Unit 4 Review

Unit 4 Review

FRQ Exam

• Really good responses

• If there was an issue it was because of "explaining/reasoning"

MC Exam

• Schedule

• 40 Questions

• 1 Hour Time Limit

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• Study Guide

• Gist questions

Review

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an implied presidential power?

• issuing executive orders

• making policy recommendations

• vetoing legislation

• appointing department heads

Multiple Choice

The role Congress plays in ensuring that executive branch agencies are carrying out their legislated responsibilities is known as

• judicial review

• legislative oversight

• bicameralism

• federalism

Multiple Choice

If a president cannot muster the support necessary to ratify a treaty, what alternative mechanism may he or she use to enter into an international agreement?

• propose a UN resolution

• sign an executive agreement

• issue an executive order

• replace an ambassador

Multiple Choice

What was the main purpose of the War Powers Resolution of 1973?

• to formally end the war in Vietnam

• to grant the media more access to military battlefronts so Congress and the American people could have more information about a war’s progress

• to expand the military authority of the president and relieve Congress of certain military-related responsibilities

• to limit the power of presidents to engage the U.S. military without congressional approval

Multiple Choice

Which statement about executive orders is accurate?

• The Supreme Court does not have the power to rule on the constitutionality of executive orders.

• The president’s authority to issue executive orders is derived from the presidential oath of office and the Executive Power Clause.

• The president’s authority to issue executive orders is an expressed power from Article III of the Constitution.

• Executive orders require a two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress to become law

Open Ended

List 2 ways that Congress checks the President

Open Ended

List 1 way the President checks the Legislative Branch

Open Ended

What historical event directly led to a dramatic increase in the federal government’s intervention in social and economic life?

Open Ended

What is the main function of the bureaucracy?

Open Ended

Where does most bureaucratic power come from?

Multiple Choice

Out of the following, which is closest to the president

• Speaker of the House

• The White House Staff

• The Secretary of State

• The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Multiple Choice

The President has the power to veto constitutional amendments.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Congress is most likely to exert oversight of the executive bureaucracy by controlling an executive agency’s annual funding

• True

• False

End