Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is at the top of the entire military chain of command.
2. Congressional overrides of presidential vetoes are rather common.
3. The argument between Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney and President Abraham Lincoln in Ex Parte Merryman was over the issue of presidential writs of attainder.
4. The Supreme Court has never overturned a president’s executive order.
5. The Supreme Court cases Korematsu v. United States (1944) and Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952) both focused on the legality of presidential executive orders.
1. False
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. True
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Which of the following statements about "candidate quality" is true?
A) Candidate quality does not really affect voting behavior. B) Candidate quality is the same thing as "personality." C) During the 1960 election, the public overwhelmingly thought John F. Kennedy was a better candidate than Richard Nixon. D) Perceptions of candidate quality change over time, so we may remember a president as being a better, more charismatic candidate than he really was. E) Candidate quality is seen as important by the public only when the country is at war.
“Smoking causes people to be taller than six feet.” Is this a scientific statement?
A. Yes B. No
The 1968 Civil Rights Act prohibited __________ discrimination on account of race
a. housing b. service c. wage d. military rank
In the presidential elections
A. electors meet in the state's capital in December to cast their votes for the president. B. a joint session of Congress meets in early January (after the presidential election) and the electoral votes are counted. C. one can win the majority of the popular vote and not become president. D. one can win the electoral college vote without winning the majority of the popular vote. E. All of these choices are true.