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Chapter 10: The American Presidency: Individuals, Institutions, and Executive Power
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Multiple Choice
1. The commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces is the ______.
a. chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
b. head of the National Security Agency
c. president
d. secretary of Defense
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. What was one area the delegates to the Constitutional Convention demonstrated general agreement about the new national government?
a. The new national government should have one chief executive with powers similar to that of a king.
b. The new national government should remain weak to allow for states to have greater autonomy.
c. The new national government should have more power than it did under the Articles of Confederation.
d. The new national government should not involve itself in state matters.
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. What Article of the Constitution describes the presidency?
a. I
b. II
c. III
d. IV
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Three types of presidential powers are ______ powers.
a. reserved, implied, and delegated
b. reserved, enumerated, and delegated
c. enumerated, delegated, and implied
d. expressed, granted, and implied
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Congress over time granted powers to the president. These are referred to as ______ powers.
a. delegated
b. granted
c. enumerated
d. expressed
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Which of the following is true regarding the president as chief executive?
a. He or she evaluates and passes the annual federal budget.
b. The president can override Congress opposition when passing laws and funding programs.
c. He or she appoints many positions including federal court judges.
d. Many of his or her powers as chief executive are described in the Constitution in great detail in order to limit presidential power.
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. What is the president’s main advantage in shaping national foreign policy?
a. He or she can get all the information he or she needs from Congress.
b. The president is able to act quickly and decisively, unlike the House or Senate.
c. He or she can declare war as part of the power of commander in chief.
d. The president can generate emergency funding without Congress’s consent.
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Hard
8. Which delegate to the Constitutional Convention gave more thought to creating a new type of republic than any of the other delegates?
a. George Washington
b. Benjamin Franklin
c. James Madison
d. Alexander Hamilton
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. The framers of the Constitution feared ______.
a. any executive would be rejected by the states
b. the executive office would become a puppet for Congress
c. the office of the president might become too powerful
d. they had not given the presidential office enough power
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Once the founders settled on a single president, the most contentious issue facing the delegates was ______.
a. how the president would be selected
b. what qualifications the president should have
c. the length of a presidential term
d. whether there should be term limits
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. Less populous states were in favor of which of the following methods of selecting the president?
a. direct election
b. state delegation
c. electors chosen by state legislatures
d. congressional appointment
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. Roughly, ______ presidential appointments require Senate confirmation.
a. 17
b. 100
c. 750
d. 1,000
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. When the president chooses a person to fill a position that requires the advice and consent of the Senate in a period when the Senate is not in session, it is called a(n) ______ appointment.
a. intercessory
b. recess
c. pocketbook
d. executive
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. As chief diplomat, the president is responsible for ______ policy.
a. creating and executing social
b. developing economic
c. implementing domestic
d. guiding national foreign
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. As chief diplomat, the president has the power to ______.
a. declare war
b. fund foreign operations
c. ratify treaties
d. receive ambassadors
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. The advantage that the president has over Congress in foreign affairs is his or her ability to ______.
a. act quickly and decisively on the international stage
b. negotiate and sign treaties with foreign nations
c. appoint and station ambassadors all over the world
d. fund and conduct secret military operations without approval
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. In devising a system in which power had to be shared between the three branches, the framers gave the president a(n) ______ role in the legislative process.
a. positive and powerful
b. expanded and strong
c. unlimited and extreme
d. limited and mostly negative
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. Article II Section 3 gives the president the authority and responsibility to give an annual ______ to Congress.
a. accounting of national spending
b. State of the Union address
c. review of all bureaucratic agencies
d. summary of all executive actions and decisions
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. Who is the real audience of the State of the Union address?
a. Congress
b. the federal bureaucracy
c. the military
d. the American people
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. Which of the following best describes the president’s role in the lawmaking process?
a. direct introduction of bills into the House of Representatives and/or Senate
b. working with party leaders in both chambers to shape the legislative agenda
c. working with the president’s own party to introduce and pass a purely partisan agenda
d. joining and leading congressional committees and subcommittees to steer a bill to the floor
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. What is the most important legislative power that the president is given by the Constitution?
a. filibuster
b. cloture
c. veto
d. override
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
22. Vetoes are more likely during periods of ______.
a. divided government
b. unified government
c. national emergency
d. legislative expediency
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
23. Except in cases of impeachment, the president has the power to release from all legal consequences and restore the benefits of citizenship to individuals arising from the commitment of federal crimes. This is known as the president’s power of/to ______.
