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Quiz by Isaiah Hicks

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  • Q1
    What is the difference between a joint resolution of Congress and a Senate vote on a treaty?
    A Senate vote on a treaty requires a simple majority for approval, but a joint resolution requires approval by a two-thirds majority of both chambers of Congress.
    Both chambers of Congress can approve a joint resolution by a simple majority, but a treaty requires a two-thirds majority of the Senate for approval.
    A joint resolution requires approval of two thirds of both the House and the Senate, while a Senate vote on a treaty requires a two-thirds majority of just the Senate.
    Both a joint resolution and a Senate vote on a treaty require a two-thirds majority, but the President has more input with a joint resolution.
    30s
  • Q2
    Which of the following actions by a President can be used to issue a warning to another nation?
    sending an American ambassador or diplomat to that country
    withdrawing the United States' recognition of that country
    urging the Supreme Court to review the terms of a treaty
    negotiating an executive agreement with that country rather than a treaty
    30s
  • Q3
    Which statement BEST explains the reason that Congress enacted the War Powers Resolution during the conflict in Vietnam?
    Congress sought to limit the President's ability to send troops into combat in an undeclared war.
    Congress wished to limit the President's constitutional power to declare war.
    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution had expired and Congress needed to reauthorize the use of force in Vietnam.
    President Richard Nixon had asked that more American troops be committed to combat.
    30s
  • Q4
    Which of the following actions illustrates the presidential power of commander in chief?
    Barack Obama escalates the number of American troops in Afghanistan.
    Abraham Lincoln nominates Edwin Stanton as his new Secretary of War.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt agrees to a destroyers-for-bases exchange with Great Britain.
    George Washington signs a neutrality proclamation in a war between France and other European nations.
    30s
  • Q5
    (T or F) Our leader of our military is a civilian, not a general.
    True
    False
    30s

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