Multiple Choice. What is the purpose of the Electoral College in the election of the President?(1 point) Responses To serve as an advisory body to Congress To serve as an advisory body to Congress To ensure equal representation of states in the election process To ensure equal representation of states in the election process To provide an additional layer of protection against tyranny To provide an additional layer of protection against tyranny To directly elect the President by popular vote

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The correct response is: To ensure equal representation of states in the election process.

Matching. Match the roles of the President to the best description of each.(6 points)
Party Leader
Chief of State
Chief Diplomat
Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
Chief Agenda Setter
Chief Executive
Responses: supervise the executive branch of government, prepare the executive budget, and appoint and remove executive officials scheduling the agenda for the State of the Union address, determining policy initiatives of the government, setting the budget, and deciding on priorities for legislation to be supported by the executive branch develop American foreign policy and serve as the nation’s chief spokesperson to the rest of the world leader of the political party that controls the executive branch direct and immediate control over all of the troops and nation’s military arsenal ceremonial head of the United States government

Here are the roles of the President matched with their best descriptions:

  1. Party Leader: leader of the political party that controls the executive branch

  2. Chief of State: ceremonial head of the United States government

  3. Chief Diplomat: develop American foreign policy and serve as the nation’s chief spokesperson to the rest of the world

  4. Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces: direct and immediate control over all of the troops and nation’s military arsenal

  5. Chief Agenda Setter: scheduling the agenda for the State of the Union address, determining policy initiatives of the government, setting the budget, and deciding on priorities for legislation to be supported by the executive branch

  6. Chief Executive: supervise the executive branch of government, prepare the executive budget, and appoint and remove executive officials

Multiple Choice. Which type of agency operates like a private business but is owned and operated by the government?(1 point) Responses Executive agency Executive agency Government corporation Government corporation Independent regulatory agency Independent regulatory agency Nonprofit organization

The correct response is: Government corporation.

True or False. The primary function of the President's Cabinet is to advise the President on policy matters.(1 point) Responses True True False

The correct response is: True.

Multiple Choice. Which tool of foreign policy involves the provision of money, goods, or services to other countries to achieve diplomatic goals?(1 point) Responses Treaties Treaties Economic aid Economic aid Diplomacy Diplomacy Military intervention

The correct response is: Economic aid.