APGovCH.7

Question 1

Cabinet

Answer 1

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

Cabinet is chosen by the president.

Question 2

executive agreements

Answer 2

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

Executive agreements can be used by the president to form secret meetings with other officials.

Question 3

Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Answer 3

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

The EOP was first created by Roosevelt for the new deal program.

Question 4

executive order

Answer 4

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

Executive orders can only be set by the president.

Question 5

executive privilege

Answer 5

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

A good example of executive privilege would be the Watergate scandal.

Question 6

inherent powers

Answer 6

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

The president draws their superpowers from the constitution itself.

Question 7

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Answer 7

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

OMB is used to clarify the function in the executive branch.

Question 8

pardon

Answer 8

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

Is it true that the president can pardon a turkey on thanksgiving?

Question 9

signing statements

Answer 9

Occasional written comments attached to a bill signed by the president

The president can attach anything they’d like through signing statements.

Question 10

Twenty Fifth Amendment

Answer 10

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 appoint the vice president to be president if the current president can no longer hold the position.

Question 11

Twenty Second Amendment

Answer 11

Adopted in 1951; prevents a president from serving more than two terms, or more than ten years if he came to office via the death, resignation, or impeachment of his predecessor

The twenty-second amendment was ratified to give presidents no more than 2 four year terms.

Question 12

U.S. v. Nixon (1974)

Answer 12

Supreme Court ruling on 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

The supreme court rued in favor of not overriding any executive privilege in U.S. v Nixon.

Question 13

veto

Answer 13

The formal, constitutional authority of the president to reject bills passed by both houses of Congress, the preventing them from being law without further congressional action

Vetos can be used by Trump to keep trying to build his wall.

Question 14

War Powers Resolution

Answer 14

Passed by Congress in 1973; requires the authorization of Congress to deploy troops overseas and limits the time of their deployment

Question 15

bully pulpit

Answer 15

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 a particular position.

The bully pulpit was made for the broadcasting of commercial air travel.

Question 16

first lady

Answer 16

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.

Michelle Obama was the baddest first lady there was.

Question 17

League of Nations

Answer 17

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

The League of Nations is the prototype for the UN.

Question 18

president

Answer 18

The chief executive officer of the US, as established by the article II of the US constitution.

The president gains his powers from the constitution.

Question 19

Presidential Succession Act

Answer 19

A 1947 law enacted by congress that provides for the filling of any simultaneous vacancy of the presidency and vice presidency.

The presidential succession act is a list of who will become the new president if the current president cannot be president.

Question 20

vice president

Answer 20

An officer created by article II of the US constitution to preside over the US senate and to fill any vacancy in resignation, removal, or disability.

The vice president is to be the successor of the president.

Question 21

Watergate

Answer 21

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 office and jail sentences for some members of his administration.

Watergate was a big debate involving executive privilege.