HONORS AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, TEST 2 (Fall 2026)

Answer any TWO of the following four questions, and answer fully and in complete sentences. Each question counts equally, so budget your time.

1) What were the most important foreign and/or domestic policies (or developments) of each of the six American President from Truman up to and including Ford? Be specific regarding what they were, and explain why they were important?

2) What were the most important foreign and/or domestic policies (or developments) of each of the six American President from Carter up to and including Obama? Be specific regarding what they were, and explain why they were important?

3) Discussing each of the 10 presidential general elections from 1980 up to and including 2016, who were the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates each year, and who won? In each election year what specific issues or candidate factors contributed to their victories, and explain?

4) What are the 10 steps whereby a bill becomes a law, as discussed in class and in the on-line notes? Explain how each of these steps operates by giving specific details, and make sure that you make clear which step comes first, second, etc. until the last step.