1: The President appoints the Commander in Chief of the armed forces.
True
False
2: The President has the power to pardon people convicted of a crime.
True
False
3: The President is exempt from the laws and rules outlined in the Constitution.
True
False
4: The President鈥檚 status correlates with that of a king
True
False
5: According to the Supreme Court鈥檚 decision in 1952, the President has inherent powers in times of great emergency.
True
False
6: All appointments to executive offices must be approved by a majority of the Senate.
True
False
7: The quote, "to the victors belong the spoils," references the steel mill crisis of 1803.
True
False
8: After Andrew Jackson won the presidency, it became common to reward supporters with government appointments.
True
False
9: The shooting of James Garfield marked the end of the rampant spoils system.
True
False
10: The Civil Service Act of 1883 mandates that all males over 18 must serve in the military for at least 2 years.
True
False
11: One must pass an exam in order to obtain employment through the Civil Service Commission.
True
False
12: Civil service jobs are doled out according to party affiliation.
True
False
13: The Founding Fathers expected and planned for a presidential increase in power.
True
False
14: In times of war, Congress can vote to give the President special or increased powers.
True
False
15: Congress has no means of checking the power of the President once it is granted him.
True
False Just for the fun of it
1: The President is the Commander in Chief of the armed forces.
2: The President and governors have the power to pardon people convicted of a crime.
3: The President held by the laws and rules outlined in the Constitution.
4: The President鈥檚 status as figure head of state roughly correlates with that of a king
5: According to the Supreme Court鈥檚 decision in 1952, the President has inherent powers in times of great emergency.
6: Most appointments to executive offices are approved by a majority of the Senate.
7: The quote, "to the victors belong the spoils," references the sacking of defeated cities in war.
8: It has always been common to reward supporters, with government appointments or otherwise.
9: The shooting of James Garfield did not mark the end of the rampant spoils system.
10: The Civil Service Act of 1883 mandates that all males over 18 must register to serve in the military.
11: One must pass an exam in order to obtain employment through the Civil Service Commission.
12: Civil service jobs are not doled out according to party affiliation.
13: The Founding Fathers expected and planned for keeping in check a presidential power.
14: In times of war, Congress can vote to give the President special or increased powers.
15: Congress has means of checking the power of the President once it is granted him. OMG! you are on the internet look it up already. 1.False
2. True
3. False
4.False
5.True
6.True
7.False
8.True
8.True
9.False
10. False
11.True
12.False
13.True
14.True
15.False 1. False. The President is the Commander and Chief.
2. True. Nixon was pardoned by Regan.
3. False. The President is is subject to all of the laws of the Consitution.
4. False. Although the President is considered the Leader of the United States he he kept in check by both the Congress and the Senate.
5. True.
6. True (for all I can think of :-)
7. False (just a guess)
8. True
9. False
10. False, States that males will register for the draft and may be called up in times of national emergency such as war.
11. True
12. False
13. False
14. True
15. False, any powers given to the President are reviewable by Congress.
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