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erika

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The president's influence increased significantly during the 20th century for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
 
  a. the president was better able to respond quickly to the needs of the people than Congress, which is big, cumbersome, and divided along party lines.
  b. the emergence of the United States as a global power gave more power to the president, who has a large amount of freedom to set foreign policy.
  c. presidents were generally more newsworthy than Congress, which gave the president a greater opportunity to manipulate the media and public opinion.
  d. the president's staff grew smaller in recent history, which reduced outside influence on the president's decision-making process.

Question 2

The U.S. presidency
 
  a. was set up by the Framers of the Constitution to be the dominant component of the government.
  b. is considered one of the weakest government offices in the world because of the limited resources the president has at his disposal.
  c. enjoys only so much power as the president's ability to persuade and build coalitions of support inside and outside of Congress.
  d. has progressively lost influence and power since Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administration.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

c



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