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Question 1

Which department manufactures coins and paper money?

Answer 1

Treasury

Question 2

Which department promotes international trade?

Answer 2

Commerce

Question 3

Which department includes the joint cheifs of staff?

Answer 3

Defense

Question 4

Which department manages mining of natural resources?

Answer 4

Interior

Question 5

Which department makes money available for mortgages?

Answer 5

Housing and Urban development

Question 6

Which department is head of the attorney general?

Answer 6

Justice

Question 7

Which department works to develop clean coal technology?

Answer 7

Energy

Question 8

Which department protects citzens traveling abroad?

Answer 8

State

Question 9

Whic department collects taxes?

Answer 9

Treasury

Question 10

Which department extends financial credit to farmers?

Answer 10

agriculture

Question 11

Which department ensures safe working conditions?

Answer 11

labor

Question 12

Which department maintains national highways?

Answer 12

transportation

Question 13

which department secures and manages U.S. borders?

Answer 13

Homeland Security

Question 14

Which department is the largest department with its headquarters in the pentagon?

Answer 14

Defense

Question 15

Which department oversees programs to benefit former soldiers and their families?

Answer 15

veterans affairs

Question 16

which department coordinates the census

Answer 16

commerce

Question 17

which department represents the U.S. at the United Nations?

Answer 17

State

Question 18

Which department safeguards the nation’s food supply?

Answer 18

Agriculture

Question 19

Which department ensures the safety of food and drugs?

Answer 19

agriculture

Question 20

which department provides transmission of electricity and natural gas between states

Answer 20

Energy

Question 21

Which department protects national parks?

Answer 21

interior

Question 22

Which department creates programs promoting literacy, science and math as well as the involvement of girls in athletics?

Answer 22

Education

Question 23

Which department protects minimum wage?

Answer 23

Labor

Question 24

Which department secures cyberspace?

Answer 24

Homeland security

Question 25

Which department includes the secret service?

Answer 25

Homeland security

Question 26

Which department administers national cemetaries?

Answer 26

Veterans affairs

Question 27

Which departments staffs U.S. embassies abroad?

Answer 27

State

Question 28

Which department provides block grants to develop communities?

Answer 28

Housing and Urban development

Question 29

Who is the Secretary of State?

Answer 29

John Kerry

Question 30

List the 3 qualifications of being a president

Answer 30

Must be a natural born citzen of the United States Must be 35 years of age Must be a resident of the United States for at least 14 years

Question 31

List the 3 benifits of being president

Answer 31

``` A nice house: "the executive mansion" great security a salary of $400,000 per year personal helicopter Personal airplane ```

Question 32

What are the 4 powers of the president alone?

Answer 32

commander in chief commision officers grants reprieves and pardons for federal offenses wield "the executive power"

Question 33

What are the 2 powers the president shares with the Senate?

Answer 33

Power to make treaties | appoint ambassadors and judges

Question 34

What are the 2 powers the president shares with Congress as a whole?

Answer 34

Power to approve legislation | Veto Power

Question 35

What are the 7 executive powers of the president? Think....every scientist could do lots per experiment

Answer 35

``` Chief Executive Chief of State Commander in Chief Chief Diplomat Chief Legislator Chief of the Party Chief of the Economy ```

Question 36

List the order of succession after the President

Answer 36

1) Vice President 2) Speaker of the House 3) Pro-Tempore 4) Secretary of State

Question 37

What is the 22nd Amendment about?

Answer 37

It dealt with the two term idea 1) Nobody can be elected as President more than twice. No one that serves more than two years of another President's term can be lected more than once.

Question 38

What is the 20th amendment about?

Answer 38

The idea of the "Lame Duck Period" It reduces the time between the election and the end of the term 1) The Pres. and VP end their terms on the 20th of January 2) Members of Congress end their terms on the 3rd of January 3) The Amendment reduces the time between election and end of term from March 3rd.

Question 39

What is the 25th Amendment about?

Answer 39

Presidential Succession 1) VP becomes the president if the president is removed or dies 2) If there is a vacancy in the VP, the President appoints a new Vice President 3) VP is president temporarily if the President is unable to serve temporarily 4) When President says he is fit he becomes active president again unless VP/majority of cabinet/2/3 Congress declare him still unfit. In this case VP is Pres.

Question 40

What are the two roles of the Vice President?

Answer 40

1) He is the President of the Senate | 2) He decides the question of Presidential disability

Question 41

Youngstown Steel v, Sawyer

Answer 41

was a United States Supreme Court decision that limited the power of the President of the United States to seize private property in the absence of either specifically enumerated authority under Article Two of the United States Constitution or statutory authority conferred on him by Congress. It was a "stinging rebuff" to President Harry Truman. It represented a check on the most extreme claims of executive power at the time. It also represented the Court's assertion of its own role in intervening in political questions.

Question 42

What is the executive privilege?

Answer 42

is the constitutional principle that permits the president and high-level executive branch officers to withhold information from Congress, the courts, and ultimately the public.

Question 43

What is an executive order?

Answer 43

Legally bonding orders given by the President, they are used to direct federal agencies and officials in their execution of congressional established laws or policies

Question 44

What is impeachment?

Answer 44

The House and can impeach the President, VP, or any federal officer for Bribery treason or serious crimes. The senate convicts Impeachment removes the person from the office (basically article 2 part 4)

Question 45

Checks and Balances of the President on the other two branches of Government This is not that important only look at a few times :)

Answer 45

Checks on the Legislature Veto power Vice President is President of the Senate Commander in chief of the military Recess appointments Emergency calling into session of one or both houses of Congress May force adjournment when both houses cannot agree on adjournment Compensation cannot be diminished Checks on the Judiciary Power to appoint judges Pardon power Checks on the Executive Vice President and Cabinet can vote that the President is unable to discharge his duties

Question 46

Article 2 Part1

Answer 46

Requirements, salary, oath

Question 47

Article 2 part 2

Answer 47

Commander in Chief of Armed forces | Cheif executive: runs executive agencies has pardon power :)

Question 48

Article 2 section 3

Answer 48

Reports to Congress how things in the Country are going Can call together House and Senate for emergency meetings Meets with other nations on nations behalf Runs the country by enforcing laws and directing officers and staff

Question 49

Article 2 Section 4

Answer 49

President, VP, or other federal officers can be removed fromoffice upon impeachment by the House and conviction of the Senate of: Bribery Treason Serious Crimes

Question 50

Which department manufactures coins and paper money?

Answer 50

Treasury

Question 51

What is the difference between the President and the Prime Minister?

Answer 51

President: Often an outsider (not part of DC) Chooses Cabinet members from outside Congress no guaranteed majority in the legislature Prime Minister: Already an insider (member of parliment) Cabinet members are almost always current members of Parliament Always has the majority in the legislature

Question 52

What is veto power?

Answer 52

the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature