executive branch

Question 1

twenty-second amendment

Answer 1

1limited president to two terms

Question 2

twenty fifth amendment

Answer 2

permits the vice president to take over for the president if they’re unable to serve

Question 3

impeachment

Answer 3

• political equivalent of an indictment
• House may impeach a president with a majority vote on the charge of “treason, bribery, and other high crimes or misdemeanors”

Question 4

Watergate

Answer 4

Nixon scandal with Watergate Hotel

Question 5

executive orders

Answer 5

regulations originating in the executive branch

Question 6

cabinet

Answer 6

• presidential advisors
• not mentioned in Consitution
• 14 secretaries, attorney general, and other positions

Question 7

national security council

Answer 7

• links the president’s foreign and military policy advisors
• formal members are the president, vice president, secretary of state, secretary of defense, and national security assistant

Question 8

Council of Economic Advisors

Answer 8

• three-member body appointed president
• advise president on economic policy

Question 9

Office of Management and Budget

Answer 9

• prepares president’s budget
• advises proposals from departments and agencies to help review their proposed regulations

Question 10

veto

Answer 10

• presidential power to send a bill back to Congress with reason for rejection
• can be overridden with a 2/3 vote in both Houses

Question 11

pocket veto

Answer 11

• a veto when the president simply lets the bill die by neither signing it nor veteoing it

Question 12

War Powers Resolution

Answer 12

• passed in 1973, in reaction to American fighting in Vietnam and Cambodia
• requires presidents to consult with Congress whenever possible prior to using military force and to withdraw forces after 60 days unless Congress declares war or grants an extension
• presidents have viewed the resolution as unconstitutional.

Question 13

legislative veto

Answer 13

• a vote in Congress to override the Presidential decision
• Although the War Powers Resolution asserts this authority, there is reason to believe that, if challenged, the Supreme Court would find the legislative veto in violation of the doctrine of separation of powers

Question 14

crisis

Answer 14

A sudden, unpredictable, and potentially dangerous event requiring the president to play the role of crisis manager.

Question 15

What were the founding fathers scared of?

Answer 15

dictatorship and the common man’s accessibility to the government

Question 16

Jacksonian Era

Answer 16

• created white man’s democracy (opened up the vote to the common white man)
• used executive power boldly

Question 17

Lincoln Era

Answer 17

• dismantled slavery nationally through legislative means
• used presidential power boldly: suspension of habeas corpus, prosecuted war, harsh penalties to enemies of Union

Question 18

13 Amendment was special because?

Answer 18

It was the first time a president had sponsored an amendment

Question 19

Roosevelt Era:

Answer 19

• president of the people: very personable and had a strong media presence

Question 20

FDR first term

Answer 20

• lead during Great Depression
• valued communication with American people and kept them informed
• New Deal: strong welfare state
• public polling

Question 21

FDR second term

Answer 21

• bold moves during GB-passed a ton of legislation
• many believed he overstepped his boundaries

Question 22

idea of popular mandate

Answer 22

the concept of legitimacy through popular support, presidents use this to get stuff done