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Government
Executive Branch Test
Question | Answer |
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What are all of the president's hats? | Chief of party, chief legislator, chief administrator, chief citizen, chief executive, chief of state, chief diplomat, commander-in-chief |
what is the President's role as chief of party? | Head of their political party. |
What is the President's role as chief legislator? | he outlines the direction for Congress primarily through the State of the Union Address. |
What is the President's role as chief administrator? | directs administration |
What is the president's role as chief citizen? | representative of all the American people |
What is the president's role as chief executive? | executing laws |
What is the president's role as Chief of state? | ceremonial head |
What is the President's role as chief diplomat? | architect of foreign policy |
What is the President's role as commander-in-chief? | head of the military |
What are the formal Qualifications for becoming president? | natural born citizen, 35+ years of age, 14+ years in the United States |
What are the informal qualifications for becoming president? | married, male, Christian, clean police record, past government experience, college educated |
What are some of the benefits to being President? | White house, Camp David, Air Force One, lifetime health care, $400,000 annual salary + a $50,000 allowance |
What is the role of the vice president? | to break ties in the Senate- I am nothing, but may become everything...John Adams |
What is the twelfth amendment? | the 12th amendment says that the President chooses his vice president as a running mate, the VP is not the runner up after votes are tallied. |
What is the 22nd amendment? | A president is limited to two terms of 10 years |
What is the 23rd amendment? | D.C. gets the right to vote! |
What are three flaws of the electoral college? | -the popular vote winner does not always become president. -members of the electoral college are not required to vote with the popular vote -any vote may end up being decided in the House of Representatives |
How many electoral votes does each state get? | as many seats as they have in congress |
How many electoral votes does MI have? | 17 |
What is the difference between a caucus and a primary? | A caucus is public voting, a primary is private voting |
What is a national convention? | When the electoral votes from each states are tallied and a party formally nominates their candidate. |
What are three reasons that the presidency has grown? | -Strong presidents have expanded the power -Times of crisis necessitate the expansion of the executive branch -technological and social changes have required executive intervention |
The other two reasons why the presidency has grown? | -Congress has delegated the enforcement of more policies to the executive branch -the presidency is held by an individual: no compromise necessary |
What are the President's powers and duties listed under Article II, section 2 | -grant federal pardons, reprieves, and clemancy -make treaties and the federal appointments listed in the Constitution -make recess appointments |
What is the purpose of the State of the Union Address? | It is the president's opportunity to outline his legislative plans and specify his priorities for the coming year |
What is the Ordinance power? | The president can issue orders and authorize his subordinates to issue orders |
What is an example of the Ordinance power? | FDR called for oil rations during WWII |
What is the appointment power? | The president may appoint: federal judges, ambassadors and diplomats, cabinet members and their top aides, heads of independent agencies (like the EPA) |
What is an example of the appointment power? | President Obama appointed Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagen to the Supreme Court |
What is the removal power? | The president may remove any officers he can appoint except for judges on the Supreme Court |
What is an example of the removal power? | President Lyndon Johnson removed his secretary of war, Edward Stanton. |
Describe the president's power to make treaties. | The president may negotiate treaties with other heads of state (requires a 2/3 Senate approval) |
What is an example of a presidential treaty? | A failed treaty was Wilson's Treaty of Versailles- didn't pass in Senate |
What is the power to make executive agreements? | The president can make a pact between himself and other heads of state |
What is an example of an executive agreement? | Destroyers-for-bases deal with Great Britain (by FDR in 1940) |
What is the power to recognize? | The president may acknowledge the legal existance of a country |
What is an example of the power to recognize? | Truman recognized Israel as a country in 1948 |
What is an example of the President's power as commander-in-chief? | head of the nation's military |
What is an example of the president acting as commander-in-chief? | President Johnson (with congressional support) sends troops into Vietnam (1964) |
What does foreign policy encompass? | how you deal with another country- economically, socially, militarily |
What id President Obama's general philosophy on foreign policy? | Other countries should ask for help before we throw it upon them. |
What are some characteristics of the Democratic party? | -liberals -loose interpretation of the Constitution -save economy with deficit spending - more involvement of federal government -equality (particularly economic equality) |
What are some characteristics of the Republican party? | -conservative -strict interpretation of the Constitution -federal goverment stay out! -save economy with cuts to lots of programs -capitalism!!! -individual responsibility |
Why do we have a two party system? (3 reasons) | -tradition! -single-member districts! -American ideological consensus: fairly similar ideals, the winner must win majority of votes |