Untitled Deck

Question 1

Executive Branch

Answer 1

the branch of government charged with putting the nation’s laws into effect

Question 2

formal or enumerated powers

Answer 2

powers expressly granted in the Constitution

Question 3

informal powers

Answer 3

powers not laid out in the Constitution but used to carry out presidential duties

Question 4

treaty

Answer 4

an agreement with a foreign government negotiated by the president and requiring a two-thirds vote in the Senate to ratify

Question 5

State of the Union Address

Answer 5

the annual speech from the president to Congress updating that branch on the state of national affairs

Question 6

Veto

Answer 6

formal rejection by the president of a bill that has passed both houses of Congress

Question 7

pocket veto

Answer 7

an informal veto caused when the president chooses not to sign a bill within ten days, during a time when Congress has adjourned at the end of a session

Question 8

Presidential Pardon

Answer 8

presidential authority to release individuals convicted of a crime from legal consequences and set aside punishment for a crime

Question 9

executive privilege

Answer 9

a right claimed by presidents to keep certain conversations, records, and transcripts confidential from outside scrutiny, especially that of Congress

Question 10

executive agreement

Answer 10

an agreement between the president and another nation that does not have the same durability in the American system as a treaty but does not require Senate ratification

Question 11

signing statement

Answer 11

written comments issued by presidents while signing a bill into law that usually consist of political statements or reasons for signing the bill but that may also include a president’s interpretation of the law itself

Question 12

executive order

Answer 12

policy directives issued by presidents that do not require congressional approval

Question 13

War Powers Resolution

Answer 13

restricts the power of the president to maintain troops in combat for no more than sixty days without congressional authorization

Question 14

Impeachment

Answer 14

the process of removing a president from offices, articles issued by majority vote of House, trial in Senate with 2/3 votes necessary to convict and remove

Question 15

Executive Office of the President

Answer 15

collection of offices within the White House organization designed mainly to provide information to the president

Question 16

bargaining/persuasion

Answer 16

an informal tool used by the president to persuade members of Congress to support his or her policy initiatives

Question 17

Bully Pulpit

Answer 17

presidential appeals to the public to pressure other branches of government to support his or her policies

Question 18

going public

Answer 18

president reaches out to American people with the hope that the people will put pressure upon their representatives and senators to press for a president’s policy goals