Chapter 11 Comparative Government Flashcards
To be President, a person must be a ____ citizen, and have lived in the United States at least _____ years, and be at least _____ years old.
Natural Born, 14, 35
The President serves a _____ -year term. He or she may serve a maximum of _____ full terms.
4, 2
What annual salary does the president earn?
$400,000 a year
______ suggested the electoral college in 1787.
Alexander Hamilton
Members of the electoral college are called ______
Electors
Originally the constitution required that the person receiving the most electoral votes would become ______, while the person with the second-most votes would become ______
President, Vice President
Voters don’t vote for the President directly; they actually vote for ______
Electors
To become President, a candidate must have at least _____ electoral votes
270
Two criticisms of the electoral collage are that the division of votes among the ______ is not fair; and, most seriously, that the electoral college might not elect as President the person who won the ______ vote.
States, popular
A member of the electoral college
Elector
Group of people selected in each state to formally cast the votes for President and Vice President
Electoral College
Vote cast for the President and Vice President by the Electoral College
Electoral Vote
There are four ways in which the presidency may be vacated by _____, _____, ______, or ______.
Death, Disability, resignation, Impeachment with Removal
The order in which a presidential Vacancy is filled is _______
Succession
The order of presidential succession was established by the 1947 _______
Presidential Succession Act
The order of the presidential succession is as follows 1. ________, 2. _______, 3. _________, 4. ________.
Vice President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Cabinet
The _______ provides for filling a vacancy in the Presidency.
25th Amendment
If both the Presidency and vice presidency are vacant at the same time, who becomes the president? The ______ Who becomes the Vice President? The _______
Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the Senate
According to the Constitution, the Vice President has but 2 duties, One is to preside over the ______, the other is to help decide questions of ______
Senate, Disability
The procedure by which a vacancy in the presidency is filled.
Presidential Succession
The heads of the executive departments in their capacity as advisers to the President.
Cabinet
The Executive branch (think of it like a principal of a school, what is his role?)
administration
The constitutional powers of the presidency are described in Article _____ of the Constitution.
2
the President is _______ of the armed forces.
Commander in chief of all the armed forces of the US
The ______ limits the amount of time a president can commit U.S. troops without congressional approval.
War powers resolution
The president is the country’s chief ______, or negotiator with other countries.
Diplomat
All ______ negosiated by the president with other counties must be approved by the Senate.
Treaties
The president has the power to enter into ______, which are pacts between heads of state
Executive agreement
Presidential directives called ________ have the force of law.
Executive Order
The president can grand _______ and _______ to federal criminals.
Commution and Reprieves
The president is required to deliver a ________ message to Congress “from time to time”
State of the Union
A President can ______, or reject any bill passed by Conress.
Veto
The power of Congress to void execuative branch actions.
legislative Veto
A formal agreement between nations.
Treaty
An agreement between the President and another head of state.
Executive
Directive issued by the President that defines new policies or carries out existing laws.
Executive order
Since the constitution was ratified, four types of powers have strengthened the presidency: ___________, _____________, ____________, and _____________.
Economic Planning, Executive privilege, impoundment, and persuasion.
President _______ established the President as the Chief economic planner of the country.
FDR
What law directed the President to submit an annual economic report to Congress and created the Council of Economic Advisers?
Employment act of 1946
___________ is the president’s right to withhold information from congress or the courts.
Executive Privilege
Executive privilege was first questioned during the administration of President ______ in 1974
Nixon
________ is the refusal of a President to spend money appropriated by Congress.
Impoundment
Congress sought to stop presidential impoundment by passing the _________ of 1974.
Budget Reform Act
The three Presidents who are widely considered “great” are ________, _________, and _________.
Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington
The president’s right to refuse supply information to a court or congress
Executive Privilege
The president’s power to refuse to spend money allocated by congress.
Impoundment
Marked by cooperation between the two major Political Parties
Bipartisan
