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1
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What are the prerequisites to be a president in the U.S.?

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  • “Natural born” citizen
  • At least 35 years of age
  • Resident in the U.S. for at least 14 years
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All U.S. presidents have been…?

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  • White (except Obama) and male
  • 42 to 77 years of age
  • Christians
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Who are least like to become president?

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Vice-presidents

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Who are more likely to become president?

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Governors and House of Representatives

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What are some professions besides lawyer that presidents had?

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  • Mining engineer (Hoover)
  • Peanut farmer (Carter)
  • Baseball team executive (George W. Bush)
  • Hat Salesman (Truman)
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George Washington, after serving 2 terms as the nation’s first president, declined to run again. What did he establish?

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Established an unwritten 2 term precedent

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Who challenged George Washington’s 2 term precedent?

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

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How many terms did FDR serve?

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4

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What is the 22nd amendment?

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Restricts any one person from being elected to the presidency “more than twice,” or from acting as president for longer than two and a half terms

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What presidents were impeached?

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Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson

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What president resigned?

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Richard Nixon

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Who was defeated for reelection?

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John Adams

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What did George Washington do during his presidency?

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  • Rejected entrapment of royalty such as being called “your majesty”, preferring instead to be called “Mr.President”
  • consulted constantly with the other branches
  • established the executive’s influential role in crafting public policy
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What is the Monroe Doctrine?

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Declared that the U.S. would thereafter regard as an “unfriendly act” any attempt by a European nation to increase its possession or otherwise intervene on the American continent

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A statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that Europe should not interfere in affairs within the United States or in the development of other countries in the Western Hemisphere. Name the document.

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Monroe Doctrine

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What did Andrew Jackson do during his presidency?

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  • dismissed office holders
  • forcing out cabinet members who angered him
  • using his constitutionally authorized power to veto congress’s bill to recharter the 2nd national bank of the U.S.
  • introducing the so-called spoils system
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What did Abraham Lincoln do during his presidency?

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  • without Congress in session, proclaimed a blockade of Southern ports and called on the Northern states to provide 75,000 soldiers for battle
  • he unconstitutionally suspended the writ of habeas corpus, by which anyone arrested is to be brought before a judge or court to determine if there is sufficient reason to hold the person for trial
  • the president also spent freely from the U.S. Treasury without congressional approval
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What president’s bold exercise of authority essentially reinterpreted Article II into a source of executive authority during emergencies?

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Abraham Lincoln

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What did Theodore Roosevelt do during his presidency?

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  • ushered in a new era of presidential authority
  • gambled political on bold assertions of power
  • first president to travel to foreign land in 1901
  • encouraged a revolution in Panama
  • began building the Panama Canal
  • negotiating war settlement between Japan & Russia
  • sent the nation’s naval fleet around the world
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Who was the first president to travel to foreign land?

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Roosevelt was proactive and forceful and developed the…?

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Roosevelt Corollary

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How did Roosevelt become president?

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Roosevelt became president after William McKinley was assassinated

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Woodrow Wilson

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  • president (1913 to 1921)

- greatest downfall was not getting senate approval to join League of Nations

24
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FDR

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  • proactive president
  • New Deal policies
  • FDIC
  • social security program
  • federal jobs to the unemployment
25
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Who established the New Deal?

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

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What is the New Deal?

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A set of aggressive federal domestic policies proposed by President FDR in 1930s and passed by Congress as a response to the Great Depression; it ultimately transformed the presidency into an institution marked by permanent bureaucracies and well-established repositories of power

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What happened in 1941?

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Pearl Harbor was attacked

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What is the Lend-Lease policy?

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Britain could purchase war supplies from the United States as long as it paid cash and transported the supplies in its own ships, and traded Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for rights to build military bases on British possessions in the Western Hemisphere–all without the consent of Congress

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What century brought significant changes in presidency?

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20th century

30
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What is imperial presidency?

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term used to describe a president as an emperor who acts without consulting Congress or acts in secrecy to evade or deceive congress

31
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What consumed presidential energy?

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The Cold War

32
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What is Truman Doctrine?

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Stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the Soviet sphere. Stopping the spread of the sphere of communist influence.

33
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Who challenged American interest?

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Soviet Union

34
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Who created the Great Society?

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Lyndon Johnson

35
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What is the Great Society?

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A set of aggressive federal domestic policies proposed by President Lyndon Johnson and passed by Congress in the 1960s that further enhanced the role of the presidency

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According to Article II, what are the 4 powers of presidents?

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  1. commander in chief of the armed forces
  2. power to grant reprieves or pardons
  3. power to “make” treaties
  4. power to make certain appointment, including those of ambassadors and justices of the Supreme Court
37
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As the president being head of state what are they required to do?

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  • formal duties and obligations on behalf of the U.S.
  • “state dinners”
  • recognition of ambassadors and foreign head of states
38
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No president was in the Supreme Court prior to coming into office. True or False?

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True

39
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What are the Chief Executive and Head of Govt duties?

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  • sole responsibility to execute U.S. laws
  • powers of appointment and removal
  • reprieve
  • pardon
40
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In order for powers of appointment and removal, the U.S. senate must…?

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Confirm appointments

41
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What is the power of appointment?

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The president’s constitutional power to hire and fire those charged with administrative authority to help execute federal laws, such as ambassadors; federal judges, including those on the Supreme Court; and all other federal officers under the president’s charge. Most of these appointments require the consent of the Senate

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What is reprieve?

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The president’s constitutional authority to reduce the severity of a punishment without removing the guilt for those who have violated the law

43
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What is pardon?

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The president’s constitutional authority to relieve an individual of both the punishment and the guilt of violating the law

44
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John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu argued what?

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  • Executive power was necessary because legislatures were ill-equipped to enforce their own laws because they need “perpetual execution”
  • president’s responsibility is to execute U.S. laws and make sure they’re fair
45
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To remove appointees (cabinet heads and military officials) president can do so without U.S. Senate approval. True or false?

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True

46
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Myers v. United States (1926)

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Established that chief executives have the power to remove “purely executive officers” without congressional consent

47
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Can the president deny official recognition to foreign governments?

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Yes!

48
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What did president Woodrow Wilson do that caused considerable consternation among American supporters of the Mexican revolution and led to growing tensions?

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He refused to recognize the new government of Mexico in 1914

49
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What is the State of the Union address?

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An annual speech that the president delivers to Congress laying out the status of the nation and offering suggestions for new legislation

50
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What is the White House Office of Legislative Affairs?

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A presidential office that serves as a liaison between the president and Congress. This office helps the president develop the strategy used to promote passage of the president’s legislative agenda

51
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Who is the recent president with the highest vetoes?

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Gerald Ford

52
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How can congress override a presidential veto?

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With 2/3 majority vote of both Houses

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