Executive Branch

Question 1

Chief of state

Answer 1

Ceremonial head of govt

Question 2

Chief executive

Answer 2

Vested with the executive power

Question 3

Chief administrator

Answer 3

Director of the executive branch

Question 4

Chief diplomat

Answer 4

Main architect of American foreign policy

Question 5

Chief legislator

Answer 5

Principal author of public policies

Question 6

Commander in chief

Answer 6

Commander in chief of the nations armed forced

Question 7

Chief economist

Answer 7

Expected to be president
Keep eye on nations economy and take action when conditions dialate

Question 8

Chief of party

Answer 8

Acknowledged leader of the political party that controls executive branch (president)

Question 9

Chief citizen

Answer 9

Representative of all the people

Question 10

Presidential succession

Answer 10

The scheme by which a presidential vacancy is filled

Question 11

First Lady

Answer 11

Official title for the presidents wife or the White House hostess

Question 12

Executive orders

Answer 12

Chief executive issued exec orders
Aka rules or regulations that have the effect of law

Question 13

Executive privilege

Answer 13

The inherent power to refuse to disclose certain information to congress or the federal courts

Question 14

Reprieve

Answer 14

The postponement of the execution of a sentence

Question 15

Pardon

Answer 15

Legal forgiveness of a crime

Question 16

Commutation

Answer 16

The power to reduce a fine or the length of a sentence imposed by a court

Question 17

Amnesty

Answer 17

A blanket pardon offered to a group of law violators

Question 18

Veto

Answer 18

Not make the bill a law

Question 19

Treaty

Answer 19

A formal agreement between two or more sovereign states

Question 20

Executive departments (or cabinet departments)

Answer 20

15 departments
Each built around some broad field of activity

Question 21

Role of cabinet members

Answer 21

Individually head of one of the exes departments
Collectively advisors to the president