Which of the following has NOT been a factor in presidents increasing their power relative to Congress?
a. Presidents have increasingly been able to speak directly to the electorate
b. Presidents oversee a greatly expanded federal bureaucracy.
c. The roles of commander-in-chief and head of state place the president at the center of military and international affairs.
d. The president has increasingly been able to demand party loyalty among members of Congress.
e. Unlike members of Congress, presidents can claim to have a national constituency.
d
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Which of the following is a requirement for a state's school aid to a parochial school to be deemed constitutional?
A. The purpose of the financial aid must be clearly secular. B. The primary effect of the aid must inhibit religion. C. The aid must demonstrate the active involvement of the sovereign in religious activity. D. The aid must be solely used to fund the salaries of teachers of secular courses. E. The aid must be used for textbooks and instructional materials of certain secular subjects.
When President Obama succeeded in getting Congress to pass the Affordable Care Act (signed into law on March 23, 2010, with the goal of improving the health care system of the U.S
and of protecting those with health insurance), what presidential roles did he fulfill? What will be an ideal response?
What is the default position of most Americans when it comes to government?
a. They rebel against it. b. They prefer government solutions to problems. c. They think it is too efficient. d. They distrust it.
Decision makers utilized the historical analogy of __________ when debating the intervention in Vietnam.
A. Munich in 1938 B. Pearl Harbor C. the Korean War D. the Prague Spring