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

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

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

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

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

A.   John Kennedy.

B.   Bill Clinton.

C.   Abraham Lincoln.

D.   Richard Nixon.

E.   Barack Obama.

A.   congressional sanction.

B.   reprieve.

C.   pardon.

D.   impeachment.

E.   executive privilege.

A.   only a symbolic leader of the military.

B.   the ultimate decision maker in military matters.

C.   not responsible for military decisions.

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

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

A.   is responsible for selecting judges to federal courts.

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

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

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

E.   ratifies treaties.

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

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

C.   ratification by a majority of both houses of Congress

D.   ratification by a majority of the states

E.   judicial review in the Supreme Court

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

B.   The president’s veto is final and gives him or her complete control over 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 veto has been used by Congress to stop the president from signing 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 irrelevant to bureaucrats.

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

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

A.   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.

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

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

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.   constitutional powers.

E.   inherent powers.

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

B.   the vice president.

C.   the chief of staff.

D.   the Secretary of the Interior.

E.   the head of office.

A.   the kitchen cabinet.

B.   the Executive Office of the President.

C.   the system of checks on executive power.

D.   the cabinet.

E.   the Council of Presidential Advisors.

A.   died while in office.

B.   been impeached and convicted.

C.   resigned.

D.   been impeached.

E.   been impeached and acquitted.

A.   Andrew Johnson and William McKinley

B.   Richard Nixon and Franklin Roosevelt

C.   Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton

D.   Andrew Johnson and Jimmy Carter

E.   Thomas Jefferson and Martin Van Buren

A.   allows the president discretion in making political appointments.

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

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

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

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

A.   institution; has ultimate decision making authority

B.   institution; is consistent in its powers across countries

C.   process; helps us choose our leaders

D.   place; allows for centralization of authority

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.   All of these choices are true.

D.   the food you eat.

E.   the distribution of the assets of the deceased.

A.   the problems that every authoritarian government eventually faces.

B.   democracy taken to the extreme.

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

D.   the successful implementation of order by a government.

E.   a strong central authority.

A.   democratic republics.

B.   direct democracy.

C.   freedom of speech.

D.   the right to bear arms.

E.   popular sovereignty.

A.   a confederation.

B.   a democratic republic.

C.   an anarchy.

D.   a direct democracy.

E.   a constitutional monarchy.

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

B.   the struggle between the poor and wealthy classes.

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

D.   a way to settle disputes by armed conflict.

E.   a theory of how democracy should not function.

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.   political movements in support of Socialism.

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

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

A.   the National Rights Foundation.

B.   the statement of Rights and Responsibilities.

C.   the Bill of Rights.

D.   the annual Congressional budget report.

E.   the Declaration of Independence.

A.   differing opinions about Congressional powers.

B.   the growing power of the presidency.

C.   political polarization.

D.   poll watching.

E.   the separation of powers.

A.   the governors of the states.

B.   the House and Senate combined.

C.   the electoral college.

D.   the U.S. Senate.

E.   a popular vote of the people.

A.   caretaker government.

B.   impeachments of government officials.

C.   effective government.

D.   limited government.

E.   a call for new elections.

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

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

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

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

C.   an end of hostilities toward Britain.

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 Constitution of the United States of America.

B.   the United Nations Charter.

C.   the Bill of Rights.

D.   the Declaration of Independence.

E.   the Magna Carta.

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

B.   promote religious separatism.

C.   defend against foreign enemies.

D.   promote equality under the law.

E.   raise taxes to build an army.

A.   called for a bicameral legislature.

B.   settled all controversy.

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

C.   was presented too late to be considered.

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

E.   was proposed by Texas.

A.   the imposition of export taxes.

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

C.   disputes over power between Congress and the president.

D.   tyranny by either the majority or the minority.

E.   disputes between the federal and state governments.

A.   the Bill of Rights.

B.   the Constitution as originally written.

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

D.   the Articles of Confederation.

A.   judicial review.

B.   judicial activism.

C.   legislative ratification.

D.   the supremacy doctrine.

E.   the Madisonian model.