1. Democratic Debate, Miroff Chapter Twelve

2. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 2 1. Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 President _______ was the first president to get a White House staff. –Thomas Jefferson –Abraham Lincoln –Franklin D. Roosevelt –John F. Kennedy –George W. Bush

3. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 3 Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 President _______ was the first president to get a White House staff. –Thomas Jefferson –Abraham Lincoln –Franklin D. Roosevelt (CORRECT) –John F. Kennedy –George W. Bush

4. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 4 2. Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 The Executive Office of the President does not include the –National Economic Council. –National Security Council. –Office of Management and Budget. –Federal Election Commission. –Council of Economic Advisers.

5. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 5 Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 The Executive Office of the President does not include the –National Economic Council. –National Security Council. –Office of Management and Budget. –Federal Election Commission. (CORRECT) –Council of Economic Advisers.

6. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 6 3. Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 Which of the following is the best situation for a president’s agenda in Congress? –Divided government –Unified government –Low presidential approval ratings –The third year of his term –None of the choices

7. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 7 Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 Which of the following is the best situation for a president’s agenda in Congress? –Divided government –Unified government (CORRECT) –Low presidential approval ratings –The third year of his term –None of the choices

8. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 8 4. Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 The president is unquestionably dominant in which area of policy? –Intelligence –Education –Budget –Economic –Foreign

9. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 9 Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 The president is unquestionably dominant in which area of policy? –Intelligence –Education –Budget –Economic –Foreign (CORRECT)

10. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 10 5. Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 In which case did the Supreme Court give the president a paramount role in foreign policy? –Plessy v. Ferguson –Roe v. Wade –United States v. Curtiss-Wright Corporation –Bush v. Gore –None of the choices

11. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 11 Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 In which case did the Supreme Court give the president a paramount role in foreign policy? –Plessy v. Ferguson –Roe v. Wade –United States v. Curtiss-Wright Corporation (CORRECT) –Bush v. Gore –None of the choices

12. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 12 6. Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 A president’s effectiveness in “going public” depends in part on his or her _______ skills. –writing –policy making –partisan –communication –elitist

13. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 13 Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 A president’s effectiveness in “going public” depends in part on his or her _______ skills. –writing –policy making –partisan –communication (CORRECT) –elitist

14. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 14 7. Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 Which president was known as the Great Communicator? –Nixon –Reagan –H.W. Bush –Clinton –None of the choices

15. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 15 Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 Which president was known as the Great Communicator? –Nixon –Reagan (CORRECT) –H.W. Bush –Clinton –None of the choices

16. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 16 8. Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 A(n) _____ is a presidential directive to subordinates in the executive branch that carries the force of law. –executive agreement –executive mandate –executive order –bureaucratic dictate –none of the choices

17. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 17 Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 A(n) _____ is a presidential directive to subordinates in the executive branch that carries the force of law. –executive agreement –executive mandate –executive order (CORRECT) –bureaucratic dictate –none of the choices

18. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 18 9. Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 Working for the congressional agenda on the president’s behalf is the _____ staff? –White House –Vice President’s –partisan –campaign –legislative liaison

19. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 19 Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 Working for the congressional agenda on the president’s behalf is the _____ staff? –White House –Vice President’s –partisan –campaign –legislative liaison (CORRECT)

20. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 20 10. Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 If Congress adjourns during the ten-day period and the president does not sign the bill it is a _____. –veto –veto override –statute –pocket veto –none of the choices

21. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 12 / 21 Democratic Debate, Miroff, Chapter 12 If Congress adjourns during the ten-day period and the president does not sign the bill it is a _____. –veto –veto override –statute –pocket veto (CORRECT) –none of the choices