Chapter 12 Flashcards
According to the U.S. Constitution, if no one candidate receives a majority vote of the Electoral College, who chooses the president?
the U.S. House of Representatives.
The presidency was created by _____________ of the U.S. Constitution.
Article II
Which of the following presidents lost the popular voted, but still won the presidency?
A.
Rutherford B. Hayes
B. Benjamin Harrison C. George W. Bush D. all of these answers are correct.
all of these answers are correct.
Which of the following is a formal constitutional requirement for becoming president?
A. One must be at least 40 years of age.
B. One must be a resident in the United States for at least 1 year.
C. One must be a natural-born citizen
D. One must be a white male.
One must be a natural-born citizen
A very challenging job for new presidents is to
nominate and gain confirmation for their cabinet and hundreds of other officials.
Twenty-second Amendment
Constitutional Amendment that restricts a president to two terms.
Twelfth Amendment
Constitutional amendment that couples a particular presidential candidate with that candidate’s running mate in a unified ticket.
Executive order
A rule issued by the president without the cooperation of Congress and having the force of law.
Executive agreement
An international agreement between the president and another country made by the executive branch without the formal consent of the Senate.
Executive privilege
The president’s right to withhold information from Congress, the judiciary, or the public.
The branch of the federal government that has changed the most is the
Executive Branch
Who suggested the president should be elected for life?
Alexander Hamilton
Powers the Constitution explicitly grants to the president are
expressed powers.
What are the powers assumed by the presidents, often during crises, on the basis of the constitutional phrase “the executive power shall be vested in the president”?
inherent powers
The idea that the Constitution puts the president in charge of executing the laws, and therefore no other branch should limit presidential discretion over executive matters, is known as
unitary executive theory
When signing bills into law, presidents often make statements that offer the administration’s interpretation of the law; these are known as
signing statements
Some critics refer to an American presidency that has begun to demonstrate imperial traits—indicating that the republic is slowly morphing into an empire—as a(n) ___________ presidency.
imperial.
Presidential roles include all of the following EXCEPT
head of the Senate
The presidential power to block an act of Congress by refusing to sign it is called
veto power.
Top officials in the executive agencies appointed by the president are
political appointees.
The agencies that help the president manage his daily activities are in the
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
The OMB’s authority to review and “clear” (or okay) anything a member of the administration says or does in public is called
central clearance.
Which First Lady became a one-woman campaign for liberal social policy and a popular symbol of the New Deal?
Eleanor Roosevelt.
The president’s constitutional roles, such as chief executive and commander in chief,
have expanded in practice to be more powerful than the writers of the Constitution intended