a. absolution
b. release
c. pardon
d. commitment
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
24. The president’s power to pardon most likely to be controversial when the subject has ______.
a. committed a serious crime
b. failed to show remorse
c. been sentenced to a long jail term
d. close personal ties to the president
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
25. Under the Constitution, the limitations of presidential power were placed primarily in the hands of whom?
a. the people
b. Congress
c. his or her party
d. the judiciary
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
26. How many presidents have been convicted and removed by the Senate?
a. none of these
b. one
c. two
d. three
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
27. Which president was close to impeachment but chose to resign instead?
a. Andrew Jackson
b. Richard Nixon
c. Gerald Ford
d. Andrew Johnson
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
28. Which president broke the established precedent of a two-term limit established by George Washington?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. Woodrow Wilson
c. Franklin D. Roosevelt
d. Richard Nixon
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
29. The president of the United States must be a minimum of ______ years old before attaining office.
a. 25
b. 35
c. 45
d. 55
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
30. Which of the following is a requirement of the office of the presidency?
a. The president must be a minimum of 45 years old.
b. The president must have lived within the United States for his entire life.
c. The president must hold his inauguration in front of the Washington Monument.
d. The president must be a natural born American citizen.
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
31. George Washington preferred the title ______ over the simpler title of ‘President of the United States’.
a. “Chief Executive of the United States”
b. “Defender of the Faith of the United States”
c. “General Washington of the United States”
d. “His High Mightiness, the President of the United States and Protector of their Liberties”
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
32. Based on the contents of the Constitution, the general powers of the presidency include ______.
a. expressed, implied, and delegated powers
b. legislative, congressional, and judicial powers
c. policy-making, implementation, and enforcement powers
d. congressional, delegated, and enforcement powers
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
33. Based on the responsibility of being head of the executive branch, the president must ______.
a. create all new laws for the nation
b. interpret all laws of the nation
c. carry out the laws of the nation
d. create and carry out new laws for the nation
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
34. The Executive Power of the president is instilled in the position by which section of the Constitution?
a. Article I, Section 8
b. Article II, Section 1
c. Article III, Section 2
d. Article IV, Section 3
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
35. The president has just vetoed a new national security bill Congress spent months working on, what can be done to save the bill?
a. The bill is dead and must be re-written from scratch.
b. The bill must be sent back to the president’s cabinet for further modifications.
c. Congress can attempt to override the veto by acquiring a two-thirds majority vote.
d. The vice president can convince the president to reconsider and sign the bill.
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Hard
36. What was Anwar al-Awlaki’s primary weapon?
a. targeted bombing
b. the use of the internet
c. domestic terrorism
d. massive kidnapping
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Killing of an American Citizen Tests the Limits of Presidential Powers
Difficulty Level: Medium
37. The part of the Obama administration’s decision to target Anwar al-Awlaki that made many political experts uncomfortable was its ______.
a. level of violence
b. degree of autonomy
c. constitutionality
d. degree of secrecy
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Killing of an American Citizen Tests the Limits of Presidential Powers
Difficulty Level: Medium
38. What drove al-Awlaki to defend his faith with violence?
a. U.S. policy of war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Yemen
b. treatment of Afghan refugees in Pakistan
c. the issue of Jewish persecution against Palestine
d. the detainment of American citizens in Guantanamo
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Killing of an American Citizen Tests the Limits of Presidential Power
Difficulty Level: Medium
39. On May 22, 2013, Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., notified ______ of the decision by the Obama administration to target and kill Anwar al-Awlaki two years earlier and why such measures had been necessary.
a. the American people
b. the leadership of both parties
c. President Obama’s cabinet
d. the leadership of Congress
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Killing of an American Citizen Tests the Limits of Presidential Power
Difficulty Level: Medium
40. What was the Obama administration’s justification for the al-Awlaki killing?
a. to protect from threats against national security
b. to ensure that national secrecy was maintained
c. as retribution for attacks against soldiers
d. as a necessary measure in the conduct of foreign war
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Killing of an American Citizen Tests the Limits of Presidential Power
Difficulty Level: Medium
41. Who was the first president to govern as the leader of a political party?
a. George Washington
b. John Adams
c. Thomas Jefferson
d. James Madison
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
42. President Jefferson did not veto a single bill. Why?
a. He completely agreed with Congress’s decisions since he highly respected Congress as an institution.
b. He was able to kill bills he disagreed with before they reached his desk by using his leadership of his political party.
c. He was a very popular president and thus did whatever he wanted to.
d. There was unified government, and he completely controlled his party like a king.
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
43. There is a constant battle between the president and Congress. What is the main reason for that?
a. The president and Congress serve different constituencies.
b. The Constitution grants much more power to Congress than the president.
c. Congress is usually divided.
d. The Supreme Court does not check the powers of the other two branches.
