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

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

A.   Abraham Lincoln.

B.   John Kennedy.

C.   Barack Obama.

D.   Richard Nixon.

E.   Bill Clinton.

A.   executive privilege.

B.   pardon.

C.   congressional sanction.

D.   reprieve.

E.   impeachment.

A.   only a symbolic leader of the military.

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

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

D.   the ultimate decision maker in military matters.

E.   not responsible for military decisions.

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

B.   is responsible for selecting judges to federal courts.

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

D.   ratifies treaties.

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

A.   judicial review in the Supreme Court

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

C.   ratification by a majority of the states

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

E.   ratification by a majority of both houses of Congress

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

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

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

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

B.   is irrelevant to bureaucrats.

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

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

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

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

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.   forces Congress to support presidential priorities.

A.   emergency powers.

B.   established powers.

C.   constitutional powers.

D.   statutory powers.

E.   inherent powers.

A.   the Secretary of the Interior.

B.   the chief of staff.

C.   the head of office.

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

E.   the vice president.

A.   the cabinet.

B.   the system of checks on executive power.

C.   the Executive Office of the President.

D.   the kitchen cabinet.

E.   the Council of Presidential Advisors.

A.   died while in office.

B.   been impeached.

C.   been impeached and acquitted.

D.   been impeached and convicted.

E.   resigned.

A.   Thomas Jefferson and Martin Van Buren

B.   Andrew Johnson and William McKinley

C.   Richard Nixon and Franklin Roosevelt

D.   Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton

E.   Andrew Johnson and Jimmy Carter

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

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

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

A.   process; helps us choose our leaders

B.   institution; is consistent in its powers across countries

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

D.   institution; has ultimate decision making authority

E.   place; allows for centralization of authority

A.   the food you eat.

B.   the schools most children attend.

C.   All of these choices are true.

D.   the sales tax you pay on purchases.

E.   the distribution of the assets of the deceased.

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

B.   democracy taken to the extreme.

C.   the successful implementation of order by a government.

D.   the problems that every authoritarian government eventually faces.

E.   a strong central authority.

A.   popular sovereignty.

B.   freedom of speech.

C.   direct democracy.

D.   democratic republics.

E.   the right to bear arms.

A.   a democratic republic.

B.   a direct democracy.

C.   an anarchy.

D.   a constitutional monarchy.

E.   a confederation.

A.   a theory of how democracy should not function.

B.   a way to settle disputes by armed conflict.

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

D.   the struggle between the poor and wealthy classes.

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

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

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

C.   political movements in support of Socialism.

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

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

A.   the Declaration of Independence.

B.   the annual Congressional budget report.

C.   the Bill of Rights.

D.   the statement of Rights and Responsibilities.

E.   the National Rights Foundation.

A.   poll watching.

B.   differing opinions about Congressional powers.

C.   the separation of powers.

D.   political polarization.

E.   the growing power of the presidency.

A.   the electoral college.

B.   the U.S. Senate.

C.   the House and Senate combined.

D.   a popular vote of the people.

E.   the governors of the states.

A.   a call for new elections.

B.   impeachments of government officials.

C.   effective government.

D.   caretaker government.

E.   limited government.

A.   are too vague to be of much use.

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 sufficiently broad to be adapted to a changing society.

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

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

C.   an end of hostilities toward Britain.

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 Magna Carta.

B.   the Constitution of the United States of America.

C.   the Declaration of Independence.

D.   the Bill of Rights.

E.   the United Nations Charter.

A.   promote equality under the law.

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

C.   defend against foreign enemies.

D.   raise taxes to build an army.

E.   promote religious separatism.

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

B.   worked to the advantage of small states.

C.   settled all controversy.

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

E.   called for a bicameral legislature.

A.   was presented too late to be considered.

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

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

D.   was proposed by Texas.

E.   was advanced by the delegates from Georgia.

A.   disputes over power between Congress and the president.

B.   disputes between the federal and state governments.

C.   tyranny by either the majority or the minority.

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

E.   the imposition of export taxes.

A.   the Constitution as originally written.

B.   the Bill of Rights.

C.   the Articles of Confederation.

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

A.   the supremacy doctrine.

B.   judicial review.

C.   judicial activism.

D.   legislative ratification.

E.   the Madisonian model.