Presidential scholar Stephen Skowronek suggests that presidents become great by
A) being willing to stick with failed policies even after public opinion has turned against them.
B) their ability to forge consensus in support of their policies.
C) their personality traits.
D) readily adapting their policies to changing circumstances.
E) encountering political circumstances that allow them to repudiate the past and move in a sharply different direction.
Question -2-The tax cut initiated by President George W. Bush
A) made the tax system less regressive. B) made the tax system less progressive.
C) gave the biggest cuts in tax rates to people earning the lowest incomes.
D) cut the taxes of all Americans by an equal rate.
E) were abandoned by President Barack Obama in 2008.
Question -3-Who is the government official responsible for representing the United States before the Supreme Court?
A) The solicitor general
B) The attorney general
C) The U.S. attorney
D) The district attorney
E) The president's counsel
Question -4-Why is Franklin Roosevelt considered a particularly effective president?
A) Circumstances enabled him to break with the past and move the country in a dramatically different direction.
B) He was particularly energetic even though much of his agenda did not succeed.
C) His popularity, via fireside chats, existed independent of his agenda.
D) He was able to break from the past but in a way that seemed less dramatic and safe to the American people.
E) He was extremely charismatic.
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