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Chapter 12 Study Guide The Presidency

1. Which one of the powers listed below is a constitutional power that the president shares with the Senate? a. making treaties b. commissioning officers c. granting pardons d. receiving foreign ambassadors e. replacing Cabinet heads

2. In which institutional resource are leaders both appointed by the president and approved by the Senate? a. Executive Office of the President b. White House staff c. the Cabinet d. Council of Economic Advisors e. Federal Reserve

3. What is an executive order? a. a formal document that explains why a president is signing a particular bill into law b. a formal agreement between the U.S. president and the leaders of other nations that requires approval by both houses of Congress c. a formal, public agreement between the United States and one or more nations that must be approved by two-third of the Senate d. a formal directive to executive branch departments and agencies that have the force of law e. degree formal agreement between the U.S. president and the leaders of other nations that does not require Senate approval

4. What changed the problem in the original Constitution in which the runner-up in the presidential election became vice president? a. Sixteenth Amendment b. Twenty-Fifth Amendment c. Twenty-Second Amendment d. Twelfth Amendment e. Fifth Amendment

5. Which early president, who was initially hostile to the idea of a vigorous central government, concluded the Louisiana Purchase with France, which doubled the size of the United States and opened the continent for American settlement? a. James Polk b. Abraham Lincoln c. George Washington d. Thomas Jefferson e. Woodrow Wilson NAME______DATE______

Chapter 12 Study Guide

6. The Founders created a system of ______to prevent tyranny? a. limited power b. equal power c. separation of powers d. diminishing power e. unlimited power

7. Congress can remove a president through ______. a. veto b. executive privilege c. executive order d. impeachment e. filibuster

8. According to the Constitution, how is the president supposed to be elected? a. appointment through Congress b. appointment through state legislatures c. direct election by popular vote d. election through the Electoral College e. party primaries followed by popular vote

9. What makes the most impact on how successful a president is with getting measures that they favor enacted into law by Congress? a. whether or not the president’s party controls both houses of Congress b. whether or not the president is willing to use his veto power c. the president’s willingness to order party members around d. the support the vice president provides to passing legislation e. what percentage of the popular vote the president had when elected

10. In which way do modern presidents differ from the original intentions of the Framers of the Constitution? a. Modern presidents are considerably less democratic than the Framers originally intended. b. Modern presidents have greater power as leaders of their political parties than the Framers originally intended. c. Modern presidents are much more influential in the legislative process than the Framers originally intended. d. Modern presidents are much less partisan than the Framers originally intended. e. Modern presidents are more subservient to the will of Congress than the Framers originally intended. NAME______DATE______

Chapter 12 Study Guide

11. Why was the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution adopted? a. to clear up ambiguities over the constitutional provisions surrounding presidential powers to conduct war b. to clear up ambiguities over the constitutional provisions surrounding the role of the vice president should the president die or become incapacitated c. to clear up ambiguities over the constitutional provisions surrounding the president’s powers to negotiate treaties d. to clear up ambiguities over the constitutional provisions surrounding the separate election of the vice president e. to clear up ambiguities over the constitutional provisions surrounding the separation of powers between the executive branch and the legislative branch

12. Which of the following is a major concern surrounding current congressional- presidential relations? a. Presidents are delegating too many constitutional powers to Congress. b. The principle of the separation of powers is eroding in favor of expanded congressional power. c. The principle of the separation of powers is eroding in favor of expanded presidential power. d. Congress is overriding presidential vetoes too easily, effectively ending the Madisonian system of checks and balances. e. Congressional oversight over the bureaucracy is making it impossible for presidents to carry out executive functions.