The personality of which president began to alter the relationship between the president and Congress and the nature of presidential leadership?

A. Andrew Jackson
B. Ulysses S. Grant
C. Richard Nixon
D. Jimmy Carter
E. William Henry Harrison


Answer: A

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Charles Peters contends that a major problem in large government bureaucracies is that

a. there is too much congressional interference. b. bad news is often suppressed at lower levels. c. lower level bureaucrats are unaccountable to the president and Congress. d. there is too much interference from the press.

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Class-based political movements and tensions have not arisen in the United States because of all of the following EXCEPT

a. unions have been weak due to state and national laws that limit their ability to organize. b. there is a general acceptance that the inequalities in income provide an incentive for the poor to improve themselves. c. immigration policy has focused attention on cultural differences, thus reducing the salience of class divisions. d. candidates refrain from addressing the class implications of public policies. e. the minimal gap between rich and poor in the country.

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While Morgenthau treated realism as having universal laws, the feminist critic J. Ann Tickner argues that Morgenthau's theory should emphasize

a. context and contingency. b. unchanging traits of human nature. c. the constancy of power. d. power and identity.

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The constitutional separation of powers ensures any number of ______ exist in the federal government which in turn makes initiating policy difficult and preventing change relatively easy.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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