Executive Branch Review

Question 1

Who is the head of the executive branch?

Answer 1

The president

Question 2

what are the requirements to be the president?

Answer 2

at least 35 years old
Nativeborn US citizen
Resident of the US for 14 consecutive years

Question 3

What are electors

Answer 3

Representatives who vote for one of the major presidential candidates

Question 4

What does it mean when the president is elected by the electoral college?

Answer 4

Each state appoints an elector, and when a citizen votes, they are voting for a list of presidential electors pledged to that candidate
The candidate must win 270 of the 538 electoral votes.

Question 5

how is the number of each states electoral votes determined

Answer 5

The total of its US senators and reps

Question 6

What determines who is part of the electoral college?

Answer 6

The political parties in each state

Question 7

What is the maximum number of terms and years that a president can serve?

Answer 7

2 terms/10 years

Question 8

what did the 22nd amendment say?

Answer 8

it limited each president to two elected terms in office

Question 9

The vice president is the leader of the what

Answer 9

The Senate, but is only involved when a vote is needed due to a tie or disagreement

Question 10

President succession act 1947

Answer 10

Created a line of succession to follow if the president dies

Question 11

Who would assume the presidency if both the president and the vice president died?

Answer 11

Speaker of the house

Question 12

List the top five replacements of the line of succession if the president died.

Answer 12

Vice president
Speaker of the house
President pro tempore
Secretary of state
Secretary of treasury

Question 13

What did the 25th amendment say?

Answer 13

Said that if the president dies or leaves office, vice president becomes the president

Question 14

List three powers the president has

Answer 14

Execute/carry out laws
Appoint heads of executive agencies, federal court judges, etc.
Call Congress into special session

Question 15

What is the State of Union address?

Answer 15

A speech given by the president to Congress on important challenges facing the country

Question 16

What is an executive order?

Answer 16

A rule or command that has the force of law

Question 17

Who appoints judges to the Supreme Court

Answer 17

Chief executive

Question 18

What is a pardon?

Answer 18

A declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment

Question 19

What is a reprieve?

Answer 19

an order to delay a persons punishment until a higher court can hear the case

Question 20

What is an amnesty?

Answer 20

A pardon toward a group of people

Question 21

As chief diplomat, the president makes decisions about

Answer 21

how the US acts toward other countries in the world

Question 22

What does it mean to be commander-in-chief?

Answer 22

Able to back up foreign policy decisions with force

Question 23

List the two parts of the war powers resolution of 1973

Answer 23

The president has to tell Congress within 48 hours when troops are sent into battle
Troops have to be brought back after 60 days unless Congress agrees and declares war

Question 24

The constitution states that only who can declare war

Answer 24

Congress

Question 25

Who can order American soldiers into battle?

Answer 25

The president

Question 26

Foreign policy

Answer 26

The nations overall plan for interacting with other nations

Question 27

what is a basic goal of the foreign-policy?

Answer 27

To keep the country safe from harm

Question 28

Explain why international trade is beneficial for the US

Answer 28

It keeps a healthy economy, creates markets for American products, and gives jobs to American workers

Question 29

What is a bureaucracy?

Answer 29

A group of state officials that make important decisions together

Question 30

The foreign-policy bureaucracy of the president includes what

Answer 30

State department Defense Department Central intelligence agency Nation security council

Question 31

Treaties

Answer 31

Formal agreements between the government of two or more countries

Question 32

Executive agreement

Answer 32

Agreement between president and leader of another country

Question 33

The president has the power to create what two things

Answer 33

Treaties an executive agreements

Question 34

What are ambassadors?

Answer 34

Official representative of a country’s government

Question 35

what is foreign aid?

Answer 35

money, food, military help, or supplies sent to help another country

Question 36

What are trade sanctions?

Answer 36

Efforts to punish another country by imposing trade barriers

Question 37

What is an embargo?

Answer 37

Agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them all from trading with a specific nation

Question 38

Who has the power to impose trade sanctions and embargoes?

Answer 38

Congress

Question 39

Who can make agreements with other nations about what products can be traded

Answer 39

The president

Question 40

What is the executive office of the president?

Answer 40

presidents administration Prepares reports on taxes, economics, and international news

Question 41

What does the office of management and budget do?

Answer 41

Prepares federal budget for president

Question 42

The president closest political advisors are part of the what

Answer 42

National security council

Question 43

What is the national security council?

Answer 43

President made advisors

Question 44

What role does the national security advisor play in regard to the national security council?

Answer 44

They manage the national security council staff

Question 45

What is the role of the national security council staff?

Answer 45

The president main advisors for considering national security and foreign policy matters Designed to help the president use a variety of instruments to forge policies that advance US security

Question 46

What does the council of economic advisors do?

Answer 46

Gives present advice on economic issues like employment, tax policies, and impact on foreign trade policies

Question 47

Cabinet

Answer 47

A group of presidential advisers that are the heads of top level executive departments

Question 48

List the responsibilities of people in the cabinet

Answer 48

Advise the president on issues related to their department Make important policy decisions

Question 49

What is the federal bureaucracy?

Answer 49

Below cabinet departments Agencies employees of executive branch

Question 50

what are the three basic jobs of the federal bureaucracy?

Answer 50

Turn new laws into action by deciding how to apply the laws to daily life Administers the day-to-day operations of federal government -Deliver mail, collect taxes, etc. Regulate various activities -Labor unions, banks, airlines, nuclear power plants, etc.

Question 51

What are political appointees?

Answer 51

People chosen by the president because they have a specific ability or were supporters of the president during election campaign

Question 52

What is a civil service system?

Answer 52

practice of hiring government workers on the basis of open examinations and merit

Question 53

What is the merit system?

Answer 53

Hiring people who are qualified for the job