Chapter 12: The Presidency

Question 1

Theodore Roosevelt’s notion of the presidency as a platform from which the president could push an agenda

Answer 1

Bully pulpit

Question 2

A group of advisers to the president, consisting of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch who head the fifteen executive departments

Answer 2

Cabinet

Question 3

An international agreement between the president and another country made by the executive branch and without formal consent by the Senat

Answer 3

Executive agreement

Question 4

The administrative organization that reports directly to the president and made up of important offices, units, and staff of the current president and headed by the White House chief of staff

Answer 4

Executive Office of the President

Question 5

A rule or order issued by the president without the cooperation of Congress and having the force of law

Answer 5

Executive order

Question 6

The president’s right to withhold information from Congress, the judiciary, or the public

Answer 6

Executive privilege

Question 7

A term for when the president delivers a major television address in the hope that public pressure will result in legislators supporting the president on a major piece of legislation

Answer 7

Going public

Question 8

The act of charging a government official with serious wrongdoing, which in some cases may lead to the removal of that official from office

Answer 8

Impeachment

Question 9

An informal meeting held in the nineteenth century, sometimes called a congressional caucus, made up of legislators in the Congress who met to decide on presidential nominees for their respective parties

Answer 9

King caucus

Question 10

A power created through law in 1996 and overturned by the Supreme Court in 1998 that allowed the president to veto specific aspects of bills passed by Congress while signing into law what remained

Answer 10

Line-item veto

Question 11

Office within the Executive Office of the President charged with producing the president’s budget, overseeing its implementation, and overseeing the executive bureaucracy

Answer 11

Office of Management and Budget

Question 12

A spike in presidential popularity during international crises

Answer 12

Rally around the flag effect

Question 13

A statement a president issues with the intent to influence the way a specific bill the president signs should be enforced

Answer 13

Signing statement

Question 14

CC

There is still debate about the role of the Constitution in setting up the government.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

CC

The _________ is the method use for electing the President, which is a form of ____________.

Answer 15

Electoral college, indirect election

Question 16

CC

Which of the following are examples of the types of Presidential Powers?

Answer 16

• Diplomatic
• Legislative
• Judicial
• Executive

Question 17

CC

Which of the following are examples of the President’s diplomatic powers?

Answer 17

• Make treaties
• Appoint Ambassadors
• Legitimize a nation-state

Question 18

CC

The State of the Union address is only given if the President feels it is necessary

Answer 18

• False
  The State of the Union Address is mandated by the Constitution.

Question 19

CC

The President has both _______ and ________ powers.

Answer 19

Expressed, implied

Question 20

CC

Armed conflicts must be declared by the President, and always have been.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

CC

Which of the following Presidential powers are not specifically written in the Constitution?

Answer 21

Executive order

Question 22

CC

A(n) __________ is a presidential directive or rule that have the force of law.

Answer 22

Executive order

Question 23

CC

What is executive privilege?

Answer 23

The President’s ability to keep information secret by claiming that it’s too important to be revealed.

Question 24

CC

The Executive Office of the President includes which of the following?

Answer 24

National Security Council

Question 25

CC

The Post Office is an example of ____________________.

Answer 25

An independent agency

Question 26

CC

________, __________, and ___________ are the three main strategies of the President.

Answer 26

Party leadership, mobilizing public opinion, and administrative

Question 27

CC

What is the “bully pulpit?”

Answer 27

The use of the media to mobilize the public

Question 28

CC

_________ has been used to push though many major policies, such as annexing Texas.

Answer 28

Executive directives

Question 29

IA

What is the main point put forth in the video?

Answer 29

Regardless of the policy a locality makes regarding the issue of sanctuary cities, police are in a lose-lose situation.

Question 30

IA

Sanctuary cities is an issue most closely deals with:

Answer 30

State’s rights under the 10th Amendment

Question 31

IA

A request by ICE to hold a prisoner for 48 hours after they would have normally been released is known as:

Answer 31

Detainer request

Question 32

IA

Sanctuary cities all have the same policies.

Answer 32

False

Question 33

IA

Local government can’t stop ICE from deporting someone.

Answer 33

True