AP GOV Chapter 7 Key Terms - Selena Gomez Per. 6

Question 1

Bully Pulpit

Answer 1

The view that a major power of the presidency, albeit not one prescribed by the Constitution, is to draw attention to and generate support for particular positions

The American presidency is a bully pulpit.

Question 2

Cabinet

Answer 2

The formal body of presidential advisers who head the fifteen executive departments. Presidents often add others to this body of formal advisers.

The President called the Cabinet to his office for a meeting.

Question 3

Executive Agreements

Answer 3

Formal international agreements entered into by the president that do not require the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate.

Did you hear that the president created a new executive agreement?

Question 4

Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Answer 4

A mini-bureaucracy created in 1939 to help the president oversee the executive branch bureaucracy

The Executive Office of the President was originally created to oversee FDR’s New Deal programs.

Question 5

Executive Order

Answer 5

Rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law. All executive orders must be published in the Federal Register

This executive order shall take effect immediately.

Question 6

Executive Privilege

Answer 6

An implied presidential power that allows the president to refuse to disclose information regarding confidential conversations or national security to Congress or the judiciary

Presidents have varied widely in their claim to executive privilege.

Question 7

First Lady

Answer 7

The designation provided to the wife of a president or, at the state level, of a governor; no specific analogue exists for a male spouse

Hillary Clinton used to be the first lady.

Question 8

Inherent Powers

Answer 8

Powers that belong to the president because they can be inferred from the Constitution

Do you know what the president’s inherent powers are?

Question 9

League of Nations

Answer 9

A multilateral diplomatic organization that existed from 1920-1946 that sought, unsuccessfully, to prevent future wars; the United States never joined

The founder of the League of Nations was Woodrow Wilson.

Question 10

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Answer 10

The office that prepares the president’s annual budget proposal, reviews the budget and programs of the executive departments, supplies economic forecasts, and conducts detailed analyses of proposed bills and agency rules

The Office of Management and Budget works exclusively for the president.

Question 11

Pardon

Answer 11

An executive grant providing restoration of all rights and privileges of citizenship to a specific individual charged with or convicted of a crime

The judge pardoned him of all of his crimes.

Question 12

President

Answer 12

The chief executive officer of the United States, as established by Article II of the U.S. Constitution

Our president at the moment is Donald J. Trump.

Question 13

Presidential Succession Act

Answer 13

a federal statute establishing the presidential line of succession.

Because of the Presidential Succession Act, if something happens to the president then the vice president will take over his position.

Question 14

Signing statements

Answer 14

a written pronouncement issued by the President of the United States upon the signing of a bill into law.

The president put a signing statement onto his newest bill.

Question 15

Twenty-fifth Amendment

Answer 15

Adopted in 1967 to establish procedures for filling vacancies in the office of president and vice president as well as providing for procedures to deal with the disability of a president

The test is going to have a question about the Twenty-Fifth Amendment.

Question 16

Twenty-Second Amendment

Answer 16

Adopted in 1951; prevents presidents form serving more than two terms, or more than ten years if they came to office via the death, resignation, or removal of their predecessor

Before the Twenty-Second Amendment the president could serve as many terms as he wanted.

Question 17

U.S. v. Nixon (1974)

Answer 17

a landmark United States Supreme Court case that resulted in a unanimous decision against President Richard Nixon, ordering him to deliver tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials to a federal district court

This decision was important to the Watergate scandal.

Question 18

Veto

Answer 18

the power to unilaterally stop an official action, especially the enactment of legislation

The president vetoed the new bill.

Question 19

Vice President

Answer 19

An officer created by Article II of the U.S. Constitution to preside over the U.S. Senate and to fill vacancy in the office of president due to death, resignation, removal, or (since 1967) disability

The vice president does not have as many responsibilities as the president.

Question 20

Watergate

Answer 20

a major political scandal that occurred in the United States during the early 1970s, following a break-in by five men at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 1972, and President Richard Nixon’s administration’s subsequent attempt to cover up its involvement.

Due to the Watergate scandal, President Richard Nixon resigned from office.