Democratic Debate, Miroff Chapter Twelve. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 2 1. Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 President

Democratic Debate, Miroff

Chapter Twelve

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1. Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12

• President _______ was the first president to get a White House staff.– Thomas Jefferson– Abraham Lincoln– Franklin D. Roosevelt– John F. Kennedy– George W. Bush


Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12

• President _______ was the first president to get a White House staff.– Thomas Jefferson– Abraham Lincoln– Franklin D. Roosevelt (CORRECT)– John F. Kennedy– George W. Bush



• The Executive Office of the President does not include the– National Economic Council.– National Security Council.– Office of Management and Budget.– Federal Election Commission.– Council of Economic Advisers.



• The Executive Office of the President does not include the– National Economic Council.– National Security Council.– Office of Management and Budget.– Federal Election Commission. (CORRECT)– Council of Economic Advisers.



• Which of the following is the best situation for a president’s agenda in Congress?– Divided government– Unified government– Low presidential approval ratings– The third year of his term– None of the choices



• Which of the following is the best situation for a president’s agenda in Congress?– Divided government– Unified government (CORRECT)– Low presidential approval ratings– The third year of his term– None of the choices



• The president is unquestionably dominant in which area of policy?– Intelligence– Education– Budget– Economic– Foreign



• The president is unquestionably dominant in which area of policy?– Intelligence– Education– Budget– Economic– Foreign (CORRECT)



• In which case did the Supreme Court give the president a paramount role in foreign policy?– Plessy v. Ferguson– Roe v. Wade– United States v. Curtiss-Wright Corporation– Bush v. Gore– None of the choices



• In which case did the Supreme Court give the president a paramount role in foreign policy?– Plessy v. Ferguson– Roe v. Wade– United States v. Curtiss-Wright Corporation

(CORRECT)– Bush v. Gore– None of the choices



• A president’s effectiveness in “going public” depends in part on his or her _______ skills.– writing– policy making– partisan– communication– elitist



• A president’s effectiveness in “going public” depends in part on his or her _______ skills.– writing– policy making– partisan– communication (CORRECT)– elitist



• Which president was known as the Great Communicator?– Nixon– Reagan– H.W. Bush– Clinton– None of the choices



• Which president was known as the Great Communicator?– Nixon– Reagan (CORRECT)– H.W. Bush– Clinton– None of the choices



• A(n) _____ is a presidential directive to subordinates in the executive branch that carries the force of law.– executive agreement– executive mandate– executive order– bureaucratic dictate– none of the choices



• A(n) _____ is a presidential directive to subordinates in the executive branch that carries the force of law.– executive agreement– executive mandate– executive order (CORRECT)– bureaucratic dictate– none of the choices



• Working for the congressional agenda on the president’s behalf is the _____ staff?– White House– Vice President’s– partisan– campaign– legislative liaison



• Working for the congressional agenda on the president’s behalf is the _____ staff?– White House– Vice President’s– partisan– campaign– legislative liaison (CORRECT)



• If Congress adjourns during the ten-day period and the president does not sign the bill it is a _____.– veto– veto override– statute– pocket veto– none of the choices



• If Congress adjourns during the ten-day period and the president does not sign the bill it is a _____.– veto– veto override– statute– pocket veto (CORRECT)– none of the choices

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Democratic Debate, Miroff Chapter Twelve. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 2 1. Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 President