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

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

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

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

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

A.   Richard Nixon.

B.   Barack Obama.

C.   Abraham Lincoln.

D.   John Kennedy.

E.   Bill Clinton.

A.   congressional sanction.

B.   impeachment.

C.   executive privilege.

D.   reprieve.

E.   pardon.

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

B.   not responsible for military decisions.

C.   the ultimate decision maker in military matters.

D.   only a symbolic leader of the military.

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

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

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

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

D.   is responsible for selecting judges to federal courts.

E.   ratifies treaties.

A.   ratification by a majority of both houses of Congress

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 the states

E.   judicial review in the Supreme Court

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

E.   is irrelevant to bureaucrats.

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

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.   forces Congress to support presidential priorities.

D.   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.   established powers.

B.   statutory powers.

C.   inherent powers.

D.   emergency powers.

E.   constitutional powers.

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

B.   the vice president.

C.   the chief of staff.

D.   the head of office.

E.   the Secretary of the Interior.

A.   the system of checks on executive power.

B.   the kitchen cabinet.

C.   the Executive Office of the President.

D.   the cabinet.

E.   the Council of Presidential Advisors.

A.   resigned.

B.   died while in office.

C.   been impeached.

D.   been impeached and convicted.

E.   been impeached and acquitted.

A.   Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton

B.   Thomas Jefferson and Martin Van Buren

C.   Andrew Johnson and Jimmy Carter

D.   Richard Nixon and Franklin Roosevelt

E.   Andrew Johnson and William McKinley

A.   allows the president discretion in making political appointments.

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

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

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

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

A.   institution; has ultimate decision making authority

B.   institution; is consistent in its powers across countries

C.   place; allows for centralization of authority

D.   process; helps us choose our leaders

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

A.   the sales tax you pay on purchases.

B.   the schools most children attend.

C.   the distribution of the assets of the deceased.

D.   the food you eat.

E.   All of these choices are true.

A.   a strong central authority.

B.   the successful implementation of order by a government.

C.   the problems that every authoritarian government eventually faces.

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

E.   democracy taken to the extreme.

A.   democratic republics.

B.   popular sovereignty.

C.   direct democracy.

D.   the right to bear arms.

E.   freedom of speech.

A.   a direct democracy.

B.   a democratic republic.

C.   a constitutional monarchy.

D.   an anarchy.

E.   a confederation.

A.   the struggle between the poor and wealthy classes.

B.   a way to settle disputes by armed conflict.

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

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

E.   a theory of how democracy should not function.

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

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

C.   political movements in support of Socialism.

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

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

A.   the Bill of Rights.

B.   the annual Congressional budget report.

C.   the National Rights Foundation.

D.   the statement of Rights and Responsibilities.

E.   the Declaration of Independence.

A.   poll watching.

B.   the growing power of the presidency.

C.   differing opinions about Congressional powers.

D.   the separation of powers.

E.   political polarization.

A.   a popular vote of the people.

B.   the electoral college.

C.   the governors of the states.

D.   the U.S. Senate.

E.   the House and Senate combined.

A.   effective government.

B.   a call for new elections.

C.   limited government.

D.   impeachments of government officials.

E.   caretaker government.

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

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

C.   are very specific to the conditions of 1787.

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

E.   are too vague to be of much use.

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

B.   an end of hostilities toward Britain.

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

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

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

A.   the Bill of Rights.

B.   the Constitution of the United States of America.

C.   the Declaration of Independence.

D.   the Magna Carta.

E.   the United Nations Charter.

A.   promote religious separatism.

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

C.   raise taxes to build an army.

D.   promote equality under the law.

E.   defend against foreign enemies.

A.   worked to the advantage of small states.

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.   settled all controversy.

A.   was presented too late to be considered.

B.   was proposed by Texas.

C.   was advanced by the delegates from Georgia.

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

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

A.   tyranny by either the majority or the minority.

B.   the imposition of export taxes.

C.   disputes between the federal and state governments.

D.   disputes over power between Congress and the president.

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 Constitution as originally written.

D.   the Articles of Confederation.

A.   the Madisonian model.

B.   the supremacy doctrine.

C.   legislative ratification.

D.   judicial review.

E.   judicial activism.