POLI 2051 Final Exam Questions Correct Answers New Update (A+ Pass)
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POLI 2051
POLI 2051 Final Exam Questions Correct Answers New Update (A+ Pass)
formal qualifications of the presidency - Answers - natural born citizen
35 years of age or older
resident of the US for at least 14 years before taking office
informal qualifications of the presidency - Answers - male
wh...
POLI 2051 Final Exam Questions Correct
Answers New Update (A+ Pass)
formal qualifications of the presidency - Answers -✔✔ natural born citizen
35 years of age or older
resident of the US for at least 14 years before taking office
informal qualifications of the presidency - Answers -✔✔ male
white
college educated
protestant
from a state with a large population
good family man
President - Answers -✔✔ Powers:
Appoint own cabinet
Veto
Make treaties
Commander and chief of military
Pardon power
22nd amendment - Answers -✔✔ Prevents a president from serving more than two
terms
25th amendment - Answers -✔✔ Establishes a procedure in which the president spot is
filled in office
vice presidency
executive orders - Answers -✔✔ a policy statement that has the force of law
ex: Dont Ask Dont Tell by Clinton
informal powers of the presidency - Answers -✔✔ true power comes from these
1. power to persuade
2. going public
"power to persuade" - Answers -✔✔ -president's ability to influence members of
congress and the public
-coined by Neustadt
-One of the two informal powers of president
"going public" - Answers -✔✔ -President bypasses the heads of congress to gain
support form the people, and have the people put pressure on elected officials
-One of the two informal powers of president
, War Powers Act - Answers -✔✔ limited the president's ability to commit troops to
combat only when:
1. Congress declares war
2. Congress gives the president specific authority to commit troops
3. when an attack on the US or its military and it creates national crisis
Pendleton Act - Answers -✔✔ creates the Civil Service Commission
Congress - Answers -✔✔ foreign policy makers
not completely absent but not very influential
usually care more about domestic policy rather than foreign
work with the agencies to try and formulate the policies
there are some committees that are far more informed
Interest groups - Answers -✔✔ foreign policy makers
may include immigrants that have family members that remain in the country of interest
want to give money to their cause so they have some say so
Executive Privilege - Answers -✔✔ -An implied presidential power that allows the
president to refuse to disclose information regarding national security to congress or
judiciary
Executive agreements - Answers -✔✔ -Formal international agreements that the
president doesn't require advice or consent to the senate
Pardoning - Answers -✔✔ -An executive grant releasing an individual from the
punishment or legal actions for a crime committed
Inherent Powers - Answers -✔✔ -Powers that the president has from constitution
politically balance the ticket - Answers -✔✔ Historically, vice-presidential candidates
are chosen to __________.
Impeachment - Answers -✔✔ -Majority in the house and two-thirds vote in the senate
remove president from office
EOP (Executive Office of the President) - Answers -✔✔ -Mini-bureaucracy to help the
president oversee the executive branch
Rally-round-flag-effect - Answers -✔✔ -Short-run popular support of a president during
times of crisis
-Ex: George W. Bush popularity boosted following 9/11 attacks
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