Question 1

Executive agreements differ from formal treaties in that they

Accepted Answer

A)  have been ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. 
B)  must be approved by the U.S. Supreme Court but not by Congress. 
C)  do not have to be approved by the Senate. 
D)  do not have to be approved by the House. 
E)  are generally formulated at meetings of the United Nations. 
A)  have been ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. 
B)  must be approved by the U.S. Supreme Court but not by Congress. 
C)  do not have to be approved by the Senate. 
D)  do not have to be approved by the House. 
E)  are generally formulated at meetings of the United Nations.

Question 2

The National Security Council is composed of all of the following EXCEPT the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  vice president 
B)  Speaker of the House 
C)  secretary of defense 
D)  president 
E)  secretary of state 
A)  vice president 
B)  Speaker of the House 
C)  secretary of defense 
D)  president 
E)  secretary of state

Question 3

Richard Nixon claimed ________ when he refused to turn over secret White House tapes to congressional investigators.

Accepted Answer

A)  presidential immunity 
B)  expressed powers 
C)  executive privilege 
D)  delegated authority 
E)  the Fifth Amendment 
A)  presidential immunity 
B)  expressed powers 
C)  executive privilege 
D)  delegated authority 
E)  the Fifth Amendment

Question 4

President ________ began the era of greater presidential control over the budgetary process.

Accepted Answer

A)  Woodrow Wilson 
B)  Franklin Roosevelt 
C)  Lyndon Johnson 
D)  Richard Nixon 
E)  Ronald Reagan 
A)  Woodrow Wilson 
B)  Franklin Roosevelt 
C)  Lyndon Johnson 
D)  Richard Nixon 
E)  Ronald Reagan

Question 5

The Environmental Protection Agency

Accepted Answer

A)  was created by President Richard Nixon's executive order in 1970. 
B)  was created in pursuance of congressional legislation designed to improve air and water quality in the United States. 
C)  is responsible for establishing and enforcing air and water quality standards. 
D)  is an agency of the executive bureaucracy. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  was created by President Richard Nixon's executive order in 1970. 
B)  was created in pursuance of congressional legislation designed to improve air and water quality in the United States. 
C)  is responsible for establishing and enforcing air and water quality standards. 
D)  is an agency of the executive bureaucracy. 
E)  all of the above

Executive agreements differ from formal treaties in that they

The National Security Council is composed of all of the following EXCEPT the ________.

Richard Nixon claimed ________ when he refused to turn over secret White House tapes to congressional investigators.

President ________ began the era of greater presidential control over the budgetary process.

The Environmental Protection Agency

American Political Culture

The Founding and the Constitution

Federalism

Civil Liberties

Civil Rights

Public Opinion

The Media

Political Participation and Voting

Political Parties

Campaigns and Elections

Groups and Interests

Congress

Bureaucracy in a Democracy

The Federal Courts

Government and the Economy

Social Policy

Foreign Policy and Democracy

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Exam 13: The Presidency

Executive agreements differ from formal treaties in that they

The National Security Council is composed of all of the following EXCEPT the ________.

Richard Nixon claimed ________ when he refused to turn over secret White House tapes to congressional investigators.

President ________ began the era of greater presidential control over the budgetary process.

The Environmental Protection Agency

American Political Culture

The Founding and the Constitution

Federalism

Civil Liberties

Civil Rights

Public Opinion

The Media

Political Participation and Voting

Political Parties

Campaigns and Elections

Groups and Interests

Congress

Bureaucracy in a Democracy

The Federal Courts

Government and the Economy

Social Policy

Foreign Policy and Democracy

Filters