The phrase in Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution states that "no person except a natural born Citizen ...shall be eligible to the office of President." Most scholars believe this means what?

In addition to the "natural born" requirement under the Constitution, presidents also must also...

be 35 years old and a 14-year resident of the United States.

Almost 70 years of age when elected, the oldest person to become president of the United States was who?

Ronald Reagan

How many U.S. presidents have been impeached?

Two (Andrew Jackson & Bill Clinton)

A president greeting a group of students on the White House lawn or meeting the head of a foreign nation is acting in the role of what presidential station?

President Richard Nixon’s opening of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China in 1972 is an example of the role of what presidential station?

The "chief legislator" function is NOT illustrated by what action?

The first president to grant Communist China official recognition was who?

By agreeing to exchange ambassadors with another nation, the president grants that country what kind of recongnition?

  The president's power to send and receive ambassadors illustrates his role as what presidential station?

Chapter 8: The Chief Executive

  The United States does not have diplomatic relations with which country.

  What is the difference between an executive agreement and a treaty?

  Turning over control of the Panama Canal to Panama is an example of what kind of presidential action?

  Who are the presidents primary links with the state department respect to presidential conduct of foreign policy?

  When a president’s constitutional powers of chief of state, commander in chief, and chief diplomat combine with the political, military, and economic strength of the United States, the American president becomes a spokesman for who?

  In 1951, President Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur as his commanding general because of MacArthur's public criticism of the president's military policy in Korea. President Truman's authority over MacArthur guarantees...

 President George W. Bush's deployment of U.S. troops to Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003 represent...

Chapter 8: The Chief Executive

  In 2002, when President George W. Bush dismissed both his secretary of the treasury and director of the National Economic Council, the president acted in the role of what presidential station?

  Which presidential speech is required under the Employment Act of 1946?

  The power of a chief executive to cancel specific items in an appropriation or tax bill is called what?

  Though not mentioned in the Constitution, the candidate who wins the presidential nomination is called upon to act as national spokesman for the group being represented. In such a role the president is

 In his famous "fireside chats" during the Great Depression of the 1930s, President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to give hope to radio listeners. This illustrates the presidential role of what?

  If the president does not act on a bill within 10 days after Congress adjourns, the bill does what?

  Which president is said to have invented the White House press conference?

Ever since passage of the Employment Act of 1946, the president has been formally responsible for doing what?

  When President Nixon attempted to prevent major newspapers from publishing the Pentagon Papers, a government study of the Vietnam War, what did the Supreme Court say?

 The War Powers Resolution of 1973 proclaims that the president must submit a written report to Congress within twenty-four hours of American troops arriving in a hostile environment. (True or False)

  The Supreme Court's decisions in cases involving the policies of the Bush administration against AI Qaeda terrorists havedone what to the presidential power?

 What is NOT a duty of the president in his role as leader of his political party?

 The strength of a president depends on how much power lies within the executive branch. With this in mind, how would you classify the presidency of William Howard Taft?

  When does the vice president vote when serving as the president of the Senate?

  Public approval of the president tends to ...