Chapter 5

Question 1

Executive Branch

Answer 1

The branch of government charged with putting the nations laws into affect

Question 2

Enumerated/Formal Powers

Answer 2

Powers expressly granted in the Constitution

Question 3

Informal Powers

Answer 3

Powers not laid out in the Constitution but used to carry out presidential duties

Question 4

Treaty

Answer 4

An agreement with a foreign government negotiated by the President and requires a 2/3 vote in the Senate to ratify

Question 5

State of the Union Address

Answer 5

An annual speech from the President to Congress updating the branch on the state of national affairs

Question 6

Veto

Answer 6

A formal rejection by the President of a bill that has passed both houses of Congress

Question 7

Pocket Veto

Answer 7

An informal veto caused when the President chooses not to sign a bill within 10 days, during a time when Congress has adjourned at the end of a session

Question 8

Presidential Pardon

Answer 8

The presidential authority to release individuals convicted of a crime from legal consequences and set aside punishment for a crime

Question 9

Executive Privilege

Answer 9

The right claimed by presidents to keep certain conversations, records and transcripts confidential from outside scrutiny, especially that of Congress

Question 10

Executive Agreement

Answer 10

An agreement between the President and another nation that doesn’t have the same durability in the American System as a treaty but doesn’t require Senate ratification

Question 11

Signing Statement

Answer 11

Written comments issued by presidents while signing a bill into law that usually consist of political statements or reasons for signing the bill but that may also include a presidents interpretation of the law itself

Question 12

Executive Order

Answer 12

Policy directives issued by Presidents that don’t require Congressional approval

Question 13

War Powers Resolution

Answer 13

A law passed over President Nixon’s veto that restricts the power of the president to maintain troops in combat for more than 60 days without congressional authorization

Question 14

Impeachment

Answer 14

The process of removing President from office, with articles of impeachment issued by a majority vote in the House of Representatives, followed by a trial in the Senate, with 2/3 vote necessary to convict and remove

Question 15

Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Answer 15

A collection of offices within the White House organization designed to provide information to the president

Question 16

Bargaining and Persuasion

Answer 16

An informal tool used by the President to persuade members of Congress to support policy initiatives

Question 17

Bully Pulpit

Answer 17

Presidential appeal to the public to pressure other branches of government to support policies

Question 18

Going Public

Answer 18

A tactic through which presidents reach out directly to the American people with hope that the people will put pressure upon their senators and representatives to press for a presidents policy goals

Question 19

Cabinet

Answer 19

The group of presidential appointees who head the departments working on national policies

Question 20

Mandate

Answer 20

The authority to carry out a policy or course of action, regarded as given by the electorate to a candidate or party the is victorious in an election.

Question 21

Honeymoon Period

Answer 21

the initial time of a term during which presidents are most effective with Congress

Question 22

Twenty-fifth Amendment

Answer 22

If the President becomes unable to do their job, the vice-president becomes president. This can happen for a little while, if the president is sick or disabled for a short time.

Question 23

Electoral College

Answer 23

A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president

Question 24

Imperial Presidency

Answer 24

one in which the president does as he or she pleases and Congress has little to say about it