Executive Branch

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President Lincoln expanded the role of the Presidency by using which power when he gave the Emancipation Proclamation? Options: Executive Privilege, Executive Order, Pardoning Power, Legislative Powers

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Executive Order

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In case the President is disabled, the way the Vice President becomes President is determined by the...

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25th Amendment

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According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1974, which officer follows the Vice President in line of presidential succession? Options: Speaker of the House, President pro tempore of the Senate, Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury

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Speaker of the House

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Which of the following is NOT a reason for expansion of power in the Presidency?
War, Greater industrialization and technology, Expanded transportation systems, Natural Disaster

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Expanded transportation systems

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The people entitled to vote in a given election are known as

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Constituents

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This presidential role shows the president as the main architect of a nation's public policies.

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chief legislator

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This role shows the president as the representative of the people.

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Chief citizen

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This is a quote that represents which theory of the Presidency?

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Stewardship Theory

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Most of the Framers opposed choosing the President by popular vote because they...

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did not think voters in such a large country would be able to learn enough about the candidates to make an informed decision.

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Some Vice President's have described the role as "null and void" because of which of the following reasons? Because the President is Immortal, Because the President is meant to handle all his powers on his own., The Cabinet is more of an asset to the President than the Vice President, The Vice President is only as powerful as the President allows him to be.

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The Vice President is only as powerful as the President allows him to be