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Government - Exam 3 - Part 4 - Review

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show majority, two thirds  
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show Speaker of the House of Representatives  
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show George Washington  
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show Franklin D Roosevelt  
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Which president is considered to be the first president to act as a strong national leader selected by the people?   show
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The right of a president to withhold confidential executive communications from other branches of government is called ___.   show
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show Senate approval  
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show Diplomatic recognition  
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show Executive agreements  
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The 2004 presidential general election campaign strategy for both candidates centered around __.   show
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Which of the following is NOT a provision of the War Powers Act?   show
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show Bill Clinton  
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show George H. W. Bush  
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List the Presidential checks on judicial power?   show
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show Jimmy Carter  
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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 ___.   show
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show Hillary Clinton  
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show Timothy Geithner  
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The ___ Amendment set the limits for the president to serve no more than two elected terms   show
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The ___ Amendment specifies the Electors shall cast one ballot for president and one ballot for vice president.   show
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show 270, 50% + 1  
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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”?   show
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show 140  
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show Front-end strategy  
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show Gerald Ford  
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The membership of the cabinet is determined by tradition and the ______.   show
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The Executive Office of the President was established in 1939 by FDR by the ______   show
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In 1947, the ________ was established to advise the President on military affairs and foreign policy.   show
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In recent history, the president considered to be the most effective legislative leader was ___.   show
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Who issued an executive order which institutionalized affirmative action as national policy?   show
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show Harry Truman  
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Whose veto was overridden when Congress passed the War Powers Act?   show
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show When their approval rating is high  
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show Swift Boat Veterans for Truth  
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show require an up or down vote in Senate within 90 days of introduction.  
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show Iowa Caucus  
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The two states with the largest number of electoral votes in the 2004 election were   show
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Which department is the most recent addition to the President’s Cabinet?   show
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show State, Treasury, War  
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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 _______   show
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The federal civil service system initially covered ________ % of all federal employees.   show
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What ‘type’ of agency would best describe the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?   show
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In Vietnam, approximately _____ American troops were killed.   show
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The first independent regulatory commission to regulate the railroads (1887) was the _______   show
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show 4000 (1400)  
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Who authorized a military rescue attempt to free embassy hostages held in Iran?   show
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There are currently ____ cabinet-level departments.   show
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What is defined as “businesses established by Congress that perform functions that could be provided by private businesses?”   show
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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.   show
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show Department of Justice  
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show Amtrak, USPS, TVA  
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show independent agency  
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show independent regulatory commission  
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show Gerald Ford, Nelson Rockafeller  
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The Senate confirms approximately ___ appointments made by the president.   show
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show 33.7K  
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How many formal declarations of war have authorized military actions?   show
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Whose supporters persuaded the states to link their electoral votes to the popular vote?   show
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The youngest person to serve as president in the United States was ___.   show
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Which president ran for a third term but was defeated?   show
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show William Henry Harrison, John F. Kennedy  
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The ___ Amendment sets the procedures for filling vacancies in the office of the president and vice president   show
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show 1500, 110  
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show George Washington  
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