AP GOV Chapter 7 Key Terms - Selena Gomez Per. 6 Flashcards
Bully Pulpit
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.
Cabinet
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.
Executive Agreements
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?
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
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.
Executive Order
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.
Executive Privilege
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.
First Lady
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.
Inherent Powers
Powers that belong to the president because they can be inferred from the Constitution
Do you know what the president’s inherent powers are?
League of Nations
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.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
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.
Pardon
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.
President
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.
Presidential Succession Act
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.
Signing statements
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.
Twenty-fifth Amendment
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.
Twenty-Second Amendment
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.
U.S. v. Nixon (1974)
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.
Veto
the power to unilaterally stop an official action, especially the enactment of legislation
The president vetoed the new bill.
Vice President
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.
Watergate
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.
