Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Presidents have always had a large role as a government actor in the history of the United States.
2. At the party nominating conventions, presidential candidates were valued a great deal more for their widespread popular appeal and willingness to distribute patronage than their policy pronouncements.
3. The delegates to the Constitutional Convention struggled with putting the military under the control of a single individual, and one delegate proposed limiting the size of the army.
4. Since 1989, U.S. armed forces have almost been continuously engaged somewhere in the world.
5. Probably no more than half of the President’s legislative proposals are considered by congressional committee or subcommittee.
1.false
2.true
3.true
4.true
5.false
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