Institutions of National Government: The Presidency & Bureaucracy AP American Government and Politics Spring 2011 Wolski Name TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false on the blanks provided. 1) The president must be a natural-born citizen of the United States. 1) 2) There is no mention AT ALL about anything resembling a cabinet in the Constitution. 2) 3) Bureaucrats do not help to make policy; they only implement it. 3) 4) Today, most federal bureaucrats are hired based on patronage. 4) 5) A two-thirds majority vote by the House is required to remove the president after the Senate has voted to impeach by a simple majority. 5) 6) The Hatch Act attempted to limit political participation by federal employees while at work. 6) 7) In an attempt to control the bureaucracy, Congress may wield the power of the purse. 7) 8) In the early years of this country, the president tended to be much stronger than the Congress. 8) 9) The failure of Congress of adhere to the framer's intent have increased the president's power. 9) 10) Presidents usually enjoy their highest popularity ratings at the start of their administration. 10) 11) Crises have often triggered expansions of presidential power. 11) 12) Executive orders have the force of law and can be used by presidents to make major policy decisions. 12) 13) Over the course of American history, the executive branch has assumed considerable constitutional discretion in how the United States engages in war and diplomacy. 13) 14) Although governors have the power to pardon, the president does not. 14) 15) Bureaucrats wield a tremendous amount of power in regards to how a policy is implemented. 15) 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question and put it on the lines provided. 16) Under the Articles of Confederation, 16) A) there were three branches of government. B) there was no executive branch. C) there were eighteen presidents with significant authority. D) Thomas Jefferson served briefly as president. E) George Washington served temporarily as president. 17) The Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution limits a president from serving in office more than years. A) eight B) twelve-plus years C) ten D) twelve E) four 17) 18) Presidents may be removed from office by 18) A) a trial held in the Department of Justice. B) impeachment in the House and trial/conviction in the Senate. C) state referenda. D) being found guilty of any crime by either the House and Senate. E) a majority vote of "no confidence" in both the House and Senate. 19) Executive privilege I. has been defined narrowly by the Supreme Court. II. is an express power granted to the president in Article II of the Constitution. III. refers to the entire collection of rights enjoyed by the president. IV. allows presidents to break the law with impunity. A) I and III B) II and IV C) I and II D) II and III E) I 19) 20) If the president dies in office and the vice presidency is vacant, the next in line of succession is the 20) A) secretary of defense. B) Speaker of the House. C) secretary of the treasury. D) secretary of state. E) president pro tempore of the Senate. 21) Under Article II, the president's power to make treaties is limited by 21) A) the House Foreign Relations Committee. B) a majority vote in the Senate. C) State Department rules. D) the advice and consent of two-thirds of both the House and Senate. E) the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate. 2
22) The firing of public-office holders of a defeated political party, and their replacement with loyalists of the victorious political party, is called the A) replacement doctrine. B) civil service. C) nepotism system. D) merit system. E) spoils system. 23) Agreements that the president enters into with foreign nations that do not require the advice and consent of the Senate are called A) executive orders. B) executive agreements. C) covenants. D) treaties. E) executive protocols. 22) 23) 24) Which of the following power of the president has no check from either of the two branches? 24) A) Supreme Court justice appointment B) Treaty making C) Choosing a cabinet head D) pardon power E) executive privilege 25) A business established by government that performs functions that could be provided by private business is called a/an A) executive agency. B) independent regulatory commission. C) government corporation. D) independent corporation. E) clientele agency. 25) 26) The Environmental Protection Agency is a/an 26) A) independent regulatory agency. B) agency recently abolished due to violations of the Hatch Act. C) Cabinet department. D) independent executive agency. E) government corporation. 27) How agencies execute congressional wishes is most accurately called policy 27) A) execution. B) management. C) sequestration. D) performance. E) implementation. 3
28) Most bureaucrats have some leeway in their ability to make choices regarding the best way to implement congressional intentions. This is called A) selective implementation. B) rule making. C) the formal hearing procedure. D) administrative discretion. E) adjudication. 28) 29) To shape policy and provide direction to the bureaucracy, the president can issue 29) A) edicts. B) vetoes. C) laws. D) pardons. E) executive orders. 30) In exercising its oversight function, it is not unusual for Congress to 30) A) hold hearings. B) override a president's veto. C) issue executive orders. D) go to court to get executive documents. E) conduct impeachment hearings. 31) 32. How many days does a president have in regards to terminating the use of the military before he is required to receive authorization from Congress as outlined in the War Powers Act (1973)? A) 1 year B) 6 months C) 60 days D) 90 days E) until he sees fit 32) 26. Arthur Schlesinger, in his piece The Imperial Presidency, states that assumption of powers by the presidency in recent years stems from A) foreign and domestic policy decisions. B) executive agreements. C) Supreme Court decisions. D) domestic policy decisions only. E) lack of Congressional powers. 33) 34. When President Reagan was governor of California, he could veto portions of a bill that were irrelevant to the subject of the bill. He was exercising what is called A) executive privilege B) states' rights. C) constitutional discretion. D) a line-item veto. E) a pocket veto. 31) 32) 33) 4
34) Under the Constitution, the qualifications for president include that the president must be 34) A) an American citizen and a resident for at least fourteen years. B) over 30 years old and a citizen. C) born a U.S. citizen and a citizen for at least fifteen years. D) over 35 years old, a natural-born citizen, and a resident for fourteen years. E) over 45 years of age, a naturalized citizen, and a resident for fifteen years. 35) Presidential terms are set at years in the Constitution. 35) A) ten B) six C) four D) eight E) two 36) Removal of the president from office requires 36) A) a simple majority in the House. B) a two-thirds vote in the House. C) a two-thirds vote in the Senate. D) a three-fourths vote in the Senate. E) a two-thirds vote in both Houses of Congress. 37) Signing statements allow a president to circumvent 37) A) the Judicial Branch B) the War Powers Act C) executive agreements D) treaties. E) Congress' ability to make & pass laws and/or the Judicial branch to interpret laws 38) In the twentieth century, the trend toward greater presidential policy making began with 38) A) Lyndon B. Johnson. B) Ronald Reagan. C) Franklin D. Roosevelt. D) Theodore Roosevelt. E) George W. Bush. 39) According to the Constitution, what is the president's main function when it comes to war? 39) A) He has the title of commander-in-chief. B) He can declare war. C) He can raise and maintain an army. D) He sets the rules for a military draft. E) He appoints the Secretary of Defense. 40) The use of a White House e-mail account to help direct a presidential re-election would violate which law? A) War Powers Act B) Pendleton Act C) Hatch Act D) Detainee Treatment Act E) 22nd Amendment 40) 5