Chapter 9 - The Presidency: Mastery Quiz

The prime minister of Canada and the U.S. president acting as chief executive might do which of the following?

• appoint heads of agencies

• attend the Stanley Cup hockey final

• enact treaties with foreign countries

• send military personnel to war

A president who withholds documents related to private conversations with advisers can point to the actions of which president, who first claimed this power?

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Ronald Reagan

• Thomas Jefferson

Which of these bodies would the president consult to obtain advice about setting import taxes for goods from China?

• Council of Economic Advisers

• Federal Reserve

• House of Representatives

• Senate

Which of the following is a tool that the president can use to obtain congressional support for his or her legislative agenda?

• extensive meetings with cabinet members

• political patronage appointment for a constituent

• promise of campaign support to a senator

• promise to sign any bill that supports the agenda

When President Harry S. Truman enacted new policy by racially integrating the armed forces, he did it using which of these?

• agency policy

• amnesty

• executive agreement

• executive order

Which of these was a successful check on the power of a president?

• After Jefferson negotiated the Louisiana Purchase, the Senate ratified it.

• After Truman seized steel mills, the courts declared the action unconstitutional.

• When FDR's New Deal programs took effect, the executive branch expanded.

• When Lincoln blockaded southern ports, he was not opposed by Congress.

The president would have to work out the most compromises to his or her legislative agenda in which of the following situations?

• The president and both Senate and House majorities share the same party.

• The president and only the House majority share the same party.

• The president and only the Senate majority share the same party.

• The president is from a different party than both Senate and House majorities.

Which of these actions by a president is based on powers that the Founding Fathers gave to the executive branch?

• The president appoints a supporter to become U.S. ambassador to Finland.

• The president expands gathering of intelligence by certain agencies during war.

• The president orders striking air traffic controllers to return to work.

• The president withholds tapes of meetings with economic advisers from Congress.

When playing the role of chief diplomat, the president must get approval from Congress for which of these?

• executive agreement

• reprieve

• treaty

• veto

Acting as head of state, the president might do which of the following?

• appoint a committee to study an economic issue

• conduct treaty negotiations with Brazil

• invite famous poets to dinner at the White House

• retreat to a private residence while on vacation