1. Which of the following is not a constitutional requirement to hold the office of the presidency?
Must be male
Must be at least 35 years old
Must be resident of the United States for at least fourteen years
Must be a natural born citizen

2. A. Must be male

3. Article II of the Constitution says the President
May serve only two terms
Is limited to a maximum of ten years in office
Serves a four-year term
Serves a six-year term

4. C. Serves a four-year term

5. The Presidential Succession Act of 1947 states that if the president should die and the vice president cannot succeed him, then the next in line is the
Speaker of the house.
President pro tempore of the Senate.
Secretary of state.
Majority leader of the Senate.

6. A. Speaker of the house.

7. The first president to assume that office after appointment, not election, to the office of the vice presidency was
William H. Harrison
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gerald R. Ford
George Bush

8. C. Gerald R. Ford

9. Which of the following offices is the president not constitutionally empowered to appoint?
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. ambassadors to foreign countries
Officers of the United States
Speakers of the House and president pro tempore of the Senate

10. D. Speakers of the House and president pro tempore of the Senate

11. An example of the Senate using its advise and consent power to reject a treaty signed by the president was when the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles, which had been negotiated and signed by
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Dwight D. Eisenhower

12. C. Woodrow Wilson

13. The president can enter into treaty-like relations with foreign countries for his term only without Senate approval on the basis of
Executive powers
Executive privileges
Executive orders
Executive agreements

14. D. Executive agreements

15. In 1996, Congress voted to give the President line-item veto power
In 1996, Congress voted to give the President line-item veto power. What is the status of that power now?
President Clinton refused to use it, claiming that the Republican Congress was attempting to trick him.
The Congress voted to repeal the line-item veto given to the president saying that the president was trying to trick them
In 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the line-item veto as unconstitutional.
The president continues to use the line-item veto and has done so over twenty times during the past year.

16. C. In 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the line-item veto as unconstitutional.

17. Thomas Jefferson expanded the powers of the presidency through
The Louisiana Purchase
The use of veto powers
The use of political parties to cement ties with congress
The doctrine of enumerated powers.

18. A. The Louisiana Purchase

19. The first president who acted as a strong national leader was
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
James Monroe
Franklin D. Roosevelt

20. B. Andrew Jackson

21. The growth of the modern presidency began with
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan

22. C. Franklin Roosevelt

23. The most recent Cabinet department established was in 2002 and is the Department of
Homeland Security
Energy
Veterans Affairs
Education

24. A. Homeland Security

25. The president most scholars consider to be the most effective in working with Congress, getting 60 percent of his programs through Congress, was
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Bill Clinton

26. A. Lyndon B. Johnson

27. According to Richard Neustadt, the most important presidential power is
His constitutional power
The mandate power
The power to persuade
His commander in chief power

28. C. The power to persuade

29. The term “bully pulpit” was used first by what president to describe the power of the president to reach out to the American people to gain support for his programs?
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy

30. A. Theodore Roosevelt