Chapter 13: The President

Who was the youngest person to be elected President of the United States?

The Constitution states that the minimum age requirement for the presidency is

To be elected president one must receive

Which constitutional amendment specifies the separate election of the president and vice president by the Electoral College?

If the president is dissatisfied with the performance of a member of the Cabinet, the most drastic step that he is able to take is to

Executive agreements are

A pocket veto

Although George W. Bush enjoyed the highest approval ratings ever recorded after 9/11, by his second term his approval ratings fell to a low of _____ percent in 2006.

Presidential approval ratings tend to be

Which of the following is true?

Executive privilege

The seizure of the nation's steel mills by President _____ was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

President _____ suspended civil liberties and called state militias into national service.

According to the Constitution, impeachment

The strategy carried out by the White House to increase the president's popularity and support is known as the

The members of the Cabinet

The Cabinet is

If the office of vice president becomes vacant,

Typically, administrations use executive privilege

Which of the following best describes the demographic bias in the selection of American presidents?

The most common previous occupation of presidents in the United States has been

A constitutional amendment to clarify the way votes are cast in the Electoral College was necessary because

If the Electoral College fails to give any presidential candidate a majority, the election of the president is determined by

The requirement that the President of the United States report to Congress within 48 hours of sending troops into hostilities and then obtain the approval of Congress within sixty days is established by

The role of the president in influencing the making of laws is called

President _____ made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

"Going public" means that the president

The "Washington community" refers to

Political scientist Richard Neustadt argues that presidential power is ultimately the power to

An executive order

The fact that the president may exercise inherent powers in foreign affairs was stated by

The publication of the executive branch that prints executive orders, rules, and regulations is called

In the history of the United States, no president has ever

The office that works most closely with the president is the

The Office of Management and Budget

National Security Council is a link between

Looking toward the challenges to be faced by the U.S. President to be elected in 2008, a Harvard Center for Public Leadership panel identified all of the following domestic challenges as needing resolution except

According to the Twenty-fifth Amendment, if a president's ability to discharge his normal functions is in question and he is unable to communicate,