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

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

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

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.   Richard Nixon.

B.   Barack Obama.

C.   Abraham Lincoln.

D.   Bill Clinton.

E.   John Kennedy.

A.   pardon.

B.   reprieve.

C.   executive privilege.

D.   impeachment.

E.   congressional sanction.

A.   only a symbolic leader of the military.

B.   not responsible for military decisions.

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

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

E.   the ultimate decision maker in military matters.

A.   is responsible for selecting judges to federal courts.

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

C.   ratifies treaties.

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

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

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 majority of the states

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

E.   judicial review in the Supreme Court

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

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

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

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

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

A.   is irrelevant to bureaucrats.

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 of little concern to second-term presidents.

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

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

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

E.   forces Congress to support presidential priorities.

A.   statutory powers.

B.   established powers.

C.   inherent powers.

D.   constitutional powers.

E.   emergency powers.

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

B.   the Secretary of the Interior.

C.   the chief of staff.

D.   the head of office.

E.   the vice president.

A.   the kitchen cabinet.

B.   the Council of Presidential Advisors.

C.   the Executive Office of the President.

D.   the system of checks on executive power.

E.   the cabinet.

A.   died while in office.

B.   resigned.

C.   been impeached and convicted.

D.   been impeached.

E.   been impeached and acquitted.

A.   Richard Nixon and Franklin Roosevelt

B.   Andrew Johnson and Jimmy Carter

C.   Andrew Johnson and William McKinley

D.   Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton

E.   Thomas Jefferson and Martin Van Buren

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

B.   allows the president discretion in making political appointments.

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

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

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

A.   institution; is consistent in its powers across countries

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

C.   institution; has ultimate decision making authority

D.   place; allows for centralization of authority

E.   process; helps us choose our leaders

A.   the distribution of the assets of the deceased.

B.   All of these choices are true.

C.   the food you eat.

D.   the sales tax you pay on purchases.

E.   the schools most children attend.

A.   the successful implementation of order by a government.

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

C.   a strong central authority.

D.   the problems that every authoritarian government eventually faces.

E.   democracy taken to the extreme.

A.   popular sovereignty.

B.   the right to bear arms.

C.   direct democracy.

D.   democratic republics.

E.   freedom of speech.

A.   a constitutional monarchy.

B.   a democratic republic.

C.   a confederation.

D.   a direct democracy.

E.   an anarchy.

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

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

C.   a theory of how democracy should not function.

D.   a way to settle disputes by armed conflict.

E.   the struggle between the poor and wealthy classes.

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

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

C.   political movements in support of Socialism.

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

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

A.   the Declaration of Independence.

B.   the statement of Rights and Responsibilities.

C.   the Bill of Rights.

D.   the annual Congressional budget report.

E.   the National Rights Foundation.

A.   poll watching.

B.   the separation of powers.

C.   political polarization.

D.   the growing power of the presidency.

E.   differing opinions about Congressional powers.

A.   the House and Senate combined.

B.   the governors of the states.

C.   the electoral college.

D.   the U.S. Senate.

E.   a popular vote of the people.

A.   effective government.

B.   a call for new elections.

C.   caretaker government.

D.   limited government.

E.   impeachments of government officials.

A.   are very specific to the conditions of 1787.

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

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

D.   are too vague to be of much use.

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

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

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

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

D.   an end of hostilities toward Britain.

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 Bill of Rights.

D.   the Declaration of Independence.

E.   the United Nations Charter.

A.   promote religious separatism.

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

C.   defend against foreign enemies.

D.   promote equality under the law.

E.   raise taxes to build an army.

A.   worked to the advantage of small states.

B.   settled all controversy.

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

D.   called for a bicameral legislature.

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

A.   was presented too late to be considered.

B.   was proposed by Texas.

C.   was advanced by the delegates from Georgia.

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

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

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

B.   disputes over power between Congress and the president.

C.   tyranny by either the majority or the minority.

D.   disputes between the federal and state governments.

E.   the imposition of export taxes.

A.   the Articles of Confederation.

B.   the Bill of Rights.

C.   the Constitution as originally written.

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

A.   judicial activism.

B.   the supremacy doctrine.

C.   legislative ratification.

D.   the Madisonian model.

E.   judicial review.