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Question 1

President

Answer 1

The chief executive officer of the United States, as established by Article II of the U.S. Constitution.
Sentence: The president is doing a bad job of running the country.

Question 2

Vice President

Answer 2

An officer created by Article II of the U.S. Constitution to preside over the U.S. Senate and to fill any vacancy in the office of the president due to death, resignation, removal, or (since 1967) disability.
Sentence: The vice president has the ability to be president if needed.

Question 3

Twenty-Second Amendment

Answer 3

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.
Sentence:This amendment allows presidents to only serve a limited time.

Question 4

Watergate

Answer 4

A scandal in the early 1970’s involving a break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate office complex. The involvement of members of the Nixon administration and subsequent cover-up attempts led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation from the office and jail sentences for some members of his administration.
Sentence: Nixon quit the presidency before he could be impeached for his wrong doings.

Question 5

Executive Privilege

Answer 5

An implied presidential power that allows the president to disclose information regarding confidential conversations or national security to Congress or the Judiciary.
Sentence: This power is good depending on who the president is and what there intentions are.

Question 6

U.S. vs Nixon

Answer 6

Supreme Court ruling on Power of the president, holding that no absolute constitutional executive privilege allows the president to refuse to comply with a court order to produce information needed in a criminal trial.
Sentence: Nixon did not want to confess what really happened in the case.

Question 7

Presidential succession act

Answer 7

A 1947 law enacted by Congress that provides for the filing of any simultaneous vacancy of the presidency and vice president.
Sentence: This is to make sure that the us always as a leader.

Question 8

Twenty fifth amendment

Answer 8

adopted in 1967 to establish procedures for filing vacancy in the office of president and vice president as well as providing for procedures to deal with the disability of a president.
Sentence: This allows for the U.S to have a back up plan when something happens to a president.

Question 9

Cabinet

Answer 9

The formal body of presidential adviser to help the 15th executive department. Presidents often add others to this body of formal advisors.
Sentence: The cabinet helps the president do his errands.

Question 10

Executive agreements

Answer 10

formal international agreements entered into by the president that do not require the advice and consent of the US Senate.
Sentence: The executive agreement helps the president make agreements without having to wait to get things passed.

Question 11

Veto

Answer 11

the formal constitutional authority of the president to reject bills passed by both houses of Congress, thus preventing them from becoming law without further congressional action.
Sentence: The president can veto laws if he doesn’t want to pass them.

Question 12

Pardon

Answer 12

an executive grant providing restoration of all rights and privileges of citizenship to a specific individual charged with or convicted of a crime.
Sentence: The president has the power to pardon individuals.

Question 13

Inherent powers

Answer 13

powers that belong to the president because they can be inferred from the constitution.
Sentence: These powers are used to help the president do things faster.

Question 14

First lady

Answer 14

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.
Sentence: The first lady is in charge of helping the president with his work at times.

Question 15

Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Answer 15

A mini-Bureaucracy created in 1939 to help the president oversee the executive branch bureaucracy
Sentence: The executive office helps the president out a lot.

Question 16

Bully pulpit

Answer 16

the view that a major power of the presidency, albeit not one prescribed by the constitution, is to draw attention to generate support for particular positions.
Sentence: This helps create attention for the president.

Question 17

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Answer 17

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.
Sentence: The OMB helps the president budget out the income that is available for that year.

Question 18

Executive order

Answer 18

rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law. All executive orders must be published in the Federal Register.
Sentence: President trump tried to pass an executive order for his wall.

Question 19

Signing statements-

Answer 19

occasional written comments attached to a bill signed by the president.
Sentence: A signing statement is something that the president writes for a bill.

Question 20

League of Nations

Answer 20

A multilateral diplomatic organization that existed from 1920 to 1946 this song unsuccessfully to prevent future wars; The United States never join
Sentence: The us did not want to join this because it didn’t think it would benefit it.