APGovCh.7.Gerardo.Michel

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 current President of the US is Donald John Trump.

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 fill any vacancy in the office of president due to death, resignation, removal, or (since 1967) disability.

Sentence: The current Vice President of the US is Mike Pence.

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: The Twenty-Second Amendment ensures that no one stays as president for an unfair time frame.

Question 4

Watergate

Answer 4

A scandal in the early 1970s 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 Nixon’s resignation from office.

Sentence: The Watergate scandal was the primary cause of Nixon’s resignation.

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.

Sentence: The executive privilege could be risky, as secret communications can take place from the President to another country’s leader without the government’s consent.

Question 6

U.S. v. Nixon (1974)

Answer 6

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.

Sentence: The case of U.S. v. Nixon (1974) sprouted from Nixon’s refusal to participate in the court’s request in connection to the Watergate scandal.

Question 7

Presidential Succession Act

Answer 7

A 1974 law enacted by Congress that provides for the filling of any simultaneous vacancy of the presidency and vice presidency.

Sentence: The Presidential Succession Act was put in place in the event of an emergency such as the incapacitating or death of the President or Vice President.

Question 8

Twenty-Fifth Amendment

Answer 8

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.

Sentence: The Twenty-Fifth Amendment are the steps to take for how to handle the incapacitating of a President.

Question 9

Cabinet

Answer 9

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

Sentence: A Cabinet is similar to a federal council that advise the President.

Question 10

League of Nations

Answer 10

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

Sentence: The League of Nations had failed in its primal objective, as World War II ended up occurring.

Question 11

Executive Agreements

Answer 11

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

Sentence: A President can use an executive agreement in the case of a divided government.

Question 12

Veto

Answer 12

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: A President can use a veto to stop a law from becoming official.

Question 13

Pardon

Answer 13

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 ability to pardon those convicted with a crime if he/she so wishes.

Question 14

Inherent Powers

Answer 14

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

Sentence: Inherent powers are essentially implied powers that can be interpreted from the Constitution.

Question 15

First Lady

Answer 15

The designation provided to the wife of a president or, at the state level, of a governor

Sentence: As the First Lady, Michelle Obama began a movement to reinforce healthy eating to children.

Question 16

Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Answer 16

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

Sentence: The Executive Office of the President helps the President carry out executive acts.

Question 17

Bully Pulpit

Answer 17

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.

Sentence: A bully pulpit can be utilized to direct support toward and add a spotlight to a specific position.

Question 18

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Answer 18

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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) oversees and manages matters involving the executive budget.

Question 19

Executive Order

Answer 19

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

Sentence: An executive order’s weakness is that it can be revoked by the next President to come into office.

Question 20

Signing Statements

Answer 20

Occasional written comments attached to a bill signed by the president.

Sentence: A signing statement can be used to explain the reasoning behind the President’s decision.