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6. WHO REPLACED MICHAEL FLYNN TRUMPS INITIAL NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR

  • h.r. mcmaster
  • john bolton
  • john kelly
  • no one - the position remains vacant

7. IN HIS "FIRESIDE CHAT" ON HIS PROPOSAL TO EXTEND THE SUPREME COURT FDR SAID THE COURT ACTED...

  • ALL OF THE ABOVE
  • like partisan republicans ignoring the results of two elections
  • like a super-legislature not a court
  • like headstrong young men deciding on the basis of modern facts and circumstances

8. WHAT DOES BLACK SAY ABOUT THE LOWER MIDDLE AND WORKING CLASS OF AMRICA

  • they are easily hoodwinked as voters unaware of their own interests
  • ALL OF THE ABOVE
  • they are inspired by trumps bravura and think he understands their desires hopes and fears
  • they routinely live beyond their means and are not to be trusted in politics

9. FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE 19TH CENTURY INTO THE 20TH CENTURY WHO EFFECTIVELY DECIDED ON THE VP AND WHY?

  • the people chose vice presidents in a separate primary
  • nobody chose vice presidents were presidentil candidates who finished second
  • party leaders chose vicepresidents to balance the ticket
  • presidential candidate chose their running mates to ensure ideological compatibility

10. WHAT DO MILKIS AND NELSON DAY CHARACTERIZES GW BUSH AS A PARTY LEADER?

  • he successfullu built up an ideologically uniform republican party until losing congress in 2006
  • like most modern presidents he personalized power and weakened his party
  • he rse above party as a leader after 9/11 and paid the price of republican abandonment
  • he proved incompetent as a party leader as at everything else

11. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DOES MONDALE'S MEMO TO CARTER NOT SUGGEST FOR THE VP

  • that he step in as an agency head when needed
  • that he serve as a general adviser to the president
  • that he play a political role for the president
  • that he recieve frequent intelligence briefings and meet with the president every week

12. WHAT MEMBER OF THE US DOES SENATE DOES WOODWARD PRESENT AS ESPECIALLY HELPFUL TO TRUMP

  • sen. chuck schumer
  • se. lindsey graham
  • sen. mitch mcconnell
  • sen. john mccain

13. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DO MILKIS AND NELSON NOT SAY ABOUT HARDING'S PRESIDENCY

  • he remained popular while he was alive though later scandals damaged his reputation
  • he took an active role promoting legislation to reduce regulation of the economy
  • he criticized wilson's dictorial methods and promised a return to "normalcy"
  • the naval disarmament conference was his outstanding foreign policy accomplishment

14. WHAT BEST CHARACTERIZES THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S RELATIONS WITH THE PRESS?

  • he bypassed the press and spoke directly to the people, denouncing the press
  • he kept his distance from the press, refusing to hold traditional press confress
  • he complained about "muckrakers" but generally used the press to promote reform
  • he established a committee of journalists to control the press through propaganda

15. IN FORIEGN AFFAIRS, rOOSEVELT THROUGHT THE PRESIDENTS ROLE WAS...

  • to enforce the nation's treaties and maintaining the peace
  • to act bodly and independently as America's representative
  • to allow congress to take the lead in peace, but the president in war
  • to work closely with congress and consult with them before taking action abroad

16. PRESIDENT JOHN KENNEDY SUCCEEDED IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING INITIATIVES?

  • passing the civil rights act
  • signing a nuclear test ban treaty with the soviets
  • invading cuba and removing castro during the "cuban missile crisis"
  • establishing health insurance for the elderly (medicare) and poor (medicaid)

17. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DID FDR DO ON HIS OWN AUTHORITY WITHOUT THE ISOLATIONIST CONGRESS?

  • took america to war without a congressional declaration after pearl harbor because the constitution provides the president can "repel invasions"
  • made a deal with great britain to provide naval destroyers in exchange for bases
  • established the lend lease program to arm the british after 1939 before pearl harbor
  • ALL OF THE ABOVE

18. IN HIS SPEECH AT CAIRO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DOES OBAMA NOT SAY

  • that islamic countries mustvbecome democracies in order to join the modern world
  • that iran like any other country has the right to develop peaceful uses of nuclear power
  • that islam is part of america
  • that violent extremism has to be confronted

19. IN CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT WILSON CRITICIZES THE AMERICAN FOUNDERS OR CONSIDERS THEIR WORK OBSOLETE BECAUSE...

  • they relied on newtonian mechanics but living constitutions must be Darwinian
  • ALL OF THE ABOVE
  • they established an independent presidency rather than a prime minister
  • they wanted the president to be a party leader

20. THE BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING ACT OF 1921 ESTABLISHED WHICH OFFICES?

  • the act only established procedures not offices
  • the bureau of the budget and the general accounting office
  • the department of the treasury
  • OMB Office of management and budget