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Chapter 14: The Presidency

Chapter 14: The Presidency

This is the multiple choice quiz to test your knowledge about the presidency.

Questions: 8 | Attempts: 1070 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question 1
Why is it more difficult for an American president to get his program enacted in comparison with a prime minister in a parliamentary system?

Because of divided government, when one or both houses of Congress differ from the president's political party

Because the president has fewer constitutional powers than a prime minister

Because the president has less control over the cabinet than a prime minister

Because prime ministers can enact their programs without the approval of parliament

Because the Supreme Court in the United States frequently uses judicial review to overturn presidential programs

Sample Question 2
All of the following are features of the electoral college system EXCEPT

There is a winner-take-all system in 48 states

If no one wins a majority of electoral college votes, the election is decided by the House of Representatives

When the House of Representatives decides an election, each member only has one vote

State electoral ballots are opened and counted before a joint session of Congress

Occasionally an elector will vote for a presidential candidate other than the one who carried his or her state

Sample Question 3
President Cleveland used federal troops to break up a labor strike, and President Eisenhower sent federal troops to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Which clause fothe Constitution gave them this power?

Serve as commander in chief of the armed forces

Convene Congress ins special sessions

Commission officers in the armed forces

Take care that the laws be faithfully executed

Wield the "executive power"

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