exam 3

Question 1

Stewardship v constitutional theories of the presidency

Answer 1

Roosevelt and Taft took two extreme approaches to duty
Roosevelt-serve people not just government
Taft- Strict model for government

Question 2

Trustee v delegate theories of representation

Answer 2

trustee- People choose their representative
delegate- Representative is the opposite, a person chosen speaks on behalf of the people

Question 3

Responses to judicial aggrandizement

Answer 3

Deployment of ideas and norms that reinforced the judiciary’s role

Question 4

logrolling

Answer 4

Politicians trade support for one issue or a piece of legislation in exchange for another politician support

Question 5

pocket veto

Answer 5

When a bill fails to become law because the president does not sign it within the 10 day period

Question 6

iron triangle

Answer 6

The policy-making relationship among the committee’s, bureaucracy, groups

Question 7

steel seizure case

Answer 7

Case that limited the president’s power to seize private property

Question 8

cloture rules

Answer 8

Rule required a two-thirds majority to end debate and permitted each member to speak for an hour before voting

Question 9

filibuster rules

Answer 9

Use to delay or block a vote preventing a debate

Question 10

solicitor general

Answer 10

Legal officer who represents government in courtroom proceedings

Question 11

legislative whips

Answer 11

maintains party discipline for votes

Question 12

wars power resolution

Answer 12

Limits the president’s ability to initiate military action without congressional consent

Question 13

vesting clause

Answer 13

Establishes an executive office to be occupied by an individual

Question 14

gulf of tonkin resolution

Answer 14

gave President Lyndon B Johnson the authority to increase U S involvement in the Vietnam War

Question 15

22 amendment

Answer 15

limits the number of times a person can serve as president to two terms

Question 16

25 amendment

Answer 16

If the president dies resigns or is removed then the vice president shall step up

Question 17

join committee

Answer 17

Committee in the US Congress that includes members from both the House and Senate

Question 18

17 amendment

Answer 18

Says that the Senate of the US shall be composed of two senators from each state elected by the people

Question 19

case act

Answer 19

Advocated by the senator Case, put restrictions on use of executive agreements with another country

Question 20

Executive agreement

Answer 20

Agreement between US and foreign government that is made by the President

Question 21

Treaty ratification threshold

Answer 21

2/3 of senators present

Question 21

spoils system

Answer 21

A political party after winning an election gives government jobs to its supporters

Question 21

Pendelton act

Answer 21

establishing the tradition and mechanism of permanent federal employment based on merit not party affiliation

Question 21

19 amendment

Answer 21

granted women right to vote

Question 22

red tape

Answer 22

Regulations, rose, or standards which are claimed to be excessive

Question 23

” The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”

Answer 23

FDR at first inagural address

Question 24

“tear down this wall”

Answer 24

ronald reagan, berlin wall speech

Question 25

“ich bin ein berliner”

Answer 25

JFK, standing with people of west berlin against communist east german

Question 26

” Military industrial complex”

Answer 26

Eisenhower, after ww2