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03.09 interaction among branches exam part a 20-21_v_benevelli_ap us govt & politics 2024
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03.09 Interaction Among Branches Exam Part A1. Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the functions and
powers of the House of Representatives and the Senate? (4 points): (A) 2.
Following escalating international tensions throughout late 1916 and early
1917, President Woodrow Wilson addressed a joint session of the two
houses of Congress on April 2, 1917 and asked Congress to declare war on
Imperial Germany.
Why did President Wilson need to make this request? (4 points): Because the
Constitution empowers Congress to declare war, not the president
3. Which government entity uses the action indicated in the image? (4
points): Senate
4. A lobbying group interested in shaping the federal judiciary spends large
amounts of money on U.S. Senate races. What is the most likely reason
for this? (4 points): The U.S. Senate has the ability to confirm federal judges.
5. How did the decision in Shaw v. Reno (1993) affect congressional
redistricting? (4 points): It established that North Carolina's General Assembly
gerrymandered the districts to be unequal and racially biased.
6. What conclusion about the ideological division of political parties can be
drawn from the graphs? (4 points): Both parties have shifted to become more
ideologically extreme over time.
7. A report from the One Hundred Fourth Congress indicated that the
legislature had submitted a plan to balance the budget by 2002 (only to be
vetoed by President Clinton). Further, a measure to give the president line-
item veto authority was adopted in both houses. Finally, congressional
bills regarding accountability as well as restrictions on unfunded
mandates were passed and signed into law.
Which of the following best describes the action demonstrated in the scenario
above? (4 points): Power of the purse
8. President Gerald R. Ford became the first president since Abraham
Lincoln to be called to appear before Congress. Congress demanded that
President Ford explain his pardon of former president Richard Nixon in
1974.
The scenario above demonstrates which of the following actions? (4 points)-
: Congressional subcommittee hearings
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9. Which of the following is an accurate comparison of a treaty and an
executive agreement? (4 points): (A)
Has the force of law
Does not have the force of law
10. Which of the following powers must the president share with Congress?
(4 points): Making treaties
11. How might these presidents have overcome the challenge illustrated in
this table? (4 points): By issuing executive orders
12. A conspiracy against the freedom of America, both deep and dangerous,
has been formed by an infernal junto of demagogues. Our thirteen free
commonwealths are to be consolidated into one despotic monarchy. ... Who
can deny but the president general will be a king to all intents and purposes,
and one of the most dangerous kind too—a king elected to command a
standing army. Thus our laws are to be administered by this tyrant; for the
whole, or at least the most important part of the executive department is put
in his hands.
—From Anti-Federalist No. 74, 1788
Based on the excerpt, which statement best refutes the main argument of
Federalist No. 70? (4 points): A single executive will be as tyrannical as a
monarch.
13. In 1796, after serving a second term as the country's first president,
George Washington declined to run for a third term even though many people
in and out of the government wanted him to. In 1799, he again refused to run.
He feared potential opponents might say he was too ambitious or
incompetent or too old, at age 70, to serve. Washington was also concerned
he would not earn enough votes.
His refusal to seek another term set the precedent for presidents to retire after
two terms. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only president to break that tradition
by winning a third and a fourth term. No other president has done so since
because of the passage of the Twenty-Second Amendment.
Which of the reasons Washington cited for his refusal would encourage states
to ratify the Twenty-Second Amendment? (4 points): Charges of excessive
ambition
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