Presidency

Question 1

22 amendment

Answer 1

president cannot have more than 2 terms

Question 2

impeachment

Answer 2

house impeaches w/ majority vote
senate tries w/ chief justice 2/3 will impeach

• only Andrew and Clinton have actually been impeached
• Nixon was almost impeached

Question 3

25 amendment

Answer 3

how the vice president should succeed the president should he die or be removed from office

Question 4

policy making bodies(executive)

Answer 4

National Security Council (NSC)

• coordinate president’s foreign and military policy advisors
• president, vice, secretary of state and defense, and national security assistant

Question 5

war powers resolution

Answer 5

b/c vietnman war

• pres. consults w/ congress whenever possible prior to military force
• withdraw forces after 60 days unless congress allows

Question 6

7 roles of the president

Answer 6

• chief diplomat
• crisis manager
• chief legislator
• head of party
• commander in chief
• chief of state
• chief executive

Question 7

constitutional powers/requirements

Answer 7

• commander in chief of the army and navy and militia
• can require opinion of executive departments(hinting at bureaucracy departments)
• make treaties w/ 2/3 senate agree
• appoint ambassadors
• grant pardons and reprieves

Question 8

which presidents have been impeached/almost impeached?

Answer 8

• Clinton-impeached but not acquitted
• Johnson-impeached but not acquitted
• Nixon resigned under THREAT of impeachment