Antoon AP Government
UNIT 7: CHAPTER 13 “The Presidency”
Directions: answer using notes or outline AND make sure to give an example or instance in your answer
1. What are the two contradictory expectations that Americans have about the presidency?
2. Outline the procedure for removing a president from office and give two examples
3. Look at Table 13.3 on page 372 and choose one constitutional power of the president from each category
which you believe is the most important and list them below with an explanation of WHY you think they are
the most important.
4. Describe two ways in which the power of the president has expanded from its constitutional base AND give
two examples
5. What is the goal of a presidential cabinet and explain the role of these different cabinet positions?
6. List and explain the function of the three major policy making bodies of the Executive Office.
7. What is the difference between a hierarchical organization and a wheel-and-spokes system of White House
management? (display through images)
8. Make a list of four First Ladies and describe how they have influenced the presidency.
9. What is the difference between a veto, a pocket veto, and a line-item veto?
10. Explain what is meant by the term “presidential coattails?”
11. Describe the trend in support for the President and his policies in Congress over the last forty years. (use
charts)
12. What are the two indicators of public support for the president? Describe each.
13. What is meant by the president’s “honeymoon” period?
14. What is an executive agreement and how does it differ from a treaty? Give examples
15. What are the main provisions of the War Powers Resolution? Give examples
16. Why is the president more equipped to handle a crisis than Congress? Give examples
17. What are the “two presidencies?” Explain them.
18. What is the difference between the president as head of state and head of government? Give examples
19. Describe the pattern in approval ratings of presidents shown in Figure 13.3. Give examples
20. What is the role of the president’s press secretary?
21. In what way(s) is the press biased in their coverage of the presidency? Give examples
22. In what way(s) is the institution of the presidency undemocratic? Give examples
23. How does the presidency increase and decrease the scope of government? Give examples
KEY TERMS (18)
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Twenty-second Amendment
Twenty-fifth Amendment
Impeachment
Cabinet
National Security Council (NSC)
Council of Economic Advisors (CEA)
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)
8. Veto
9. Pocket Veto
10. Line-Item Veto
11. Presidential Signing Statements
12. Presidential Coattails
13. Electoral Mandate
14. War Powers Resolution
15. Legislative Veto
16. Crisis
17. “Honeymoon” Period
18. The Presidency as a “Bully Pulpit”