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In Federalist No.76, Alexander Hamilton declared that the president's real authority as chief executive is |
| | A) | the power to appoint. |
| | B) | the power to declare war. |
| | C) | the power to receive ambassadors. |
| | D) | the power to make treaties. |
| | E) | both the power to declare war and the power to make treaties. |
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Theodore Roosevelt was a proponent of |
| | A) | Whig theory. |
| | B) | stewardship theory. |
| | C) | executive theory. |
| | D) | modern theory. |
| | E) | elastic theory. |
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The executive budget was created in |
| | A) | 1789. |
| | B) | 1865. |
| | C) | 1901. |
| | D) | 1921. |
| | E) | 1974. |
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Since Andrew Jackson's time, _____ have won presidency after having lost the popular vote. |
| | A) | Samuel Tilden (1876), Grover Cleveland (1888), and Harry Truman (1948) |
| | B) | Rutherford B. Hayes (1876), Benjamin Harrison (1888), and George W. Bush (2000) |
| | C) | Ulysses S. Grant (1868), Benjamin Harrison (1888), and George W. Bush (2000) |
| | D) | James Garfield (1880), Woodrow Wilson (1912), and Richard Nixon (1968) |
| | E) | James Buchanan (1856), Woodrow Wilson (1912), and George W. Bush (2000) |
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_____ was the last major party candidate to win his party's nomination without entering any primaries. |
| | A) | Richard Nixon (1968) |
| | B) | Barry Goldwater (1964) |
| | C) | Hubert Humphrey (1968) |
| | D) | George McGovern (1972) |
| | E) | Jimmy Carter (1976) |
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_____ accepted federal matching funds in the 2004 primaries. |
| | A) | Howard Dean |
| | B) | George W. Bush |
| | C) | John Kerry |
| | D) | Howard Dean, George W. Bush, and John Kerry |
| | E) | None of these answers is correct. |
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The top three states in the Electoral College are |
| | A) | New York, Florida, and Pennsylvania. |
| | B) | Texas, Illinois, and Ohio. |
| | C) | California, Texas, and New York. |
| | D) | Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. |
| | E) | Georgia, North Carolina, and Texas. |
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_____ are the two states that do not use the unit rule in the Electoral College. |
| | A) | California and New Jersey |
| | B) | Florida and Georgia |
| | C) | Nevada and Utah |
| | D) | Maine and Nebraska |
| | E) | New Hampshire and Vermont |
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Which of the following is not a formal requirement for becoming president? |
| | A) | An individual must be 35 years old. |
| | B) | An individual must be a natural-born citizen. |
| | C) | An individual must be a resident in the United States for at least 14 years. |
| | D) | An individual must be a white male. |
| | E) | None of these answers is correct. |
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_____ has a parliamentary system of government. |
| | A) | Australia |
| | B) | Canada |
| | C) | Great Britain |
| | D) | Israel |
| | E) | All these answers are correct. |
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Most presidential campaign money during the general election is spent on |
| | A) | maintaining a campaign staff. |
| | B) | advertising on television. |
| | C) | the mass mailing of campaign literature. |
| | D) | the staging of personal appearances |
| | E) | direct-mail fundraising. |
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George W. Bush's legislative success rate fell from 86% in 2006 to _____ in 2007. |
| | A) | 48% |
| | B) | 58% |
| | C) | 68% |
| | D) | 78% |
| | E) | 38% |
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_____ was/were impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives. |
| | A) | President Richard Nixon |
| | B) | President Bill Clinton |
| | C) | President Andrew Johnson |
| | D) | President James Knox Polk |
| | E) | Both Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson |
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Which of the following is true of President George W. Bush's relationship with Congress? |
| | A) | He cast only two vetoes in his first five years of presidency. |
| | B) | He got almost nothing he asked for from Congress in the early years of his presidency |
| | C) | In the early years of his presidency, he got almost everything he asked for from Congress. |
| | D) | His relationship with Congress has become less contentious during the later years of his presidency. |
| | E) | He exercised more vetoes in the early years of his presidency than any other 20th century president. |
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_____ used the presidency as a "bully pulpit." |
| | A) | Theodore Roosevelt |
| | B) | Calvin Coolidge |
| | C) | Warren Harding |
| | D) | William Howard Taft |
| | E) | Herbert Hoover |
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The EOP body that advises the president on economic issues is the |
| | A) | Federal Reserve. |
| | B) | Presidential Economic Council. |
| | C) | Executive Financial Planning Office. |
| | D) | National Economic Council. |
| | E) | Treasury Office. |
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_____ was a proponent of the national convention as a means of nominating the presidential candidates of political parties. |
| | A) | George Washington |
| | B) | Thomas Jefferson |
| | C) | Andrew Jackson |
| | D) | James Madison |
| | E) | James Monroe |
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Which of the following presidents did not serve as vice president? |
| | A) | Lyndon Johnson |
| | B) | Richard Nixon |
| | C) | Gerald Ford |
| | D) | George H.W. Bush |
| | E) | George W. Bush |
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The televised debates including the nominees of both major parties began in |
| | A) | 1952. |
| | B) | 1960. |
| | C) | 1968. |
| | D) | 1976. |
| | E) | 1980. |
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_____ is in the Executive Office of the President. |
| | A) | The National Security Council |
| | B) | The Office of the Vice President |
| | C) | The Office of Management and Budget |
| | D) | The Council of Economic Advisers |
| | E) | All these answers are correct. |
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