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Hard
44. What position did Roger Brooke Taney hold in May 1861?
a. vice president of the United States
b. ambassador to the Confederate States
c. chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
d. chief of staff of the U.S. Army
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
45. John Merryman was being held by Abraham Lincoln and the Union troops on what charges?
a. He blew up a large gun stash.
b. He led guerrilla attacks against Union troops.
c. He stole secrets from Union generals.
d. He led the burning of at least six railroad bridges.
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
46. The detention of John Merryman was an important case in presidential power because of President Lincoln’s assertion of the power to which of the following?
a. suspend habeas corpus
b. indiscriminately punish Southern traitors
c. write and enforce bills of attainder
d. command the Union army
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
47. What is the name of the procedure through which a person can challenge what they see as an unlawful detention by issuing a written command?
a. judicial review
b. bill of attainder
c. writ of habeas corpus
d. writ of certiorari
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
48. In the decision of Ex Parte Merryman (1861), Chief Justice Taney placed a limit on the president’s ability to ______.
a. issue writs of habeas corpus
b. command the U.S. military
c. allow the use of bills of attainder
d. suspend habeas corpus
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
49. Washington’s suppression of the ______ helped establish the supremacy of federal law and the power of the federal government to levy and collect taxes.
a. Boston Tea Party
b. War of 1812
c. Whiskey Rebellion
d. Revolutionary War
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
50. President Thomas Jefferson was able to ______.
a. exert executive control over Congress
b. double the size of the United States with the Louisiana Purchase
c. defeat the British in the War of 1812
d. veto bills without ever being overridden by Congress
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
51. While Richard Nixon had one of the most troubled presidencies in U.S. history, he had successes in ______.
a. building international relations with China
b. improving domestic policy
c. increasing presidential executive accountability
d. revising the operations of the executive branch
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
52. One of the most enduring and controversial legacies of the Nixon presidency was the passage of the ______ over Nixon’s veto.
a. International Relations Bill
b. War Powers Resolution
c. Foreign Relations Agenda
d. Congressional Authorization Law
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
53. Ronald Reagan’s nickname was the Great ______.
a. Debater
b. Communicator
c. Statesman
d. Legislator
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
54. While George W. Bush wanted his legacy to be that of the education president, his legacy was greatly impacted by the events of and reaction to ______.
a. No Child Left Behind
b. legislative gridlock
c. the September 11 attacks
d. proposed healthcare legislation
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
55. Which of the following presidents was responsible for negotiating the purchase of the Louisiana Territory?
a. George Washington
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. John Adams
d. James Madison
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
56. Based on political scientist Edward S. Corwin, the Constitution of Rights becomes the Constitution of Powers during ______.
a. wartime
b. a recession
c. a depression
d. a divided government
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
57. Presidential powers saw a marked ______ during the post–Civil War era.
a. decrease
b. increase
c. static hold
d. fluctuation
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
58. Which of the following presidents believed their election to office was part of a divine plan?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. Abraham Lincoln
c. Woodrow Wilson
d. Ronald Reagan
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
59. A resolution of congressional authorization to conduct a War on Terror sought by President George W. Bush was a main response to the ______.
a. Oklahoma City bombing
b. ongoing battle during Operation Desert Storm
c. September 11th attack on the World Trade Center
d. overthrow of Saddam Hussein as Afghanistan’s dictator
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Hard
60. President Lincoln’s decision to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in order to confine John Merryman was ______.
a. based on Article 2 of the 8th Amendment
b. without any statutory authorization
c. based on actions taken by George Washington during the Revolutionary War
d. supported by the Supreme Court
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Hard
61. Justice Taney determined President Lincoln had no right to keep John Merryman confined because ______.
a. the president did not have the authority to suspend habeas corpus
b. John Merryman had been proven innocent in a court of law
c. the president is not responsible for carrying out the laws of the nation
d. Congress had already agreed to Merryman’s release
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Hard
62. Chief Justice Taney delivered his opinion in which he challenged President Lincoln’s authority to suspend writs of habeas corpus in an article entitled ______.
a. Ex parte Merryman
b. Federalist Number 5
c. Constitutional Rights During Wartime
d. Constitutional Powers During Wartime
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
63. Thomas Jefferson belonged to which political party?
a. Whigs
b. Democrats
c. Democratic-Republicans
d. Federalists
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Easy
64. How did the presidency become more dependent on the public during Andrew Jackson’s era?
a. Jackson pushed for an amendment regarding term limits and was successful.
b. The rules for how the Electoral College were modified in favor of more populous states.
c. The Electoral College was briefly suspended, and the president was elected by popular vote.
d. The electoral changes made that won him the presidency also made him more dependent on their favorable opinions of him for re-election.
