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

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

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

A.   Bill Clinton.

B.   Barack Obama.

C.   Richard Nixon.

D.   Abraham Lincoln.

E.   John Kennedy.

A.   pardon.

B.   executive privilege.

C.   reprieve.

D.   impeachment.

E.   congressional sanction.

A.   only a symbolic leader of the military.

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

C.   not responsible for military decisions.

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

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

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

D.   is responsible for selecting judges to federal courts.

E.   ratifies treaties.

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 two-thirds majority of the Senate

D.   ratification by a majority of the states

E.   judicial review in the Supreme Court

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

E.   is irrelevant to bureaucrats.

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.   forces Congress to support presidential priorities.

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

A.   inherent powers.

B.   emergency powers.

C.   constitutional powers.

D.   established powers.

E.   statutory powers.

A.   the head of office.

B.   the chief of staff.

C.   the Secretary of the Interior.

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

E.   the vice president.

A.   the Council of Presidential Advisors.

B.   the system of checks on executive power.

C.   the kitchen cabinet.

D.   the Executive Office of the President.

E.   the cabinet.

A.   been impeached and convicted.

B.   resigned.

C.   been impeached.

D.   died while in office.

E.   been impeached and acquitted.

A.   Andrew Johnson and Jimmy Carter

B.   Andrew Johnson and William McKinley

C.   Thomas Jefferson and Martin Van Buren

D.   Richard Nixon and Franklin Roosevelt

E.   Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton

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

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.   allows the president discretion in making political appointments.

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

A.   process; helps us choose our leaders

B.   place; allows for centralization of authority

C.   institution; has ultimate decision making authority

D.   institution; is consistent in its powers across countries

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

A.   the schools most children attend.

B.   All of these choices are true.

C.   the food you eat.

D.   the distribution of the assets of the deceased.

E.   the sales tax you pay on purchases.

A.   the successful implementation of order by a government.

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

C.   the problems that every authoritarian government eventually faces.

D.   a strong central authority.

E.   democracy taken to the extreme.

A.   freedom of speech.

B.   direct democracy.

C.   popular sovereignty.

D.   democratic republics.

E.   the right to bear arms.

A.   an anarchy.

B.   a constitutional monarchy.

C.   a direct democracy.

D.   a confederation.

E.   a democratic republic.

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

B.   a way to settle disputes by armed conflict.

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.   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 statement of Rights and Responsibilities.

B.   the National Rights Foundation.

C.   the Bill of Rights.

D.   the annual Congressional budget report.

E.   the Declaration of Independence.

A.   political polarization.

B.   differing opinions about Congressional powers.

C.   poll watching.

D.   the growing power of the presidency.

E.   the separation of powers.

A.   the House and Senate combined.

B.   the electoral college.

C.   the governors of the states.

D.   the U.S. Senate.

E.   a popular vote of the people.

A.   effective government.

B.   impeachments of government officials.

C.   caretaker government.

D.   limited government.

E.   a call for new elections.

A.   are very specific to the conditions of 1787.

B.   are too vague to be of much use.

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

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

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 Bill of Rights.

C.   the Constitution of the United States of America.

D.   the United Nations Charter.

E.   the Declaration of Independence.

A.   promote equality under the law.

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

C.   promote religious separatism.

D.   defend against foreign enemies.

E.   raise taxes to build an army.

A.   called for a bicameral legislature.

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

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

D.   settled all controversy.

E.   worked to the advantage of small states.

A.   was proposed by Texas.

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

C.   was presented too late to be considered.

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

E.   was advanced by the delegates from Georgia.

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

B.   disputes over power between Congress and the president.

C.   disputes between the federal and state governments.

D.   tyranny by either the majority or the minority.

E.   the imposition of export taxes.

A.   the Constitution as originally written.

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

C.   the Bill of Rights.

D.   the Articles of Confederation.

A.   the supremacy doctrine.

B.   judicial activism.

C.   the Madisonian model.

D.   legislative ratification.

E.   judicial review.