APGOVCh7.Jamian.Kortekaas

Question 1

President

Answer 1

The chief executive officer of the United States, as established by Article II of the US Constitution.

The President of the United States of America is Donald J. Trump.

Question 2

Vice President

Answer 2

An officer created by Article II of the UC Constitution to preside over the US Senate and to fill any vacancy in the office of president due to death, resignation, removal, or disability.

The Vice President of the United States of America is Mike Pence.

Question 3

Twenty-Second Amendment

Answer 3

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 was enacted after President Roosevelt’s 4 terms.

Question 4

Watergate

Answer 4

A scandal in the early 1970s involving a break in at the Democratic National Committee. Offices in the Watergate complex. The involvement of the Nixon Administration and cover-up led to President Nixon’s resignation.

The Watergate Scandal led to a decrease in the President’s executive ability.

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.

Executive privileges were only given because they were implied powers.

Question 6

US 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.

The Supreme Court ruled that the idea of an executive privilege has no constitutional value yet the president was still allowed to refuse to comply to a court order.

Question 7

Presidential Succession Act

Answer 7

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 was enacted after President Roosevelt passed away and Harry Truman assumed power.

Question 8

Twenty-Fifth Amendment

Answer 8

Adapted in 1967 to establish procedures for filling vacancy 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 was only put into place after the death of President Kennedy allowing Lyndon B. Johnson to assume power.

Question 9

Cabinet

Answer 9

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

Presidents have the power to appoint Cabinet members.

Question 10

League of Nations

Answer 10

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

The League of Nations was succeeded by the United Nations Organization.

Question 11

Executive Agreements

Answer 11

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

Executive Agreements must be ratified by the US Senate, but they are made by the Executive branch.

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.

The President can veto a bill if it doesn’t align with the President’s agenda.

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.

President Gerald Ford issued a pardon on behalf of Richard Nixon.

Question 14

Inherent Powers

Answer 14

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

Inherent powers are different from implied powers in that they are powers derived from the US Constitution.

Question 15

First Lady

Answer 15

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

The First Lady of the United States of America is Melania Trump.

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.

The Executive Office of the President was created in 1939.

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.

A bully pulpit point of view believes that the power of the president is to generate support and nothing else.

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.

The Office of Management and Budget can forecast executive budget proposals and present them to the US Congress.

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.

President Trump signed an executive order to detain families together at the border.

Question 20

Signing Statements

Answer 20

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

Signing Statements are rarely written on bills signed by the president.