Vocabulary List 12:

Question 1

Define: Ratified in 1951, this amendment limits presidents to two terms of office.

Answer 1

Twenty-second Amendment

Question 2

Define: Ratified in 1967, this amendment permits the vice president to become acting president if the vice president and the president’s cabinet determine that the president is disabled, and it outlines how a recuperated president can reclaim the job.

Answer 2

Twenty-fifth Amendment

Question 3

Define: The political equivalent of an indictment in criminal law, prescribed by the Constitution.

Answer 3

impeachment

Question 4

Define: The events and scandal surrounding a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters
in 1972 and the subsequent cover-up of White House involvement, leading to the eventual resignation of President Nixon under the threat of impeachment.

Answer 4

Watergate

Question 5

Define: Regulations originating with the executive branch.

Answer 5

executive orders

Question 6

Define: A group of presidential advisers
not mentioned in the Constitution, although every president has had one.

Answer 6

cabinet

Question 7

Define: The committee that links the president’s foreign and military policy advisers.

Answer 7

National Security Council

Question 8

Define: A three-member body appointed by the president to advise the president on economic policy.

Answer 8

Council of Economic Advisers

Question 9

Define: An office that prepares the president’s
budget and also advises presidents on proposals from departments and agencies and helps review their pro-
posed regulations.

Answer 9

Office of Management and
Budget

Question 10

Define: The constitutional power of the president to send a bill back to Congress
with reasons for rejecting it.

Answer 10

veto

Question 11

Define: A type of veto occurring when Congress adjourns within 10 days of
submitting a bill to the president and the president simply lets the bill die by
neither signing nor vetoing it.

Answer 11

pocket veto

Question 12

Define: These occur when voters cast their ballots for congressional candidates
of the president’s party because they support the president.

Answer 12

presidential coattails

Question 13

Define: A law passed in 1973, in reaction to American fighting in Vietnam and
Cambodia, that requires presidents to consult with Congress whenever possible prior to using military force and to withdraw forces after 60 days unless Congress declares war or grants an extension.

Answer 13

War Power Resolution

Question 14

Define: A vote in Congress to override a presidential decision.

Answer 14

legislative veto

Question 15

Define: A sudden, unpredictable, and potentially dangerous event requiring the president to play the role of crisis manager.

Answer 15

crisis