5 Written Questions

1. A veto taking place when Congress adjourns within 10 days of submitting a bill to the president, who simply lets it die by neither signing nor vetoing it.
2. A group of presidential advisors not mentioned in the Constitution, although every president has had one. Today the cabinet is composed of 14 secretaries and the attorney general.
3. An office that grew out of the Bureau of the Budget, created in 1921, consisting of a handful of political appointees and hundreds of skilled professionals. It performs both managerial and budgetary functions.
4. The constitutional power of the president to send a bill back to Congress with reasons for rejecting it. A two-thirds vote in each house can override a veto.
5. An office created in 1947 to coordinate the president's foreign and military policy advisors. Its formal members are the president, vice president, secretary of state, and secretary of defense, and it is managed by the president's national security advisor.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ability of Congress to override a presidential decision. Although the War Powers Resolution asserts this authority, there is reason to believe that, if challenged, the Supreme Court would find the this in violation of the doctrine of separation of powers.
   1. pocket veto
   2. legislative veto
   3. Watergate
   4. veto
2. The events and scandal surrounding a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972 and the subsequent cover-up of White House involvement, leading to the eventual resignation of President Nixon under the threat of impeachment.
   1. cabinet
   2. crisis
   3. veto
   4. Watergate
3. A law passed in 1973 in reaction to American fighting in Vietnam and Cambodia that requires presidents to consult with Congress whenever possible prior to using military force and to withdraw forces after 60 days unless Congress declares war or grants an extension. Presidents view this as unconstitutional.
   1. impeachment
   2. pocket veto
   3. Watergate
   4. War Powers Resolution
4. Passed in 1951, the amendment that limits presidents to two terms of office.
   1. cabinet
   2. Twenty-fifth Amendment
   3. impeachment
   4. Twenty-second Amendment
5. Passed in 1951, this amendment permits the vice president to become acting president's cabinet determine that the president is disabled. The amendment also outlines how a recuperated president can reclaim the job.
   1. legislative veto
   2. Twenty-second Amendment
   3. Twenty-fifth Amendment
   4. impeachment

4 True/False Questions

1. impeachment → A group of presidential advisors not mentioned in the Constitution, although every president has had one. Today the cabinet is composed of 14 secretaries and the attorney general.

   True        False

2. presidential coattails → These occur when voters cast their ballots for congressional candidates of the president's party because they support the president. Recent studies show that few races are won this way.

   True        False

3. Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) → An office that grew out of the Bureau of the Budget, created in 1921, consisting of a handful of political appointees and hundreds of skilled professionals. It performs both managerial and budgetary functions.

   True        False

4. crisis → A group of presidential advisors not mentioned in the Constitution, although every president has had one. Today the cabinet is composed of 14 secretaries and the attorney general.

   True        False