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Hard
65. What did Teddy Roosevelt use to demonstrate the nation’s growing industrial might?
a. Navy
b. Army
c. Air Force
d. Marines
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
66. Theodore Roosevelt described the presidency as ______.
a. his divine destiny
b. a bully pulpit
c. the loneliest job in the world
d. a big stick to shape legislation
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
67. To many people, Woodrow Wilson came off as ______.
a. kind and understanding
b. approachable and thoughtful
c. intolerant and arrogant
d. racist and derogatory
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
68. Which power was secured for the president during World War I?
a. suspending habeas corpus
b. censoring the mail
c. joining the League of Nations
d. creating new cabinet positions
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
69. Which president was known for his ‘fireside chats’ that were meant to rally support for World War II?
a. Woodrow Wilson
b. Theodore Roosevelt
c. Franklin D. Roosevelt
d. Lyndon Johnson
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
70. Although Lyndon Johnson was exceptionally skilled at cajoling Congress, most of his achievements were ultimately eclipsed by ______.
a. the assassination of John F. Kennedy
b. the onset of the Great Depression
c. the bombing of Pearl Harbor
d. his dramatic expansion of the conflict in Vietnam
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
71. A criticism of James David Barber’s research on presidential character is in his ______.
a. research methods
b. sample size
c. statistical analysis
d. interpretation of results
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Medium
72. According to the text, the most powerful first lady was most probably ______.
a. Martha Washington
b. Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
c. Dolly Madison
d. Eleanor Roosevelt
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Medium
73. Which of the following is a collection of agencies and offices that assist the president in an advisory and policy-making capacity?
a. Office of the National Security Advisor
b. General Accounting Office
c. Executive Office of the President
d. White House Chief of Staff
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Medium
74. Which of the following best describes the relationship between modern presidents and their parties?
a. Modern presidents serve as unofficial but real leaders of their own political parties.
b. Presidents must contend with their party only during periods of divided leadership.
c. The president will have an easy time of achieving policy objectives if his/her political party controls the Senate.
d. Today, the president is rarely concerned with the agenda of his/her party.
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Medium
75. ______ is arguably the most powerful tool for the president in having his or her agenda prevail when it conflicts with that of Congress.
a. Favorable public opinion
b. The veto power
c. The Supreme Court’s support
d. The power of appointment
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Medium
76. The heads of the 15 major executive branch departments make up the ______.
a. president’s cabinet
b. National Security Council
c. Executive Office of the President
d. Office of Homeland Security
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Medium
77. What formal role does the spouse of the president serve?
a. receiving foreign delegations
b. communicating with the American people
c. spearheading domestic policy issues
d. the first spouse serves no formal role
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Medium
78. Which of the following can act to slow, or completely halt, presidential initiatives?
a. Senate
b. House
c. Federal Bureaucracy
d. White House Chief of Staff
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Hard
79. How many major executive departments compose the president’s cabinet?
a. 10
b. 12
c. 15
d. 18
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Medium
80. The White House staff members are often considered to be the ______.
a. most loyal to the president
b. most biased workers on Capitol Hill
c. most neutral members of the legislature
d. least loyal to the president
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Medium
81. What is the major role of the vice president of the United States?
a. chief of staff
b. majority whip
c. president of the Senate
d. number three in the line of succession
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Medium
82. The 25th Amendment was passed in 1967 and was written to establish ______.
a. how the Electoral College would be chosen
b. the rules of succession for the president and vice president
c. the legitimacy of executive orders
d. the right of the president to suspend habeas corpus in times of war
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Medium
83. Executive privileges are best described as ______.
a. the right of the president to keep certain conversations and records confidential even from Congress
b. the right of the president to issue a policy or directive without the approval of Congress
c. text written by the president that usually consists of political statements that are in opposition to Congress
d. the right of the president to enter into an agreement with a foreign nation without congressional approval
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Medium
84. The newly elected president has just issued a policy directive to the executive branch without the input of Congress; this directive could be described as an executive ______.
a. privilege
b. order
c. agreement
d. statement
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Hard
85. When signing the most recent piece of legislation into law, the president added a note at the bottom stating his thoughts on how the law should be interpreted. This note could be considered a(n) ______.
a. executive privilege
b. executive order
c. signing agreement
d. signing statement
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Hard
86. While the president was on a recent trip to South America he signed a trade agreement with Bolivia, without consulting with or getting approval from Congress. This trade agreement could be considered an executive ______.
a. privilege
b. order
c. agreement
d. statement
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Medium
87. What occurs when a president “goes public”?
a. The president divulges previously confidential information without congressional approval.
b. The president affirms his intentions of running for re-election.
c. The president reaches out directly to the American public in hopes it will put pressure on Congress to push the president’s policy goals.
d. The newly elected president presides over their first State of the Union address.
