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

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

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

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

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

A.   Richard Nixon.

B.   Abraham Lincoln.

C.   Barack Obama.

D.   Bill Clinton.

E.   John Kennedy.

A.   impeachment.

B.   congressional sanction.

C.   reprieve.

D.   pardon.

E.   executive privilege.

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

B.   only a symbolic leader of the military.

C.   not responsible for military decisions.

D.   the ultimate decision maker in military matters.

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

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

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

C.   ratifies treaties.

D.   is responsible for selecting judges to federal courts.

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

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.   judicial review in the Supreme Court

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

E.   ratification by a majority of both houses of Congress

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

D.   is irrelevant to bureaucrats.

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, was rarely used by presidents in the 1800s, and allows a president to explain complicated or controversial topics to voters directly.

B.   forces Congress to support presidential priorities.

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.

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

A.   inherent powers.

B.   established powers.

C.   statutory powers.

D.   emergency powers.

E.   constitutional powers.

A.   the head of office.

B.   the Secretary of the Interior.

C.   the chief of staff.

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

E.   the vice president.

A.   the kitchen cabinet.

B.   the system of checks on executive power.

C.   the Executive Office of the President.

D.   the Council of Presidential Advisors.

E.   the cabinet.

A.   been impeached and acquitted.

B.   died while in office.

C.   resigned.

D.   been impeached.

E.   been impeached and convicted.

A.   Andrew Johnson and William McKinley

B.   Richard Nixon and Franklin Roosevelt

C.   Thomas Jefferson and Martin Van Buren

D.   Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton

E.   Andrew Johnson and Jimmy Carter

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

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

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

D.   allows the president discretion in making political appointments.

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

A.   institution; has ultimate decision making authority

B.   process; helps us choose our leaders

C.   place; allows for centralization of authority

D.   institution; is consistent in its powers across countries

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

A.   the sales tax you pay on purchases.

B.   the food you eat.

C.   the schools most children attend.

D.   All of these choices are true.

E.   the distribution of the assets of the deceased.

A.   the problems that every authoritarian government eventually faces.

B.   a strong central authority.

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

D.   democracy taken to the extreme.

E.   the successful implementation of order by a government.

A.   popular sovereignty.

B.   the right to bear arms.

C.   freedom of speech.

D.   democratic republics.

E.   direct democracy.

A.   a confederation.

B.   a constitutional monarchy.

C.   a democratic republic.

D.   a direct democracy.

E.   an anarchy.

A.   a way to settle disputes by armed conflict.

B.   the struggle between the poor and wealthy classes.

C.   a theory of how democracy should not function.

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

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

A.   political movements in support of Socialism.

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

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

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

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

A.   the annual Congressional budget report.

B.   the statement of Rights and Responsibilities.

C.   the Bill of Rights.

D.   the Declaration of Independence.

E.   the National Rights Foundation.

A.   poll watching.

B.   differing opinions about Congressional powers.

C.   the growing power of the presidency.

D.   the separation of powers.

E.   political polarization.

A.   the House and Senate combined.

B.   a popular vote of the people.

C.   the electoral college.

D.   the governors of the states.

E.   the U.S. Senate.

A.   limited government.

B.   effective government.

C.   impeachments of government officials.

D.   caretaker government.

E.   a call for new elections.

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

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

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

D.   are too vague to be of much use.

E.   are very specific to the conditions of 1787.

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 Declaration of Independence.

B.   the Magna Carta.

C.   the Constitution of the United States of America.

D.   the Bill of Rights.

E.   the United Nations Charter.

A.   promote equality under the law.

B.   raise taxes to build an army.

C.   promote religious separatism.

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

E.   defend against foreign enemies.

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

B.   worked to the advantage of small states.

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

D.   called for a bicameral legislature.

E.   settled all controversy.

A.   was presented too late to be considered.

B.   was advanced by the delegates from Georgia.

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

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

E.   was proposed by Texas.

A.   tyranny by either the majority or the minority.

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

C.   disputes between the federal and state governments.

D.   disputes over power between Congress and the president.

E.   the imposition of export taxes.

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

B.   the Constitution as originally written.

C.   the Bill of Rights.

D.   the Articles of Confederation.

A.   the supremacy doctrine.

B.   legislative ratification.

C.   the Madisonian model.

D.   judicial review.

E.   judicial activism.