Chapter11 and 12Study Guide

Chapter 11

  • A basic difference between a parliament such as Great Britain and the US Congress is that
  • Each of the following was an objective of the framers except
  • The Framers sought to prevent legislative tyranny by
  • When did the preeminent position in Congress of the house begin to wane
  • Decentralization in the House has come to mean that
  • The purpose of a filibuster is to
  • A marginal district is one in which
  • Gerrymandering is a process by which
  • When does reapportionment of seats in the House occur?
  • Legislators who think of themselves as delegates are most likely to
  • Legislators that think of themselves as trustees are most likely to
  • The explanation for congressional voting behavior is that assumes members vote to please their constituents is referred to as
  • In recent years, the political beliefs of members of Congress have become
  • In the Senate the greatest power is in the hands of the
  • Among the many powers of the Speaker of the House is that they
  • One reason why members of Congress tend to support the policy positions of their party is that
  • The Congressional Black Caucus is one of the best known
  • Most of the power in Congress is found in
  • Increased reliance on staff has made Congress more
  • which of the following types of bills is most likely to move speedily through Congress
  • A mark-up session is one in which
  • A discharge petition is used by the House to
  • A rider is usually added to a bill to
  • When a bill passes the House and Senate in substantially different forms, the differences are resolved in
  • Of the following, the Framers were most committed to creating a
  • Chapter 12
  • In a parliamentary system, voters cannot choose
  • Each of the following is a fundamental difference between presidents and prime ministers except
  • An aspect of George Washington’s personality that encouraged the delegates to the Constitutional Convention to approve an elected presidency was his
  • One of the fears expressed by the founders about aspects of the presidency was the fear of a president’s
  • The Framers solved the problem of how to elect the President by
  • The number of electoral college votes a state is allotted is determined by
  • What happens if no presidential candidate wins a majority of electoral college votes
  • The personality of which president began to alter the relationship between the president and congress and the nature of Presidential leadership?
  • Grover Cleveland used federal troops to break a labor strike by invoking his power to
  • The Senate is required to confirm all of the following presidential nominations except
  • The cabinet officers consist of the heads of
  • Presidents need to rely on their powers of persuasion because of their
  • From the time of winning office to the time of leaving it, the popularity of most recent presidents
  • Members of Congress pay attention to the personal popularity of a president because
  • A bill is passed to the president for action while Congress is still in session. After 10 days he has still not approved it. What happens to the bill?
  • The result of the Supreme Court’s ruling in US v. Nixon was that
  • A president who is uncertain whether a policy he is considering will be controversial would be most likely to
  • 19.) One major constraint on a president’s ability to plan and develop a program and develop a program is the
  • I recent decades, the 2 key issues that president’s have focused on in planning and developing new programs have been
  • Every president since Harry Truman has commented that the power of the presidency
  • Who succeeds to the presidency if both president and vice president, and the Speaker of the House die?
  • The position of acting president was created by
  • ______decides whether a president should be impeached
  • When Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon for his role in Watergate, it meant that Nixon
  • Bill Clinton survived his impeachment trial for all of the following reason except