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Medium
88. When might a president enjoy a honeymoon period of strong public approval?
a. following a convincing first-term victory
b. following a narrow first-term victory
c. following a hard fought second-term victory
d. the last few weeks of their second term
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Hard
89. Who normally presides over the Senate?
a. president
b. vice president
c. Speaker of the House
d. president pro tempore
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Medium
90. What is the protocol for replacing a vice president who leaves office during their term?
a. The president chooses the replacement, and no congressional approval is needed.
b. The president nominates someone, and Congress must approve via majority vote.
c. The Speaker of the House automatically assumes the position.
d. The majority House leader automatically assumes the position.
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Medium
True/False
1. The president acts as the head of the executive branch.
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. There is a way for the president to make an appointment without the Senate’s confirmation.
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. The Founding Fathers had a clear idea about the office of the president when they wrote the Constitution.
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. President Jefferson stepped down after eight years of service due to term limits.
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. The Constitution specifically and explicitly gave some powers to the president. These are referred to as expressed powers.
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. The 22nd Amendment prohibited future presidents from being elected more than once if that person had assumed the office more than two years prior to the end of that partial term.
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. In the American political system, the president acts as the head of the legislative branch.
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention were greatly divided as to whether the new government should be more powerful than that under the Articles of Confederation.
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. The argument between Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney and President Abraham Lincoln in Ex Parte Merryman was over the issue of presidential writs of attainder.
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. In his two years in office, Thomas Jefferson vetoed hundreds of bills.
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. Neither the war in Afghanistan nor the war in Iraq involved an official declaration of war by President Bush.
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. Presidents can grant pardons to anyone, for any crime.
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. President James Madison doubled the size of the United States by acquiring Louisiana from Great Britain as a result of winning the war against them.
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. President Woodrow Wilson created an international governing body, the League of Nations, to prevent future catastrophes like World War I, and the U.S. Congress ratified the League’s charter.
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. The War Powers Resolution was passed over President Lyndon B. Johnson’s veto in order for Congress to restrict the president’s war-making powers.
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. The last time the U.S. Congress declared war was World War II.
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. President Donald Trump has found it rather easy to pass laws since Republicans control both chambers of Congress.
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. Other than saying that the president should “take care that the laws should be faithfully executed,” the Constitution does not give much detail on how the president is supposed to run the federal government.
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is at the top of the entire military chain of command.
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. While the Constitution did not explicitly prohibit women from holding the office of president, at the time of ratification, women were generally denied the right to vote or to hold political office within their states.
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Medium
Short Answer
1. ______ powers are those that Congress grants the president in order to carry out the laws that Congress has passed.
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. The president is required to give Congress information on the ______.
Learning Objective: 10-1: Describe the powers of the presidency as defined in the Constitution, the tensions inherent in those descriptions, and constitutional limitations on presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Constitution Outlines the Powers of the American Presidency
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Which president has made the most powerful and effective use of social media to influence public opinion?
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. In the opinion ______ (1861), Chief Justice Taney challenged the president’s authority to suspend the issuing of writs of habeas corpus even in times of war and rebellion.
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. When signing a bill into law, the president can make use of ______ to convey instructions to the agencies that will carry out the law.
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Medium
Essay
1. Describe the Constitutional tensions between the president and Congress in making war. How have those tensions been resolved, changed, or not addressed?
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. How do the examples of Anwar al-Awlaki and John Merryman demonstrate the ability of the president to expand his or her powers in time of war or national emergency? Why do you think it is important to understand these particular examples?
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Killing of an American Citizen Tests the Limits of Presidential Powers
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. Do the actions and contributions of individual presidents matter? What are the constraints on a president’s ability to reshape or change the office they hold?
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. How does a president use advisors and bureaucratic offices to assist him/her in the performance of his/her duties? What would the president’s job be like without such assistance?
Learning Objective: 10-3: Discuss institutional and informal sources of presidential power.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Institutions and Other Informal Sources of Power Shape the Modern Executive Branch
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. How have the events of 9/11 and the American War on Terror impacted the president’s ability to engage American troops in time of war?
Learning Objective: 10-2: Evaluate how presidents have tested the limits of the power of the office during wartime and national crises.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Powers of the Presidency Have Evolved Over Time
Difficulty Level: Hard
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