Chapter 2.4

Question 1

Article II

Answer 1

Discusses the executive branch and the presidency.

Question 2

Qualifications for President

Answer 2

Natural born citizen, 35 years old, US resident for 14 years

Question 3

Roles of the President

Answer 3

Commander in chief, pardons and reprieves, appoint public ministers, recommend and approve bills, adjourn Congress

Question 4

Formal Powers

Answer 4

Powers given in Article II

Question 5

Informal Powers

Answer 5

Powers that have been interpreted to give to the president.

Question 6

Veto

Answer 6

President can reject a bill. They have 10 days to make a decision. It becomes a law with no signature after 10 days.

Question 7

Pocket Veto

Answer 7

President gets a bill in the last 10 days of the legislative session. Refusal to sign kills the bill.

Question 8

Line-Item Veto

Answer 8

President vetoes part of a bill.

Question 9

Commander in Chief

Answer 9

President is in charge of the military.

Question 10

Executive Agreement

Answer 10

Agreement between two heads of state without Congress. The next president is not bound to this and it cannot interfere with previous treaties.

Question 11

12th Amendment

Answer 11

2 candidates, 1 ticket. President and vice-president run together.

Question 12

22nd Amendment

Answer 12

Limits president to 2 terms or 10 years.

Question 13

Executive Orders

Answer 13

President can carry out laws and administer government. Can’t do anything that falls under congressional jurisdiction.

Question 14

Signing Statements

Answer 14

President’s interpretation of a bill and how they plan to enforce it.

Question 15

Executive Privledge

Answer 15

Right to withhold information from other branches.