Executive Branch Vocabulary

Question 1

Ambassadors

Answer 1

Appointed by the president, highest ranking diplomatic officer

Its resident representative in a foreign state or before an international organization.

Question 2

Bargaining and Persiasion

Answer 2

An informal tool used by the president to persuade members of congress to support his or her policy initiatives.

Question 3

Bully Pulpit

Answer 3

Unique platfrom the president has to advocate for their agenda and influence public policy.

Things such as being able to directly adress the public, leverage media attention, and rally support for policies.

Question 5

Cabinet

Answer 5

Advisatory body made up of the heads of 15 executive departments, appointed by the president, confirmed by the senate.

Question 6

Chief of Staff

Answer 6

Responsible for directing, managing, and overseeing all policy development, daily operations, and staff activites for the President.

Question 7

Commander In Chief

Answer 7

Refers to the presidents ability to exercise supreme command and control over the armed forces and military of the US.

One of the Hats.

Question 8

Delegate

Answer 8

A person selected to represent a group of people at a political assembly of the US.

Question 9

Divided Government

Answer 9

Refers to the party in control of the presidency and the other party in control of the legislature.

Question 10

Electoral College

Answer 10

A process including the selection of electors, meeting of electors who cast votes for president and vice president based on their regions votes, and counting of electors votes by congress.

Question 11

Executive Agreement

Answer 11

An agreement between the president and the leader of another country

No congressional approval needed, and no transfer to the following president.

Question 12

Executive Office of the President

Answer 12

Communicates the Presidents message to the American people to promoting our trade interests abroad.

Question 13

Executive Order

Answer 13

A directive by the president of the US that manages operations of the federal government.

Question 14

Executive Privilege

Answer 14

The privilege claimed by the president to withold information for public interest.

Question 15

Going Public

Answer 15

A style of presidential leadership where they sell their programing directly to the american people.

Question 16

Gridlock

Answer 16

political stalemate that makes passing laws very difficult.

Question 17

Honeymoon Period

Answer 17

The period of time after a president is elected, when they’re celebrating their election and starting their term in office.

Everything seems great even though it may not be.

Question 18

Impeachment

Answer 18

The legeslative bodies ability to initiate charges against the president for misconduct.

Question 19

Imperial Presidency

Answer 19

Modern presidency, where the president has more power than he has ever before.

Question 20

Impoundment

Answer 20

An act by the president of not spending money that has been appropriated by Congress.

Question 21

In-and-Outers

Answer 21

People who are appointed by the standing president, who often are given their position as a political favor and don’t stay in their position for longer than that presidents term.

Question 22

Independent Agencies

Answer 22

Agencies that exist outside of the federal executive branch.

Question 23

Informal Powers

Answer 23

Powers that the president has that weren’t explicitly stated in the constitution.

Question 24

Inherent Powers

Answer 24

Powers that were directly granted to the president of the Untied States in the Constitution.

Question 25

Lame Duck Period

Answer 25

The period between presidential and congressional elections in November and the inaguration of officials in the following January.

Question 26

Legislative Veto

Answer 26

The legislative branchs ability to nullify a rulemaking or action of an executive agency.

Question 27

Line-Item Veto

Answer 27

The presidents ability to veto certain parts of a bill without vetoing the entire bill.

Question 28

National Security Council

Answer 28

The presidents principal forum for national security and foreign policy decision making with his/her senior advisors.

Question 29

Office of Management and Budget

Answer 29

Assists the presdient in overseeing the preperation of the Federal budget

Some other stuff too.

Question 30

Pocket Veto

Answer 30

When the president retains the bill unsigned until it’s too late for the legislative session to deal with it.

Question 31

Presidential Pardon

Answer 31

A pardon granted by the president to convicted felons.

Question 33

Presidential Succession Act

Answer 33

Any person serving as Acting President can be supplanted or bumped from the acting presidency by an officer higher in the order of succession.

Question 34

Recess Appointment

Answer 34

The presidents ability to temporarily appoint people while th senate is not in session.

Question 35

Signing Statement

Answer 35

Official statements made by the president when a bill is or is about to be signed into law.

Question 36

State of the Union

Answer 36

An opportunity for the president to speak to the public, and put pressure on congress by speaking on the floor.

Question 37

Stewardship Theory

Answer 37

People are intrinsically comelled to work for their organization and for the people around them to accomplish tasks.

Question 38

Treaty

Answer 38

A formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries.

Signed by the president, approved y congress. Does transfer between different presidents.

Question 39

Trustee

Answer 39

Monotoring the administration of bankruptcy cases and detecting bankruptcy fraud.

Question 40

12th Amendment

Answer 40

For electors, it was now mandated that a distinct vote had to be taken for the president and the vice president.

Question 41

20th Amendment

Answer 41

Designed to remove the excessively long period of time a defeated president or member of congress would continue to serve after his/her failed bid for reelection.

Question 42

25th Amendment

Answer 42

Clarifies that the vice president becomes president if the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office by impeachment.

Question 43

22nd Amendment

Answer 43

Limits the number of terms the president can serve to 2.

Question 44

23rd Amendment

Answer 44

Permited citizens in Washington DC the right to choose electors in presidential elections.

Question 45

Unified Government

Answer 45

When the presidency and majority party in congress are the same party.

Question 46

War Powers Act

Answer 46

Limits the presidents power as commander in chief

Notify congress within 48 hours, consult with congress whenever feasible, get out of combat within 60-90 days, congress can extend troops deployment.