Executive Branch

Question 1

The Constitution: Article 2, section 1

Answer 1

The executive power should be vested in the president.

Question 2

Chief of State

Answer 2

The president is the ceremonial head of the government of the USA

Question 3

Chief Executive

Answer 3

The president carries out laws from congress and decisions of the Supreme Court

Question 4

Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia

Answer 4

State of Georgia kicks out Cherokee nation for expansion of land

Question 5

Chief Diplomat

Answer 5

The president is the architect of American foreign policy

Question 6

As chief diplomat the president:

Answer 6

Makes treaties, executive agreements, appoints ambassadors, holds summit conference

Question 7

Commander in chief

Answer 7

The President is the leader of the armed forces

Question 8

Chief legislator

Answer 8

The president is the architect of public policy

Question 9

Veto in Latin=

Answer 9

“I forbid”

Question 10

Chief of party

Answer 10

The president is the acknowledged leader of his political party

Question 11

Coattail

Answer 11

The tendency for a political party leader to attract votes for other candidates of the same party in an election

Question 12

Coattail in 2004

Answer 12

George H.W Bush

Question 13

Chief Citizen

Answer 13

The president is the moral leader of the nation

Question 14

Qualifications of President

Answer 14

Age (35)
Natural born citizen
Resident in the us for 14 years

Question 15

Who was the youngest president

Answer 15

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 16

VP candidate who suffered from depression

Answer 16

Thomas Eagleton (D, MO)

Question 17

22nd amendment

Answer 17

Limits a president to a two (4) year term

Question 18

Salary

Answer 18

Congress sets the salary

Salary cannot be lowered while in office

Question 19

Presidential benefits

Answer 19

1. White House
2. Oval Office
3. Camp David (Catoctin mountains, Maryland)
4. Air Force one
5. Marine one
6. Limos
7. Secret service protection
8. Medical treatment
9. Pension

Question 20

Camp David was named after who’s grandson?

Answer 20

Dwight Eisenhower

Question 21

Camp David Accord (1978)

Answer 21

Included president Jimmy Carter, president Anwar Sadat (Egypt), prime minister Menachem Begin (Israel)

Question 22

Presidential Pension

Answer 22

The pension is not a fixed amount but the same as the cabinet members salary
Secret service protection
Staff salary: $96k a year
Widow salary: 20,000 per year for life

Question 23

Presidential succession

Answer 23

President

• Vice President
• speaker of the house
• president pro tempore of the senate
  - The heads of the 15 departments of the cabinet

Question 24

25th Amendment

Answer 24

If there is a vacancy in the VP you can appoint one confirmed by the house and senate
President Nixon appointed Gerald Ford
President Ford appointed Nelson Rockefeller

Question 25

25th amendment Cont.

Answer 25

If a president declares himself incapacitated, the VP becomes president
If the VP and majority of the cabinet declare a president incapacitated the VP becomes president

Question 26

Two presidents who declared themselves incapacitated:

Answer 26

President Reagan in 1985 (colon surgery)
George Bush (colonoscopy)