6. Who wrote "A Strict observance of the written ;aws is doubtless one of the highest duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation..."?
Thomas Jefferson
Donald Trump
James Madison
James Monroe
7. in EX PARTE MILLIGAN, the Supreme Court holds that martial law
can only be used when Congress susoends habeaus corpus and authorizes martial law
can never be invoked in the United States
cannot be used to try a civilian when the ordinary court of law are open
can only be used upon a direct order of the president
8. When during the Convention did the presidency recieve its name...
in the Committee on Detail, mid -summer
in the Virginia Plan, at the outset
in the Brearly Committee on postponed matters, towards the end of the summer
in the Great Compromise, July 16
9. What diminishd or hampeered the presidential authority of John Quincy Adams?
He was accused of winning by striking a "corrupt bargin" with Henry Clay
His party was divided in the constitutionality of his legislative program
All of the above
Even though elected by the House, he had come in second in the Electoral College
10. In which speech does Lincoln counsel acting "with malice toward non, with charity for all"?
The Gettysburg Address
The Second Inagural Address
The Message to Congress of July 4, 1861
The Lyceum address
11. Henry Clay objected to Jackson's veto message in part because...
All of the Above
Jackson implied that the president ought to take the initiative in law-making
Jackson claimed a power in the states to nullify federal law, including the Bank
Jackson favoured the Western states and would deny the East its due profits
12. Who do Milkis and Nelson say was arguably the most powerful man in Washington" from 1811-1825?
James Madison
Henry Clay
Thomas Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
13. Madison defends recognising the sole removal power in the president on grounds that...
Impeachment is a dead letter from the start
The president has responsibility to see that the laws are faithfully executed
stability in government is unimportant; flexibility is all
The Senate is elected by the states, not the people
14. Milkis & Nelson define Jefferson's approach to the presidency as...
pragmatic, alterinnating between popular assertion and constitutional modesty
authoritarian
party leadership, in Congress and in relation to the people
wedded, like washington's, to constitutional authority
15. Lincoln defended the Emancipation Proclamation as
all of the above
a great moral achievement whichhe had always sought
wartime necessity, to weaken the Southern labour force and recruit black soldiers
an appropriate action to make the Thireenth Amendemt effective
16. Pacificus and Helvidius differ over ...
whether the proclamation of neutrality requires a legislative act
whether Freance has violated the treaty of 1778
whether Congress has the power to declare war
whether the executive is commander-in-chief
17. In the end, BLack characterizes Trump's political program (policy) as...
essentially conventional, moderate, conservative wisdom from policy think tanks
a sell-out of conservative principles, Trump having been a Democrat in the past
unpredictable, erratic, strident, and ill-tempered
far-right conservatism, flirting with alt-right ideas
18. The Virginia Plan, introduced at the outset of the Convention, treated the executive....
bascially as the president would emerge from the Convention: one man, elected by special electors
vaguely, not specifying the number nor enumerating its powers
on the model of state governor: unitary and elected by the legislature
as an elected king
19. Andrew Jackson says he vetoed the bill to re-charter the Bank of the United States
all of the above
because government's role is to preovide equal preotection, not special preivilieges
because it gave the bank stockholders a monopoly without fair equivalent to the public
because he thought he Bank unconstitutional, despite the Supreme Court precedent
20. Which of the following presidential powers was controversial at the Convention?
