APGov Ch7 Angelina.Zamora

Question 1

Bully pulpit

Answer 1

The view that a major power of the presidency albeit no one prescribed by the constitution is to draw attention to and generate support for particular positions

The bully pulpit promotes the president’s agenda.

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

Each president appoints their own cabinet.

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

The president can make executive agreements without needing to get consent.

Question 4

Executive office of the president

Answer 4

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

The executive office of the president watches over the executive branch.

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

An executive order is given by the president.

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

Executive privilege can be used to withhold information from a case.

Question 7

first lady

Answer 7

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

The first lady is a title given to the presidents wife.

Question 8

inherent powers

Answer 8

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

Inherent powers are given to the president by the constitution.

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

Many believe that the league of nations failed because the united states never joined.

Question 10

Office of Management and Budget

Answer 10

The office that prepares the presidents annual budget proposal reviews that the budget and programs of the executive departments supply economic forecasts and conducts detailed analyses of proposed bills and agency rules

The office of management and budget oversees the presidents spending.

Question 11

pardon

Answer 11

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

A pardon can be granted by the president.

Question 12

president

Answer 12

The chief executive officer of the united states as established by article 2 of the U.S Constitution

The first president of the united states was George Washington.

Question 13

presidential succession act

Answer 13

a law in 1967 to establish procedures for the filling of any simultaneous vacancy of the presidency and vice presidency

The presidential succession act is used when a president leaves office.

Question 14

signing statements

Answer 14

Occasional written comments attached to a bill signed by the president

Signing statements are giving by the president.

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 twenty-fifth amendment deals with what happens if a president leaves office.

Question 16

twenty-second amendment

Answer 16

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

The twenty-second amendment limits the number of years one is allowed to be president.

Question 17

U.S v Nixion

Answer 17

Supreme court ruling of the power of the president holding that no absolute constitutional executive privilege allows a president to refuse to comply with a court order to produce information needed in a criminal trial

U.S v Nixion was the first trial involving a president.

Question 18

veto

Answer 18

The formal constitutional authority of the president that rejects bills passed by both houses of Congress thus preventing them from becoming law without further congressional action

The president can veto any bill.

Question 19

vice president

Answer 19

an officer created by article 2 of the U.S constitution to preside over the U.S Senate and try to fill any vacancy in the office of president due to the death resignation removal or disability

The vice president wasn’t seen as am important position at first.

Question 20

watergate

Answer 20

a scandal in the early 1070s involving a break-in at the democratic national committee offices in the Watergate complex. The involvement of members of the Nixon administration and subsequent cover-up attempts led to President Richard Nixion’s resignation from office and jail sentences for some members of his administration.

Watergate was a major scandal involving a president.