Unit 2 Test Flashcards
Ceremonial head of government
Chief of state
Vested power from the constitution
Chief executive
Head of the federal government
Chief administration
Architect of foreign policy
Chief diplomat
Head of the nations armed services
Commander in chief
Main architect of public policy
Chief legislator
Leader of the political parter he /she comes from
Chief of party
Representative of all the people
Chief citizen
Electoral college flaws
-winner of popular vote is not guaranteed presidency
-electors are not required to vote with popular vote
- any election could potentially have to be decided in the house of reps
Gives the president power to create executive orders
Ordinance power
Legal forgiveness of a crime
Pardon
Executive departments are combined
Cabinet
President denies bill
Veto
Power to veto specific items in a bill
Line- item veto
Directive, rule, or regulation that has effect of law
Executive order
Pact between the president and head of foreign nations
Executive agreement
What is an examples of executive order
-Truman’s desegregation of military
-Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation
What is an example of executive agreement
-roosevelts lend lease act
Cabinet members
State- blinken
Treasury- yellen
Defense- Austin
Justice- garland
President qualifications
-Natural born citizen
- 35 years old
- live in the US for 14 years
What are the four steps of the confirmation process
- nomination
-committee senate hearing - senate debates
- confirmation or rejection
List the first 4 positions in the line if succession
-V.P
- speaker of the house
X president pro temp
- Secretary of state
First V.p to act as president
Bush
Pardon of Nixon and only president not to be elected
Gerald ford
Oldest elected president
Joe biden
Youngest elected president
John kennedy
First women in secretary of labor
Francis Perkins
First African American in secretary of hoisin and urban development
Robert weaver
First president to resign
Richard Nixon
First woman in Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright
First Latino in secretary of education
Lauro Cavazos
Who can the president appoint
-Ambassadors
-cabinet members
-independent agencies
-federal judges
-armed forces officers
Duties of vice president
-president over senate
- decide presidential disability
Four actions a president can take on a bill
Nerve center of the executive office
The white house
How much does the president make
400,000 a yead
Helps to relieve the workload on the president
Executive office of the president
Responsible for running White House office
White House chief of staff
Creates federal budget
Office of management and budget
Advises president with national security matters
National security council
Presidential term of office
Terms: 2
Years: 4 each
Youngest president
Teddy Roosevelt
Who can the president dismiss
Vice president and federal judges
Congress has the ability to share power with the president
Foreign relations
Congress had the power to declare war on foreign countries
War power
Power to define federal crime
Judicial power
Power to establish post offices
Postal power
Citizen of one country become citizens of another
Naturalization
Right to publish
Copyrights and patent
Power to “fix” the standard weights and measure
Weights and measures
Power to acquire various federal areas
Territories
Four actions a president can take on a bill
-veto
-pocket veto
-no signature
- signature
Informal advisory body brought together by the president to serve his needs
Cabinet
What department had the largest budget
Health and human services
What is the largest department
Defense with 1.5 million in uniform
Candidate receives the percentage of electoral popular votes
District plan
President would receive the same share of a states electoral vote as they received in the state’s popular vote
Proportional plan
Most common and supported vote
Direct popular
Winner of popular vote
National bonus
