A.P. Government

Worksheet Chapter 13: The Presidency

1)The American people tend to look to the president mainly as

  1. an administrator.
  2. responsible for economic policy.
  3. the chief foreign policymaker
  4. the chief foreign and domestic policymaker

2) Presidents in the twentieth century generally attain office through

  1. getting elected vice-president first
  2. serving in the House and then running for President
  3. a non-partisan process
  4. the nomination and election process

3) As agenda-builder and chief legislator, the President can

  1. Propose laws.
  2. veto laws
  1. Get congress to give priority to his policy agenda.
  2. All of the above

4)His chief executive role places the President at the head of the

a. Armed services b. cabinet.

c. Federal bureaucracy.d. StateDepartment

5)A pocket veto is the situation in which the president

  1. Lets a bill die by neither signing nor vetoing it when Congress has adjourned.
  2. Rejects a congressional override.
  3. Lets a bill become law by neither vetoing nor signing it.
  4. Sends a law back to Congress with amendments and deletions of items he disapproves.

6)In his role as economic manager and crisis manager, the president

  1. Uses secret diplomacy
  2. Tries to protect his own interests as well as the nation's.
  3. Tends to respond in accordance with his party platform.
  4. Relies on the Office of Management and Budget.

7)An advantage of modern technology for today's Presidents is that Presidents can use mass media to

  1. enhance their personal power.
  2. communicate directly with the masses.
  3. increase their visibility
  4. all of the above.

8)Studies show that Presidential popularity

  1. Remains relatively stable during the first term of office.
  2. Has a roller coaster effect and is highest during the honeymoon period.
  3. Rises the longer he stays in office.
  4. Shows a downward spike whenever there is a national crisis.

9)The notion of two Presidencies refers to

  1. The conflict between cabinet members and the president concerning national defense.
  2. The gap between the constitutional power of a President and the real power than comes form his popularity.
  3. The greater amount of Presidential power in foreign rather than domestic policy.
  4. Conflict between the white House staff and the President over the control of domestic policy.

10)The President is usually more effective in handling foreign policy problems than domestic problems because

  1. He can make decisions in secret.
  2. He has better foreign policy advisors.
  3. US military power is decisive
  4. Congress is less involved in foreign policy.

11)Decision-making during both the Cuban missile crisis and the war in Vietnam showed

  1. The frustration of Presidents in executing their war-making powers.
  2. The unquestioned power of Presidents in global matters.
  3. The effects of foreign policy on presidential popularity.
  4. The accountability of Presidents in their foreign policies.

12)In the U.S. the power to declare war is granted to the

a. Presidentb. Congress

c. Constitution.d. War Department

13)U.S. involvement in the Korean and Vietnam wars

  1. began when Congress declared war.
  2. was authorize by the Gulf of Tonkin resolution.
  3. was initiated by presidents
  4. Escalated after the War Powers Act.

True and False Questions: There are three false answers

14)The Watergate story suggests that the government continues even if the president is temporarily out of business.

15)Other than the fact that all the Presidents have been white, Protestant or Catholic, and males they have come from a wide variety of backgrounds.

16)It is not uncommon for cabinet members to respond more to their own constituencies than to the President's preferences.

17)The constitutional powers of a President include appointing ambassadors and vetoing congressional legislation.

18)Important resources the president can use to control the agenda and manage the bureaucracy are his budget and appointment powers.

19)The President's opportunity to shape the congressional agenda comes partly from the constitutional requirement that he report "from time to time" on the state of the union.

20)The President can influence legislation merely by threatening to veto any bill he doesn't like.

21)Staff, secrecy and skillful strategy are elements of the successful handling of a national crisis by a President.

22)The heads of the Department of Labor, Department of the Interior and Department of Education are part of the Executive Office.

23)The importance of a President's chief of White House staff is reflected in the prominence of such individuals as Sherman Adams, Arthur Schlesinger, Hamilton Jordan, and Ronald Reagan.

24)The organization of the White House staff tends to be pluralistic, with the advice of many aides contributing to a President's decisions.

25)The first President to use modern mass communications to enhance his power was Franklin Roosevelt.

26)Presidents become more popular during their tenure in office, so that their greatest popularity comes near the end of their term.

27)The President has more power in foreign affairs than in domestic affairs because people expect a President to be strong in global matters and Presidents can operate to some extent in secret.

28)The War Powers Act of 1973 was Congress's response to the prolongation of the increasingly unpopular Vietnam war.

29)In 1975, the Supreme Court ruled that Presidents are obligated to spend money appropriated by Congress.

30)The most significant change in the Presidency since World War II has been an increase in the powers of office.

31)While the office of the Presidency is more democratic than the founding Fathers intended, it is also less powerful than most people expect.

FILL IN THE BLANK

32)The events that led Richard Nixon's resignation as President are collectively known as ______.

33)Presidents are limited to two terms of office by the ______to the Constitution.

34)Presidents traditionally attain office through the ______process.

35)Congress's constitutional right to get rid of an unwanted President is called the power of ______

36)The question of succession to the Presidency in the event a President is unable to perform his office

was settled in the ______Amendment to the Constitution.

37)The power to reject a bill of Congress is called the Presidential ______.

38)The Presiden'ts power to let a bill die by neither signing nor vetoing it is called the ______.

39)A ______is a sudden, unpredictable, and potentially dangerous event that can be the unmaking of a President.

40)A group of Presidential advisors comprised of the heads of executive branch departments is called a

______.

41)The Executive Office committee that links the President's key foreign and military policy advisors is

the ______.

42)Advisors appointed by the President to help him make policy on inflation, unemployment, other

economic matters, make up the ______.

43)The Executive Office body that serves as the President's clearing house for policy ideas before they are

presented to Congress is the ______.

44)A President's key aide on the White House staff who communicates the President's views on the news

to print and broadcast journalists is the ______.

45)According to the text, examples of a President's enormous personal and secret powers in global policy

making include the case of ______.

46)The ______of 1973 emphasized the right of Congress to declare war, and spelled out the conditions under which a President could commit American troops without congressional approval.

1)D11)B

2)D12)B

3)D13)C

4)CFALSE Ques. = 22, 24, 26

5)A

6)B

7)D

8)B

9)C

10)D

32) Watergate40) cabinet

33) 22nd Amend.41) National Security Council

34) electoral42) Council of Economic Advisors

35) impeachment43) OMB

36) 25th44) press sec.

37) veto45) Kennedy-Cuba, Johnson-Vietnam

38) pocket veto46) War Powers Resolution

39) crisis

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

39)22nd Amendment and 25th Amendment

40)Impeachment, Watergate, and Clinton

41)Cabinet and White House Staff

42)Office of Management and Budget, Council of Economic Advisors, and National Security Council

43)Veto message, pocket veto, and legislative veto

44)War Powers Resolution, legislative veto and Hamdan v Rumsfeld