2.2 Class Activities

Question 1

Define veto

Answer 1

an official power that gives the president the ability to block/ not sign a bill that was given by Congress

Question 2

Pocket Veto

Answer 2

when Congress is adjourned and the President doesn’t sign the bill within a 10 day span (bill doesn’t become a law)

Question 3

Executive Order

Answer 3

an order/rule that is issued by the president (has the power and is enforced like a law)

Question 4

Signing Statements

Answer 4

an added statement created by the president that is added onto the bill they’re signing (informs the nation on their interpretation and how they’re gonna execute it)

Question 5

Apppointment Power

Answer 5

the power of the president that pick who is in position of the federal judges, ambassadors, and heads of Cabinet-level departments

Question 6

“Advise and consent” clause

Answer 6

This states that the senate will approve treaties with ⅔ votes and the president has to work with senate approval to appoint ambassadors, etc.

Question 7

Impeachment

Answer 7

This is to formally charge some high official like the president (there is not punishment administered even if the president is officially impeached, punishment is separate)

Question 8

Bully Pulpit

Answer 8

this is the idea that the president can share his views without immediate criticism.

Question 9

Executive Agreement

Answer 9

a document that does not require senate approval that is an international agreement between executive branches

Question 10

Qualifications to become President

Answer 10

• Has to be a “natural born citizen” or a citizen of the US
• Minimum age is 35 years old
• Must be a resident within the US for a minimum of 14 years
• Must take an oath before entering the Execution of his office

Question 11

Implied/Informal Powers

Answer 11

• Executive Agreements
• Executive Orders
• Bargaining & Persuasion - (securing Congressional action by talking with Congressmembers)
• Signing Statements

Question 12

Enumerated/Formal Powers

Answer 12

• Signing or vetoing legislation
• Command the armed forces
• Ask for written opinion of their cabinet
• Convene or adjourn congress
• Grant reprieves or pardons
  and receive ambassadors

Question 13

How presidents have expanded their powers

Answer 13

1. Passing and vetoing laws
2. War powers act
3. Executive orders

Question 14

Executive Checks on the Legislative Branch

Answer 14

The legislative branch makes laws, but the President in the executive branch can veto those laws with a Presidential Veto.

Question 15

Legislative and judicial checks on the executive branch

Answer 15

1. the legislative branch can override that veto with enough votes. The legislative branch has the power to approve Presidential nominations, control the budget, and can impeach the President and remove him or her from office
2. The Judicial branch can declare acts of the President unconstitutional, which removes them from the law.

Question 16

Role of the President

Answer 16

Chief executive
Commander in chief
Head of political party
Chief legislature
Chief of state
Chief diplomat

Question 17

Vice President

Answer 17

i.The next in line to become pres
ii. they have little power except in the house which they run and can decide ties
iii.some can take a more substantive role if the president allows

Question 18

Chief of Staff

Answer 18

leads the staff of the Executive Office of the President (EOP) and advises the president on policy issues

Question 19

Press Secretary

Answer 19

provides daily briefings for the media on the President’s activities and agenda

Question 20

Federal Judges

Answer 20

Pres’s longest-lasting influence
nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate
include the chief justice & associate justices of SCOTUS, circuit judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals, district judges of the U.S. District Courts, & judges of the U.S. Court of International Trade

Question 21

Executive Branch

Answer 21

responsible for collecting information about actions & events w/in the pres’s administration & around the world, & interacting w/ the media

Question 22

Cabinet

Answer 22

i.Heads of the 15 major exec. Departments
ii.Each department leader is known as a secretary

Question 23

White House Staff

Answer 23

President’s closest assistants & aids with offices in White House