested at the Convention called for the president to be chosen by | Congress. |
| The second plan that was suggested at the Convention for the selection of the President called for selection by | direct vote of the people |
| The concern about the presidency that was most vigorously debated by the Framers was over the president's | use of bribery or force to ensure reelection. |
| The concern shared by the Framers about the popular election of presidents was that it might | give inordinate power to larger, more populous states |
| The Framers solved the problem of how to elect the president by | creating the Electoral College |
| Under the original provisions of the U.S. Constitution, the states were to choose presidential electors | however they wished. |
| The Framers assumed that, under the electoral college system, most presidential elections would be decided in the House. Why did this not turn out to be the case? | because political parties ended up playing a major role in producing nationwide support for a slate of national candidates |
| Regarding terms of office, the pattern among most early presidents was to | serve two terms and then leave office |
| Presidents have been limited to two terms by the | Twenty second Amendment |
| The legitimacy of the office of president was aided during the years of the first presidents by which of the following? | the appointment of people of stature to federal offices |
| The legitimacy of the office of president was aided during the years of the first presidents by which of the following? | the minimal activism of early government |
| Which of the following statements is incorrect? | Each state receives an electoral vote for each member it has in the House. |
| Which of the following statements is incorrect? | Each state receives an electoral vote for each member it has in the House. |
| Which of the following statements is incorrect? | State electors assemble in Washington to cast their ballots. |
| Which of the following statements is incorrect? | Electoral ballots are opened before members of the U.S. Supreme Court during the first week in January. |
| Which of the following statements is incorrect? | In order to win an election, a candidate must receive three-fourths of votes of the electoral college |
| Presidential candidates won a majority of electoral votes without winning a majority of the popular in all of the following elections except | 1992 |
| Which of the following statements about elections thrown into the House of Representatives is incorrect? | The House chooses from among the top two candidates |
| Which of the following statements about elections thrown into the House of Representatives is incorrect? | This process is only used when no candidate receives three fourths of the votes of the electoral college. |
| Which of the following statements about elections thrown into the House of Representatives is incorrect? | Each state casts two votes. |
| Which of the following statements about elections thrown into the House of Representatives is incorrect? | If there is a tie within a state, that state’s vote is counted twice. |
| The personality of which president began to alter the relationship between the president and Congress and the nature of presidential leadership? | Andrew Jackson |
| Prior to the 1850s, the president who made the most vigorous use of the veto power was | Andrew Jackson. |
| Andrew Jackson established the precedent that a president's veto can be used | on policy grounds even when a bill may appear to be constitutional |
| The era from 1836 to 1932 is commonly viewed as one of | congressional dominance. |
| President Lincoln justified his unprecedented use of the vague powers granted in Article II of the U.S. Constitution by citing | the conditions created by civil war. |
| From the examples of Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln, one learns that emergency conditions and ________ can offer presidents the opportunity for substantial increases in power. | a popular and strong-willed personality |
| When we say that a powerful presidency has been institutionalized, we mean that its power is no longer dependent on | personality. |
| All of the following are powers that only the president is constitutionally entitled to exercise except | appointing ambassadors. |
| The powers that the president shares with the Senate include | making treaties |
| If a president were to act only in accordance with the specific powers of Article II of the U.S. Constitution, he or she would probably be considered | primarily an administrator. |
| Grover Cleveland used federal troops to break a labor strike by invoking his power to | take care that the laws be faithfully executed. |
| According to the text, the greatest source of presidential power lies in the realm of | politics and public opinion |
| Until the 1930s, the pattern of U.S. legislation was that | initiative was taken by Congress and responded to by the president. |
| If you are a person who revels in the outward display of power, you would enjoy having been president of the United States | only in the twentieth century. |
| The rule of propinquity states that | power tends to be wielded by the people who are in the room where a decision is made. |
| Of the following, the group in closest physical and political proximity to the president is the | White House Office |
| The principal function of the White House Office is to | oversee the political and policy interests of the president |
| The Senate is required to confirm all of the following presidential nominations except | members of the White House Office |
| According to the text, the three methods by which a president can organize his personal staff are | pyramid, circular, and ad hoc |
| The method of staff organization that poses the risk of isolating or misinforming the president is called | pyramid. |
| President Clinton's use of task forces, committees, and informal groups of friends and advisers is characteristic of which method of staff organization? | ad hoc |
| When President Reagan appointed a chief of staff in 1985, he was acting according to what model of organization? | pyramidal |
| When did Ronald Reagan appoint a chief of staff for his assistants? | at the beginning of his second term |
| Included in the Executive Office of the President are all of the following except | the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) |
| The most important agency in the Executive Office of the President in terms of providing administrative assistance is the | Office of Management and Budget (OMB). |
| Which of the following statements about the collegial nature of deliberations at cabinet meetings is true? | It is largely fiction. |
| The seating order at cabinet meetings most accurately reflects | the age of the department |
| The cabinet officers consist of the heads of | the major executive departments. |
| One reason a president has relatively little power over his cabinet departments is because he | cannot appoint more than a fraction of their employees |
| The main reason the cabinet is a weak entity is that | the secretaries defend, explain, and enlarge their own agencies. |
| What distinguishes executive and independent agencies? | The distinction is not altogether clear |
| The prior work experience of presidential appointees to the executive branch is most likely to include | some federal agency. |
| A trend in recent cabinet appointments has been to | include those without political followings |
| In recent administrations, presidential appointments to the cabinet are least likely to have had | a strong political following. |
| Relationships between White House staff and department heads are typically characterized by | tension and rivalry. |
| Personality plays a more important role in explaining the presidency than it does in explaining Congress because a president is | more likely to be judged by his character in addition to his accomplishments. |
| The presidential character of Dwight Eisenhower was characterized by | careful and complete staff work. |
| The presidential character of Lyndon Johnson was characterized by | persuasion in face-to-face encounters. |
| The presidential character of John F. Kennedy was characterized by | the use of talented amateurs. |
| The presidential character of Richard Nixon was characterized by | deep suspicion of the media. |
| The presidential character of Gerald Ford was characterized by | give-and-take, discussion-oriented procedures. |
| The presidential character of Jimmy Carter was characterized by | voracious reading on very detailed matters. |
| The presidential character of Ronald Reagan was characterized by | giving wide latitude to subordinates. |
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Natasha Jansen