US and comparative questions pt2

Question 1

How many bills did Reagan have overridden?

Answer 1

8

Question 2

What year did democrat controlled congress limit money to Iraq?

Answer 2

2007

Question 3

What did President Truman say on the power to persuade?

Answer 3

‘I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without me persuading them’

Question 4

The extent to which George W Bush’s popularity exemplifies the waxing & waning of US presidents

Answer 4

PARA 1: the controversy of his election
PARA 2: Popularity after 9/11
PARA 3: Unpopularity over Iraq
PARA 4: Unpopularity in domestic policy

Question 5

How did one of Bush’s first executive orders alienate more of his weak mandate?

Answer 5

Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, which further alienated some who thought government money should not go to organizations affiliated with churches