14. (p. 378) What aspect of presidential election did Andrew Jackson try but fail to achieve?
A. elimination of the Electoral College
B. elimination of candidate selection by primary
C. elimination of the unit rule
D. the equalization of Electoral College votes, eliminating population as a factor
E. an increase in the number of presidential candidates per party
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13. (p. 377) The president’s role in foreign policy increased largely because
A. Congress proved so inept in foreign affairs that the American people demanded a change.
B. America became more of a world power.
C. of the need to coordinate national economic policy and foreign policy, a task to which the presidency was well suited.
D. of the desire of U.S. business to expand into Latin America and Asia, which required executive action at the highest level.
E. of attitudes held by the American public.
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12. (p. 376-377) Which of the following is a reason that the nation did not routinely need a strong president during most of the nineteenth century?
A. the small policymaking role of the federal government
B. the sectional nature of the nation’s major issues
C. the U.S. government’s small role in world affairs
D. all of these factors: the small policymaking role of the federal government; the sectional nature of the nation’s major issues; and the U.S. government’s small role in world affairs
E. None of these answers is correct.
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11. (p. 375) How did Theodore Roosevelt change the conception of the presidency?
A. He altered the stewardship theory to reduce the power of the presidency while remaining an activist president.
B. He sought to act only within the confines of expressly-granted constitutional authority.
C. He rejected the idea of the “strong presidency.”
D. He cast aside the stewardship theory in favor of the Whig theory.
E. He cast aside the Whig theory in favor of the stewardship theory.
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