CH. 11

Question 1

which article of the constitution established the executive branch and the presidency

Answer 1

Article II

Question 2

what is like a treaty because it is a contact between two countries, but it does not require the approval of the senate?

Answer 2

executive agreement

Question 3

a resolution of congress that the president can send troops into action abroad only by authorization of Congress, only if American troops are already under attack or serious threat

Answer 3

War Powers Resolution

Question 4

the claim that confidential communications deemed vital to the national interest between the president and close advisors should not be revealed without consent of the president

Answer 4

Executive privilege

Question 5

ruled that the president has only limited executive privilege, covering confidentiality of confidential communications if the disclosure would compromise national interest

Answer 5

U.S. vs Nixon

Question 6

article that provides that the president “shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient”

Answer 6

Article II section 3

Question 7

the president’s constitutional power to turn down the acts of Congress. This power alone makes the president the most important single legislative leader

Answer 7

Veto Power

Question 8

No bill vetoed by the president can become law unless both the House and Senate do what?

Answer 8

override the veto by a two-thirds vote

Question 9

A veto in which the House and Senate can’t override. The bill will not become law

Answer 9

pocket veto

Question 10

the power to reward supporters through the power to make appointments

Answer 10

patronage

Question 11

how many cabinet departments are there?

Answer 11

15

Question 12

what is the newest cabinet?

Answer 12

homeland security (after 9/11)

Question 13

who appoints the Cabinet Secretaries

Answer 13

the president

Question 14

the largest office within the executive office of the president (Office of Managment and Budget)

Answer 14

the OMB

Question 15

which position exists to succeed the president in case of death, incapacity, resignation or impeachment? Also presides over the Senate, but only votes to break ties. They balance the ticket

Answer 15

Vice President

Question 16

presidents can only do what the constitution allows them to do (associated with William Howard Taft)

Answer 16

Taftian Model

Question 17

control access to the president. They decide who can get to the president, and who can’t. They make sure that the president is going with his agenda

Answer 17

Chief of Staff

Question 18

legislative power and required by the constitution. Often talked about is not what they have done, but what they are going to do.

Answer 18

State of the Union

Question 19

Who had the most vetoes

Answer 19

FDR (because of the great depression and long terms)

Question 20

political issues that have a broad amount of consensus among voters (the first lady)

Answer 20

Valence issues

Question 21

the belief that the electorate broadly supports your plans and has told you so with an electoral victory

Answer 21

mandate

Question 22

first part of presidency when the trend line goes down

Answer 22

honeymoon period