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

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

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

A.   Barack Obama.

B.   Bill Clinton.

C.   Abraham Lincoln.

D.   Richard Nixon.

E.   John Kennedy.

A.   executive privilege.

B.   pardon.

C.   impeachment.

D.   reprieve.

E.   congressional sanction.

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

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

C.   not responsible for military decisions.

D.   only a symbolic leader of the military.

E.   the ultimate decision maker in military matters.

A.   ratifies treaties.

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.   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

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

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

E.   judicial review in the Supreme Court

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

C.   is irrelevant to bureaucrats.

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

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

A.   forces Congress to support presidential priorities.

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

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

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

A.   established powers.

B.   inherent powers.

C.   emergency powers.

D.   constitutional powers.

E.   statutory powers.

A.   the Secretary of the Interior.

B.   the chief of staff.

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

D.   the vice president.

E.   the head of office.

A.   the kitchen cabinet.

B.   the system of checks on executive power.

C.   the cabinet.

D.   the Executive Office of the President.

E.   the Council of Presidential Advisors.

A.   died while in office.

B.   been impeached and acquitted.

C.   been impeached and convicted.

D.   resigned.

E.   been impeached.

A.   Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton

B.   Andrew Johnson and Jimmy Carter

C.   Richard Nixon and Franklin Roosevelt

D.   Andrew Johnson and William McKinley

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.   was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1974.

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

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

A.   process; helps us choose our leaders

B.   institution; is consistent in its powers across countries

C.   place; allows for centralization of authority

D.   institution; has ultimate decision making authority

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

A.   All of these choices are true.

B.   the sales tax you pay on purchases.

C.   the food you eat.

D.   the schools most children attend.

E.   the distribution of the assets of the deceased.

A.   a strong central authority.

B.   democracy taken to the extreme.

C.   the problems that every authoritarian government eventually faces.

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

E.   the successful implementation of order by a government.

A.   the right to bear arms.

B.   democratic republics.

C.   freedom of speech.

D.   direct democracy.

E.   popular sovereignty.

A.   a confederation.

B.   a democratic republic.

C.   a constitutional monarchy.

D.   a direct democracy.

E.   an anarchy.

A.   a way to settle disputes by armed conflict.

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

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

D.   a theory of how democracy should not function.

E.   the struggle between the poor and wealthy classes.

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

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

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

D.   political movements in support of Socialism.

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

A.   the Bill of Rights.

B.   the annual Congressional budget report.

C.   the statement of Rights and Responsibilities.

D.   the National Rights Foundation.

E.   the Declaration of Independence.

A.   the separation of powers.

B.   differing opinions about Congressional powers.

C.   political polarization.

D.   poll watching.

E.   the growing power of the presidency.

A.   the governors of the states.

B.   the electoral college.

C.   a popular vote of the people.

D.   the U.S. Senate.

E.   the House and Senate combined.

A.   caretaker government.

B.   a call for new elections.

C.   impeachments of government officials.

D.   effective government.

E.   limited government.

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

B.   are too vague to be of much use.

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

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

E.   are very specific to the conditions of 1787.

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

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

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

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

E.   an end of hostilities toward Britain.

A.   the Bill of Rights.

B.   the Declaration of Independence.

C.   the Constitution of the United States of America.

D.   the Magna Carta.

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.   settled all controversy.

C.   worked to the advantage of small states.

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

E.   called for a bicameral legislature.

A.   was advanced by the delegates from Georgia.

B.   was presented too late to be considered.

C.   was proposed by Texas.

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.   disputes over power between Congress and the president.

B.   disputes between the federal and state governments.

C.   the imposition of export taxes.

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

E.   tyranny by either the majority or the minority.

A.   the Bill of Rights.

B.   the Articles of Confederation.

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

D.   the Constitution as originally written.

A.   the supremacy doctrine.

B.   legislative ratification.

C.   the Madisonian model.

D.   judicial review.

E.   judicial activism.