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Quick Check and Quiz Answers Quick Checks 3.1 The American presidency 1. What is the main controversy over the citizenship requirement for the presidency? a) whether a person born in the United States is a “natural born Citizen” b) whether a person with dual citizenship can be president c) whether an undocumented immigrant can be president d) whether a person born outside the United States is a “natural born Citizen” 2. What is the main reason some people believe there should not be any limits on presidential terms? a) There should be a monarch instead of a president. b) The people should decide how long a president can serve in a democracy. c) Presidents get better with age and experience. d) Term limits cause too much upheaval in government. 3. Which of the following represents the correct order of succession should the presidency become vacant? a) Speaker of the House, president pro tempore of the Senate, vice president, secretary of state

b) vice president, speaker of the House, president pro tempore of the Senate, secretary of state c) vice president, president pro tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House, secretary of state d) Speaker of the House, vice president, president pro tempore of the Senate, secretary of state 4. What does the limited power of the vice president suggest about how the Founding Fathers viewed the role? a) The vice president is as important as the president. b) The vice president can only handle a few responsibilities. c) The vice president needs more training before he can be president. d) The vice president is a president-in-waiting, and used mainly as insurance. 5. Which of the following examples best represents how the vice presidency has evolved over time? a) Vice presidents are now presidents-in-waiting. b) Vice presidents’ powers have decreased over time. c) Vice presidents fill vacancies of cabinet posts. d) Vice presidents have more access to the president.

3.2 Choosing a Leader – The Electoral College 1. What best describes a faithless elector? a) an elector who cheated to become an elector b) an elector who fails to vote c) an elector who votes for a non-Christian d) an elector who does not vote for the person who won the state’s popular vote 2. Who counts the Electoral College vote? a) Speaker of the House b) president of the Senate c) state legislators d) Supreme Court justices 3. The Supreme Court decision Bush v. Gore involved a dispute over vote-counting in which state? a) Alabama b) Colorado c) Florida d) Kentucky

3.3 Executive Powers 1. Which of the following is a function of the executive branch? a) writing legislation b) administering the law c) challenging legislation in court d) repealing the law 2. Which of the following reasons best explains why Congress enacted the War Powers Resolution in 1973? a) to grant the president unrestricted authority to send troops abroad b) to allow the president unlimited war powers c) to require Congress to authorize funding for the military d) to limit the president’s ability to commit troops to an undeclared war 3. How do executive agreements differ from treaties? a) The Senate ratifies treaties that were executive agreements from the previous administration. b) A treaty requires approval by the Senate; an executive agreement does not. c) Executive agreements are valid across administrations; treaties are not. d) The president negotiates treaties. The Senate makes executive agreements. 4. How are the president’s executive powers of clemency an example of checks and balances?

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