Test 2 The Presidency (4.0 and Go)

Question 1

Presidential Qualifications and terms

Answer 1

• Natural born citizen
• at least 35
• Resident of the US for at least 14 years

Question 2

22nd amendment

Answer 2

limits presidents to two terms or ten years

Question 3

Impeachment

Answer 3

process to remove the president and other federal officials

Question 4

Executive privilege

Answer 4

an implied power that allows the Pres. to refuse to disclose info regarding confidential conversations or national security to Congress or the Judiciary

Question 5

US v. Nixon

Answer 5

found that there is no absolute constitutional executive privilege to allow a president to refuse to comply with a court order to produce information needed in a criminal trail

Question 6

Rules of Succession

Answer 6

in 1947 Congress passed the Presidential Succession Act which lists in order those in line to the presidency after the VP

Speaker of House, President pro tempore of Senate, Secretaries of cabinet in order of creation

Question 7

25th amendment

Answer 7

1967 establishes procedures for filling vacancies in the office of president and vp as well as providing for procedure to deal with the disability of a president

Question 8

Cabinet

Answer 8

formal body of presidential advisors who head the 15 executive departments

Question 9

Constitutional Powers

Answer 9

Appointment power
Power to convene Congress 
Power to make treaties 
Veto Power
Military Commander in Chief 
Pardoning Power

Question 10

executive agreement

Answer 10

formal government agreement entered into by the president that does not require the advice and consent of the Senate (used to bypass having to get a treaty ratified)

Question 11

Pardoning power

Answer 11

check on judicial power, can pardon any federal offence except impeachment (Nixon pardoned by Ford)

Question 12

Pardon

Answer 12

the president can wipe out a conviction or lesson the punishment

Question 13

inherent powers

Answer 13

powers of the president that can be derived or inferred from specific powers in the Constitution- Lincoln suggested in defense of steps he took during the Civil War denying certain civil liberties

Question 14

New Deal

Answer 14

FDR’s plan for national recovery from the Great Depression, included “Relief, Recovery, Reform” has tremendously increased the size of government bureaucracy and the power of the president

Question 15

EOP

Answer 15

Executive Office of the President
establishment created in 1939 to help the president oversee the executive branch- the prime policy-makers, closest advisors

Question 16

The White House Staff

Answer 16

Chief of Staff is the head of the White House staffers and helps with smooth running of the White House and helps protect the president from making mistakes

Question 17

Patronage

Answer 17

jobs, grants, or other special favors that are given as rewards to friends and political allies for their support (another presidential tool to get favorable consideration of his policies)

Question 18

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Answer 18

created in 1970 the office that prepares the president annual budget proposal, reviews the budget and programs of the executive departments, supplies economic forecasts, and conducts detailed analysis of proposed bills and agency rules

Question 19

Executive order

Answer 19

a rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law

Question 20

Going public:

Answer 20

direct appeals to the public to try to get the public on board then the public will pressure congress