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Government - E3 - P4
Government - Exam 3 - Part 4 - Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In order to remove a President or federal judge from office, the House must impeach with a vote of at least ___, and then ___ of the Senate must vote to ‘convict’ and remove from office. | majority, two thirds |
| If the President dies in office and the vice presidency is vacant, the next in line of succession is the _______ | Speaker of the House of Representatives |
| Who established the tradition of a two term presidency? | George Washington |
| Whose presidency ‘encouraged’ Congress to propose the Twenty-second Amendment? | Franklin D Roosevelt |
| Which president is considered to be the first president to act as a strong national leader selected by the people? | Andrew Jackson |
| The right of a president to withhold confidential executive communications from other branches of government is called ___. | Executive privilege |
| The President, under Article II, has the power to make treaties (which are binding on the US) limited by _______ | Senate approval |
| The power of the president to grant “legitimacy” to or withhold it from a government of another nation is called ___. | Diplomatic recognition |
| Agreements that the President enters into with leaders of foreign nations that do not require the advice and consent of the Senate, are called ______ | Executive agreements |
| The 2004 presidential general election campaign strategy for both candidates centered around __. | Iraq war, 9/11 fallout |
| Which of the following is NOT a provision of the War Powers Act? | |
| Who used US forces in Bosnia and Kosovo (initially) without congressional approval? | Bill Clinton |
| Who used US forces in Panama to overthrow Gen. Manual Noriega? | George H. W. Bush |
| List the Presidential checks on judicial power? | nominates judges, can pardon |
| President ________ used the pardoning power to give unconditional amnesty to 10,000 men who had avoided the draft during the Vietnam War. | Jimmy Carter |
| The twentieth and twenty-first century trend of presidents having the premier role of policy decision-making over congressional decision making and policy making was started by ___. | FDR |
| The current Secretary of State is ___. | Hillary Clinton |
| The current Secretary of the Treasury is ___. | Timothy Geithner |
| The ___ Amendment set the limits for the president to serve no more than two elected terms | 22nd |
| The ___ Amendment specifies the Electors shall cast one ballot for president and one ballot for vice president. | 12th |
| Current presidential nominees must receive a majority of at least (number and %) ______ Electoral College votes to become president. | 270, 50% + 1 |
| Which president discussed in class, received authority from Congress (with over 2/3rds majority) to use military force “as he determines to be necessary and appropriate”? | George W Bush |
| On the morning of George W. Bush’s inauguration, Bill Clinton issued pardons for ___ people. | 140 |
| Which strategy is defined as “presidential political campaign in which a candidate focuses on winning early primaries to build momentum?” | Front-end strategy |
| The only president to have served in that office and without having been elected to either the office of president or vice president was ___. | Gerald Ford |
| The membership of the cabinet is determined by tradition and the ______. | President |
| The Executive Office of the President was established in 1939 by FDR by the ______ | Reorganization Act of 1939 |
| In 1947, the ________ was established to advise the President on military affairs and foreign policy. | National Security Council |
| In recent history, the president considered to be the most effective legislative leader was ___. | |
| The first modern President, (twentieth or twenty-first century,) to first claim a strong leadership role for the executive branch in policy and law making was ______ | |
| Who was the first president to assert presidential authority to negotiate treaties then simply submit them to the Senate for approval? | |
| Who issued an executive order which institutionalized affirmative action as national policy? | JFK |
| Who issued an executive order which ended segregation in the military? | Harry Truman |
| Whose veto was overridden when Congress passed the War Powers Act? | Richard Nixon |
| When is the most strategic time for presidents to propose key policy plans/legislation which are central to their agenda? | When their approval rating is high |
| Kerry’s “bounce” in the polls days after the Democratic Convention was killed by | Swift Boat Veterans for Truth |
| What are the criteria for “Fast Track“ treaties? | require an up or down vote in Senate within 90 days of introduction. |
| Howard Dean began losing support from rank and file Democrats for the presidential nomination after ___. | Iowa Caucus |
| The two states with the largest number of electoral votes in the 2004 election were | Texas, California |
| Which department is the most recent addition to the President’s Cabinet? | Department of Homeland Security |
| Soon after 1789, the bureaucracy consisted of which departments? | State, Treasury, War |
| The Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 was designed to reduce patronage by basing government employment on competence, neutrality, and create a merit system. This act was also known as the _______ | Pendleton Act |
| The federal civil service system initially covered ________ % of all federal employees. | |
| What ‘type’ of agency would best describe the National Aeronautics and Space Administration? | independent agency |
| In Vietnam, approximately _____ American troops were killed. | 58K |
| The first independent regulatory commission to regulate the railroads (1887) was the _______ | Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) |
| In the current war in Iraq, approximately __________ American troops have been killed in the last five years. | 4000 (1400) |
| Who authorized a military rescue attempt to free embassy hostages held in Iran? | Jimmy Carter |
| There are currently ____ cabinet-level departments. | 15 |
| What is defined as “businesses established by Congress that perform functions that could be provided by private businesses?” | government corporations |
| The _____ Amendment was an attempt to remedy the confusion between the selection of vice presidents and presidents that created a problem in the 1800 election. | 12th |
| All cabinet departments are headed by a “secretary” except for the Department of ______ | Department of Justice |
| Examples of a government corporation would be ______ | Amtrak, USPS, TVA |
| The Environmental Protection Agency is a(n) ______ (type of agency) | independent agency |
| The Securities and Exchange Commission is an example of ___(type of agency). | independent regulatory commission |
| Which vice presidents were selected under the rules of the amendment for filling vacancies in the office of the president and vice president? | Gerald Ford, Nelson Rockafeller |
| The Senate confirms approximately ___ appointments made by the president. | 1000 |
| In the Korean War, which lasted three years, approximately ______ American troops were killed. | 33.7K |
| How many formal declarations of war have authorized military actions? | 5 |
| Whose supporters persuaded the states to link their electoral votes to the popular vote? | |
| The youngest person to serve as president in the United States was ___. | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Which president ran for a third term but was defeated? | Ulysses S. Grant |
| _____ was the first president to die in office; _____ was the last. | William Henry Harrison, John F. Kennedy |
| The ___ Amendment sets the procedures for filling vacancies in the office of the president and vice president | 25th |
| The number of regular presidential vetoes (1789 to 2008) has been approximately _____; the number of Congressional overrides has been approximately______. | 1500, 110 |
| The first president to use military force to maintain domestic order was ___. | George Washington |
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