Joe Biden Examples

Question 1

Give two examples of how Biden personal qualities made him a more effective president

Answer 1

served 36 years in senate
had strong interpersonal skills

Question 2

Give 2 examples of how biden qualities made him more electable

Answer 2

Liberal not too right or left wing
Strong support from aa voters

Question 3

Give 2 examples of how biden qualities made him not very electable

Answer 3

strongly pro israel
very old - 81

Question 4

things biden inherited making things more challenging

Answer 4

Jan 6th weakened his mandate
Covid with its economic consequences

Question 5

2 examples of how events not to do with him helped his presidency

Answer 5

Jan 6th allowed him to “save democracy”
Covid vaccines meant his response didn’t have to be as bad

Question 6

Two examples of how events not to do with him didn’t help his presidency

Answer 6

Oct 7th
Russia v Ukraine

Question 7

Who is Ron Klain?

Answer 7

Chief of staff and coordinator for covid response

Question 8

Who is jen psaki and marine jean pierre

Answer 8

Press secretaries - psaki received better ratings than Pierre

Question 9

who is mike donilon

Answer 9

advisor since 1981, shaped policy

Question 10

who is jen o marley dillon

Answer 10

Ran campaign and deputy chief of staff

Question 11

who is neera tanden

Answer 11

left office of management and budget due to lack of support, director of domestic policy council

Question 12

new exop office

Answer 12

2023 white house office of gun violence protection

Question 13

2 examples of executive power

Answer 13

2023 american climate corps
Not giving harris much power

Question 14

1 example of limits to executive power

Answer 14

agents from homeland security from trump era resisted immigration policies

Question 15

2 examples of executive orders

Answer 15

reversed trump eos inc ban on transgender military personnel
imposed travel ban to limit covid cases

Question 16

challenges to presidential power of executive ordersu

Answer 16

DACA being removed by a federal texan judge
Biden v nebraska overturning biden forgiving student loans

Question 17

2 examples of cabinet members chosen for expertise

Answer 17

Anthony blinkin as secretary of state
lloyd austin as secretary of defense

Question 18

2 examples of cabinet selected for political reward

Answer 18

merrick garland as attorney general
pete buttigieg as secretary of transportation

Question 19

2 examples of cabinet diversity hires

Answer 19

buttigieg is openly gay
african american Marcia Fudge

Question 20

few bipartisan votes no,inaction

Answer 20

Deb Haaland

Question 21

second cabinet member to be impeached

Answer 21

Alejandro Mayorkas
cabinet secretary for homeland security
failure to protect immigration from mtg
thrown out in senate for no high crimes or misdemeanours

Question 22

Give 3 exmaples of events that suggest the constitution is in need of updating

Answer 22

-Impeachment being used for performative purposes
-Criminals can be presidential candidates
-Lack fo accountability and ethics codes for judges

Question 23

Give an example of how the constitution has been changed by SCOTUS

Answer 23

Dobbs v Jackson

Question 24

Give an example of how the constitution changed by statute law

Answer 24

Electoral count reform act 2022 clarified the rules aorund the VP counting ballots and the threshold needed for states to object to an election count

Question 25

Give an example of how the constitution has been changed through congressional procedure

Answer 25

speaker only needs one person to call a motion to vacate

Question 26

give an example of convention changes

Answer 26

peopehave started rejecting supreme court nominees

Question 27

3 partisan challenges to biden

Answer 27

-2020-2022 democrats only have a majoiryt of aorund 10 -2022 republicans win the house -Senate has been split 50-50

Question 28

3 examples of factionalism within congress

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-moderate wing of both parties has shrank -maga movement has made republicans harder to work with -conservative democrats have made it hard to legislate (joe manchin)

Question 29

how have democrat party leaders helped biden

Answer 29

Helped run groups of emocrats to support key legislation such as the American Rescue Plan

Question 30

How have republcian party eladers helped biden

Answer 30

Republicna speakers have worked with biden to prevent governemtn shut downs such as the passing of the budget in 2023

Question 31

5 examples of bidens legislative successs

Answer 31

american rescue plan infrastrucutre and housing act inflationr eduction act chips and science act bipartisan safer communities act

Question 32

3 examples of bidens legislative failures

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filibuster reform plans American families plan Bipartisan immigration bill

Question 33

3 people who created isues for bidens legislation

Answer 33

joe manchin Kyrsten Sinema Mike Johnson

Question 34

How many vetoes biden used

Answer 34

12

Question 35

how many veotes overturned

Answer 35

0

Question 36

5 foreign policy successes

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edning arms sails to saudi arabia reversing isolationsim securing funds for israel avoidning issues in taiwan imposing sanctions on russia

Question 37

5 fialures of foreign policy

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-didnt consult congress on iranian air srtikes afghan govenrment collapsed massive death toll in gaza shot down a spy chinese balloon Republican objections to ukraine aid

Question 39

Who did biden put on the court

Answer 39

Ketanji Brown Jackson

Question 40

why did bidens nominee not relaly matter

Answer 40

replacing a liberal with a liberal

Question 41

trump appointed judge question

Answer 41

ailleen cannon

Question 42

drug question

Answer 42

mifepristone

Question 43

blocked forgiveness of student loans

Answer 43

Biden v Nebraska

Question 44

reversal of stare decisis

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dobbs v jackson

Question 45

reversal of major questions doctrine

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west virginia v epa

Question 46

upheld the rights of people to have religious observance in public

Answer 46

kennedy v bremerton school district

Question 47

cancelled new york law

Answer 47

new york state rifle and pistol association v bruen

Question 48

which pressure group caused issues

Answer 48

federalist society

Question 49

2 scandals in the scotus

Answer 49

samuel alitos wife clarence thomas having links to jan 6th

Question 50

how can judiciary influence voting behaviour

Answer 50

thiniing about who candidates would appoint

Question 51

5 examples of unprotected rights

Answer 51

14 states with neat total abortion bans 36 states with voter id laws nsa can search foreigners without a warrant death penalty ahs icnreased ivf and gay marriage are under threat

Question 52

courtrefusal to hear complaints of 202 election

Answer 52

texas v pennsylvania

Question 53

result of georgia run off elections

Answer 53

gave democrats control of the senate

Question 54

result of 2022 midterm senates

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democrats didnt lose any incumbent senators

Question 55

republcian candidate with national coverage

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ron de santis

Question 56

money on biden

Answer 56

1 billion

Question 57

pressure group spending 120 million

Answer 57

league of conservative voters

Question 58

hawaii ballot

Answer 58

protecting same sex marriage

Question 59

florida ballot

Answer 59

enshrining right to hunt and fish

Question 60

maryland ballot

Answer 60

enshrining right to reproductive rights

Question 61

3 ways biden expanded the role of federal government

Answer 61

america resuce plan infrastructure investment and jobs act build back better vision

Question 62

3 ays states have gotten back power

Answer 62

opposition to mask mandates supreme court returning power to states many states declaring themselves second amendemnt sanctuary states