Chapter 14 Terms

Question 1

Created as a result of the Brownlow Report; made up of White House offices and agencies

Answer 1

Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Question 2

Agency originally created to stop counterfeiting but eventually became responsible for protecting the president

Answer 2

Secret Service

Question 3

The President of the United States

Answer 3

POTUS

Question 4

Written understanding with another head of state to carry out a particular action

Answer 4

Executive agreement

Question 5

The ultimate check on the president

Answer 5

Impeachment

Question 6

Restricts the president to two terms

Answer 6

Twenty-second amendment

Question 7

Previously Shangri-La, renamed in honor of President Eisenhower’s grandson

Answer 7

Camp David

Question 8

Appointed vice president with the resignation of Spiro Agnew

Answer 8

Gerald Ford

Question 9

Outlines the process for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency

Answer 9

Twenty-fifth Amendment

Question 10

Offices of the executive branch developed to assist the president in his constitutional duties and to meet the demands of Americas growth

Answer 10

Cabinet

Question 11

Term of Office

Answer 11

Tenure

Question 12

The president’s power to refuse to sign a bill into law

Answer 12

veto

Question 13

Annual Speech given by the President before the joint session of the House and Senate, which establishes the Presidents legislative agenda

Answer 13

State of the Union

Question 14

The automatic veto of a bill the president leaves unsigned for ten days during a congressional adjournment

Answer 14

pocket veto

Question 15

Allows the president to veto part of the bill without vetoing the entire bill

Answer 15

line-item veto

Question 16

Government activities not made known to the public

Answer 16

covert operations

Question 17

Presidential directions or actions that have effect or force of law

Answer 17

executive orders

Question 18

Where the top aides serving the president are, including the press secretary, legal advisor, chief of staff, and physician

Answer 18

White House Office

Question 19

Agencies within the Executive Office that serve the president in management, intelligence, and economic matters

Answer 19

National Security Council (NSC) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB)