Article 2- The President

Question 0

What is the 20th amendment about?

Answer 0

It moves the Presidential inauguration date up to January 20 to prevent Lame Duck (Nick and Peter ran over a duck amendment)

Question 1

What does article 2 deal with?

Answer 1

The executive branch/presidency

Question 2

What is the Nick and Peter ran over a duck amendment?

Answer 2

20th

Question 3

Which amendment moved the inauguration date?

Answer 3

20th amendment

Question 4

What is a lame duck?

Answer 4

Incumbent not reelected who has no power in the office but is still the elected official

Question 5

What does the 12th amendment concern?

Answer 5

It assures the President and VP are from the same party and run separately

Question 6

Which amendment assures the President and VP are from the same party?

Answer 6

12th

Question 7

What does the 22nd amendment concern?

Answer 7

It states the VP can serve 10 years in office (as VP and then President) or no more than 2 terms

Question 8

Which amendment says the VP can serve 10 years or 2 terms?

Answer 8

22nd

Question 9

What is NASA?

Answer 9

An independent regulatory agency

Question 10

Who are the President’s top advisors?

Answer 10

Joint chiefs of staff

Question 11

Who speaks to press for the President?

Answer 11

Press secretary

Question 12

What executive group is closest to the President?

Answer 12

The White House Office

Question 13

Who is called th “gatekeeper”?

Answer 13

Chief of staff

Question 14

What are the heads of executive departments called?

Answer 14

Secretaries

Question 15

What is the head of the justice department called?

Answer 15

Attorney general

Question 16

Which section of the executive branch writes proposals?

Answer 16

The OMB or office of management and budget

Question 17

How many presidents have been impeached?

Answer 17

2

Question 18

How many presidents have resigned?

Answer 18

1

Question 19

What is a custom for the presidency?

Answer 19

They’re always civilians

Question 20

Who has become the president and the vice president?

Answer 20

Gerald Ford

Question 21

Who pardoned Nixon?

Answer 21

Gerald Ford

Question 22

Who pardoned Reagan’s national Security Council staff?

Answer 22

H.W. Bush

Question 23

What is an agreement made between two heads of state?

Answer 23

executive agreement

Question 24

What has the force of the law but it's not actually a law?

Answer 24

executive order

Question 25

What does the president signs stating that he does not have to carry out laws, even ones that he signed?

Answer 25

Signing statement

Question 26

What is Latin for I reject?

Answer 26

Veto

Question 27

What are examples of a government corporation?

Answer 27

Amtrak, United States Postal Service

Question 28

Judicial power wipes out a federal offense?

Answer 28

Pardon

Question 29

What judicial power postpones stuff?

Answer 29

Reprieve

Question 30

When do most presidents usually make pardons?

Answer 30

The day before they leave office

Question 31

Who chooses the president?

Answer 31

The electoral college

Question 32

How are electors in the electoral college chosen?

Answer 32

The total number of state legislators in the United States is the total number of electors

Question 33

Who is the only president was elected for more than two terms?

Answer 33

FDR

Question 34

Where does the president get his power?

Answer 34

The Constitution

Question 35

What amendment states that the president can appoint the vice president?

Answer 35

25th

Question 36

Which amendment is called presidential succession and disability amendment?

Answer 36

25th

Question 37

What does the 25th amendment state?

Answer 37

If there's a vacancy in the vice president office the president is allowed to appoint a new vice president.

Question 38

How is it determined if the president is disabled?

Answer 38

1. He relinquishes it 2. He gets kidnapped, in which case the vice president in the majority of the cabinet vote on who the next president will be 3. He goes crazy, in which case two thirds of the Senate votes

Question 39

What is the Imperial presidency?

Answer 39

The president is not highly checked, he is the most powerful part of the government. He rules like an imperialist

Question 40

What are two examples of an Imperial presidency?

Answer 40

Iran – Contra scandal, and the Watergate scandal

Question 41

Who must the president ask for approval on treaties?

Answer 41

Senate

Question 42

How many times can a bill pass through Congress

Answer 42

Two times, if it is overridden from the president's Veto

Question 43

What two powers does the Constitution grant the Vice President?

Answer 43

He is the president of the Senate, and he must be the president if the president cannot rule

Question 44

Who tried to overthrow the Sandinistas?

Answer 44

Contras

Question 45

What amendment says that we can't support the Contras?

Answer 45

The Boland amendment

Question 46

Who gathers human intelligence?

Answer 46

CIA

Question 47

Who gathers electronic intelligence?

Answer 47

NSA

Question 48

What is the winner takes all system?

Answer 48

The majority winner in the state gets all of the electoral votes for that state

Question 49

What two things does the Pres. only promise?

Answer 49

To execute the laws of the United States, and to protect and defend the people

Question 50

Who are in the kitchen cabinet?

Answer 50

The close friends and relients of the president. They have more influence than the official cabinet

Question 51

What is the cabinet?

Answer 51

They are the official relients of the president, but not very listened to

Question 52

What strengthens the presidency?

Answer 52

Mass media, veto power, and executive privilege

Question 53

What is executive privilege? And what are the limits, or pushback, of the privileges?

Answer 53

It is the idea of an executive is entitled to his secrets. And some limits are: you cannot increase the Supreme Court size, and the patriot act

Question 54

What is the increasing of the Supreme Court size?

Answer 54

Courtpacking

Question 55

What roles does the president have?

Answer 55

He is the chief executive, head of state, chief administrator, chief diplomat, commander-in-chief, head of political party, and chief legislator

Question 56

When is the president elected?

Answer 56

On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in years divisible by four

Question 57

What three formal qualifications must be met in order to be president?

Answer 57

You must be 35 years old, a natural born citizen, and a 14 year resident of United States

Question 58

What can the president do?

Answer 58

He can grant reprieves and pardons, make treaties and executive agreements, appoint officers in the Armed Forces, diplomats, heads of agencies, Congress, federal judges, and US marshals, and receive ambassadors and extend legal recognition to countries

Question 59

What is a persona non grata?

Answer 59

A person not welcome