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

A. Must be male

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

C. Serves a four-year term

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.

A. Speaker of the house.

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

C. Gerald R. Ford

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

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

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

C. Woodrow Wilson

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

D. Executive agreements

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.

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

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.

A. The Louisiana Purchase

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

B. Andrew Jackson

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

C. Franklin Roosevelt

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

A. Homeland Security

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

A. Lyndon B. Johnson

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

C. The power to persuade

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

A. Theodore Roosevelt