A.   Abigail, 61 years old, who is British by birth but attained legal U.S. citizenship through naturalization.

B.   Alexander, 57 years old, who doesn't hold U.S. citizenship but lives in the U.S. legally as a resident alien.

C.   John, 32 years old, who was born to American parents on a military base in Germany.

D.   George, 40 years old, who was born in Florida but who spent his entire life living in Cuba.

E.   James, 37 years old, who was born in Texas to parents from Mexico.

A.   Barack Obama.

B.   Richard Nixon.

C.   Bill Clinton.

D.   Abraham Lincoln.

E.   John Kennedy.

A.   congressional sanction.

B.   pardon.

C.   impeachment.

D.   executive privilege.

E.   reprieve.

A.   not responsible for military decisions.

B.   the ultimate decision maker in military matters.

C.   obligated to sit on the Board of Regents for the military, naval, and air force academies.

D.   allowed to make military decisions, but only with the approval of the joint chiefs of staff.

E.   only a symbolic leader of the military.

A.   selects leaders of his or her party in Congress.

B.   is responsible for all actions within the executive branch.

C.   ratifies treaties.

D.   is responsible for selecting judges to federal courts.

E.   negotiates treaties, recognizes foreign governments, and makes executive agreements.

A.   ratification by a majority of the states, and ratification by a majority of both houses of Congress.

B.   judicial review in the Supreme Court

C.   ratification by a majority of both houses of Congress

D.   ratification by a two-thirds majority of the Senate

E.   ratification by a majority of the states

A.   The president’s veto is final and gives him or her complete control over legislation.

B.   The veto has been used by Congress to stop the president from signing legislation.

C.   Because vetoes are usually overridden, the power has become unimportant.

D.   Because vetoes are rarely overridden, the power has become unimportant.

E.   The threat of a veto gives the president significant influence over Congress and legislation.

A.   is of little concern to second-term presidents.

B.   has stayed within a small range since Gallup began measuring it.

C.   is irrelevant to bureaucrats.

D.   is an important resource for presidents to use to persuade Congress to pass legislation.

E.   is required before a president may claim executive privilege.

A.   means that presidents take their case to the public to persuade members of Congress to support their agenda.

B.   means that presidents take their case to the public to persuade members of Congress to support their agenda, was rarely used by presidents in the 1800s, and allows a president to explain complicated or controversial topics to voters directly.

C.   was rarely used by presidents in the 1800s.

D.   forces Congress to support presidential priorities.

E.   allows a president to explain complicated or controversial topics to voters directly.

A.   statutory powers.

B.   emergency powers.

C.   established powers.

D.   inherent powers.

E.   constitutional powers.

A.   the head of office.

B.   the senior member of Congress from the president's party.

C.   the chief of staff.

D.   the Secretary of the Interior.

E.   the vice president.

A.   the Council of Presidential Advisors.

B.   the cabinet.

C.   the Executive Office of the President.

D.   the kitchen cabinet.

E.   the system of checks on executive power.

A.   been impeached and convicted.

B.   died while in office.

C.   been impeached and acquitted.

D.   been impeached.

E.   resigned.

A.   Andrew Johnson and William McKinley

B.   Thomas Jefferson and Martin Van Buren

C.   Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton

D.   Richard Nixon and Franklin Roosevelt

E.   Andrew Johnson and Jimmy Carter

A.   was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1974.

B.   involves the ability of the president and executive branch officials to withhold certain information from Congress and the courts.

C.   means that members of the executive branch cannot be prosecuted for official acts.

D.   is the concept that has been applied to the president’s use of the pocket veto.

E.   allows the president discretion in making political appointments.

A.   process; helps us choose our leaders

B.   institution; has ultimate decision making authority

C.   place; allows for centralization of authority

D.   series of laws; are imposed on us by a sovereign ruler

E.   institution; is consistent in its powers across countries

A.   the food you eat.

B.   the distribution of the assets of the deceased.

C.   All of these choices are true.

D.   the schools most children attend.

E.   the sales tax you pay on purchases.

A.   the lack of government as we normally understand it.

B.   the problems that every authoritarian government eventually faces.

C.   democracy taken to the extreme.

D.   the successful implementation of order by a government.

E.   a strong central authority.

A.   the right to bear arms.

B.   direct democracy.

C.   democratic republics.

D.   popular sovereignty.

E.   freedom of speech.

A.   an anarchy.

B.   a constitutional monarchy.

C.   a confederation.

D.   a direct democracy.

E.   a democratic republic.

A.   a way for one group to dominate the political process.

B.   the struggle among groups to gain benefits for their members.

C.   a theory of how democracy should not function.

D.   the struggle between the poor and wealthy classes.

E.   a way to settle disputes by armed conflict.

A.   the process by which religious values are transmitted only through the media.

B.   the process by which beliefs and values are transmitted to new immigrants and to our children.

C.   the government taking over the economic sector of the country.

D.   political movements in support of Socialism.

E.   the gradual development of social programs within our national government.

A.   the annual Congressional budget report.

B.   the Bill of Rights.

C.   the Declaration of Independence.

D.   the statement of Rights and Responsibilities.

E.   the National Rights Foundation.

A.   the growing power of the presidency.

B.   differing opinions about Congressional powers.

C.   the separation of powers.

D.   poll watching.

E.   political polarization.

A.   the governors of the states.

B.   the U.S. Senate.

C.   the electoral college.

D.   a popular vote of the people.

E.   the House and Senate combined.

A.   effective government.

B.   impeachments of government officials.

C.   caretaker government.

D.   limited government.

E.   a call for new elections.

A.   are no longer valid, according to the Supreme Court.

B.   have been altered by the Constitution's 53 amendments.

C.   are too vague to be of much use.

D.   are very specific to the conditions of 1787.

E.   are sufficiently broad to be adapted to a changing society.

A.   an end of hostilities toward Britain.

B.   the idea that the formation of the country’s own government was a “natural right.”

C.   the repeal of all taxes, including those the colonists had imposed on themselves.

D.   the formation of a new government that would still be loyal to the king.

E.   the establishment of a government that would limit further immigration.

A.   the Bill of Rights.

B.   the United Nations Charter.

C.   the Magna Carta.

D.   the Constitution of the United States of America.

E.   the Declaration of Independence.

A.   raise taxes to build an army.

B.   defend against foreign enemies.

C.   promote equality under the law.

D.   promote religious separatism.

E.   protect man’s natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

A.   settled all controversy.

B.   provided for the direct election of a president by the people.

C.   called for a bicameral legislature.

D.   worked to the advantage of small states, and provided for the direct election of a president by the people.

E.   worked to the advantage of small states.

A.   was presented too late to be considered.

B.   was advanced by the delegates from Georgia.

C.   proposed a unicameral legislature in which each state would have one vote.

D.   proposed a bicameral legislature with equal representation in the Senate.

E.   was proposed by Texas.

A.   disputes over power between Congress and the president.

B.   disputes between the federal and state governments.

C.   the imposition of export taxes.

D.   tyranny by either the majority or the minority.

E.   a major dispute over power between the House and the Senate.

A.   the Constitution as originally written AND the Bill of Rights.

B.   the Bill of Rights.

C.   the Articles of Confederation.

D.   the Constitution as originally written.

A.   judicial activism.

B.   judicial review.

C.   legislative ratification.

D.   the supremacy doctrine.

E.   the Madisonian model.