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

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

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

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

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

A.   Barack Obama.

B.   Richard Nixon.

C.   Bill Clinton.

D.   John Kennedy.

E.   Abraham Lincoln.

A.   pardon.

B.   impeachment.

C.   reprieve.

D.   congressional sanction.

E.   executive privilege.

A.   only a symbolic leader of the military.

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

C.   the ultimate decision maker in military matters.

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

E.   not responsible for military decisions.

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

B.   is responsible for selecting judges to federal courts.

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

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

E.   ratifies treaties.

A.   ratification by a majority of the states

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

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

D.   ratification by a majority of both houses of Congress

E.   judicial review in the Supreme Court

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

E.   is irrelevant to bureaucrats.

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

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

C.   forces Congress to support presidential priorities.

D.   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.

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

A.   inherent powers.

B.   statutory powers.

C.   emergency powers.

D.   constitutional powers.

E.   established powers.

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

B.   the Secretary of the Interior.

C.   the head of office.

D.   the chief of staff.

E.   the vice president.

A.   the Executive Office of the President.

B.   the kitchen cabinet.

C.   the Council of Presidential Advisors.

D.   the system of checks on executive power.

E.   the cabinet.

A.   been impeached and acquitted.

B.   been impeached and convicted.

C.   been impeached.

D.   died while in office.

E.   resigned.

A.   Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton

B.   Thomas Jefferson and Martin Van Buren

C.   Richard Nixon and Franklin Roosevelt

D.   Andrew Johnson and William McKinley

E.   Andrew Johnson and Jimmy Carter

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

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

C.   allows the president discretion in making political appointments.

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

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

A.   process; helps us choose our leaders

B.   institution; has ultimate decision making authority

C.   institution; is consistent in its powers across countries

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

E.   place; allows for centralization of authority

A.   All of these choices are true.

B.   the distribution of the assets of the deceased.

C.   the schools most children attend.

D.   the sales tax you pay on purchases.

E.   the food you eat.

A.   a strong central authority.

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

C.   the problems that every authoritarian government eventually faces.

D.   democracy taken to the extreme.

E.   the successful implementation of order by a government.

A.   direct democracy.

B.   freedom of speech.

C.   the right to bear arms.

D.   popular sovereignty.

E.   democratic republics.

A.   a confederation.

B.   a direct democracy.

C.   a democratic republic.

D.   a constitutional monarchy.

E.   an anarchy.

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

B.   a theory of how democracy should not function.

C.   the struggle between the poor and wealthy classes.

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

E.   a way to settle disputes by armed conflict.

A.   political movements in support of Socialism.

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

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

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

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

A.   the Bill of Rights.

B.   the National Rights Foundation.

C.   the annual Congressional budget report.

D.   the Declaration of Independence.

E.   the statement of Rights and Responsibilities.

A.   differing opinions about Congressional powers.

B.   political polarization.

C.   the separation of powers.

D.   poll watching.

E.   the growing power of the presidency.

A.   the House and Senate combined.

B.   the U.S. Senate.

C.   a popular vote of the people.

D.   the governors of the states.

E.   the electoral college.

A.   caretaker government.

B.   a call for new elections.

C.   effective government.

D.   impeachments of government officials.

E.   limited government.

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

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

C.   are very specific to the conditions of 1787.

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

E.   are too vague to be of much use.

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

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

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

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

E.   an end of hostilities toward Britain.

A.   the Bill of Rights.

B.   the Magna Carta.

C.   the United Nations Charter.

D.   the Declaration of Independence.

E.   the Constitution of the United States of America.

A.   promote religious separatism.

B.   raise taxes to build an army.

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

D.   defend against foreign enemies.

E.   promote equality under the law.

A.   settled all controversy.

B.   called for a bicameral legislature.

C.   worked to the advantage of small states.

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

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

A.   was advanced by the delegates from Georgia.

B.   was proposed by Texas.

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 presented too late to be considered.

A.   disputes between the federal and state governments.

B.   the imposition of export taxes.

C.   tyranny by either the majority or the minority.

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

E.   disputes over power between Congress and the president.

A.   the Constitution as originally written.

B.   the Bill of Rights.

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

D.   the Articles of Confederation.

A.   legislative ratification.

B.   the Madisonian model.

C.   judicial review.

D.   judicial activism.

E.   the supremacy doctrine.