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7th SS -Constitution
Constitution: Executive Branch
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| current President of the U.S. | Joe Biden |
| Citizenship qualification of President | natural born citizen |
| Resident qualification of President | 14 years |
| Age qualification of President | 35 |
| Inauguration date | January 20th |
| Which Article talks about the executive branch | Article 2 |
| Main duty of Executive branch | enforce laws |
| President's salary | $400,000 |
| current Vice President of the U.S. | Kamala Harris |
| Number of terms a president may serve | 2 terms |
| Number of times a president may be reelected | 1 |
| Winner of presidential election in 2000 by Electoral College | George W. Bush |
| Popular vote winner in 2000 presidential election | Al Gore |
| Number of electoral votes needed to be elected president | 270 |
| Total number of electors | 538 |
| Department of State | foreign affairs |
| Department of Defense | carrying out a war |
| Department of Health and Human Services | social security |
| Department of Justice | enforcing U.S. laws in federal courts |
| Department of Agriculture | farm programs |
| Department of Labor | settling of a strike |
| Department of Homeland Security | secret service |
| Department of Veteran Affairs | war memorials |
| Department of Treasury | printing money |
| Department of Education | education programs |
| Department of Interior | national parks |
| Department of Commerce | commerce legislation |
| Department of Transportation | federal railroad administration |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | solutions to many problems of urban life |
| pardon | forgiveness for a mistake |
| reprieve | postponement or cancellation of punishment |
| Site of Inaugural Address | Capitol Hill |
| Symbol of Republicans | Elephant |
| Symbol of Democrats | Donkey |
| designated survivor | member of Presidential Cabinet who sits out of the State of the Union or any joint session of Congress and government |
| Chief Justice | administers Oath of Office |
| State of the Union | Presidential address to the country about the progress of the nation |
| President's Cabinet | 15 members of the executive departments that report to the President |
| Illinois electoral votes (currently, 2023) | 19 electoral votes |
| minimum electoral votes for a state | 3 electoral votes |
| Washington D.C. | only non-state territory to have electoral votes in the United States |
| Attorney General | person in charge of the Department of Justice |
| State with most electoral votes | California (54 electoral votes) |
| states that split their electoral votes | Maine and Nebraska |
| process by which the United States chooses its president and vice president | Electoral College |
| Duties of the President of the United States | foreign affairs; domestic and military administration; legislation; appointment; judicial functions |
| only president in US history to have ever resigned | Richard Nixon |
| president who served the most terms in office | Franklin D. Roosevelt (4 terms) |
| presidential election that saw the most voter turn out in American history | 2020 presidential election (157+ million votes) |
| current Speaker of the House | Mike Johnson |
| Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump | presidents who have been impeached |
| Gerald Ford | person who became president through the presidential line of succession that did not involve death |
| War Department | former name of the Department of Defense |
| Washington's First Cabinet | Jefferson (State), Treasury (Hamilton), War (Knox), and Randolph (AG) |
| Grover Clevland | only president who serve two non-consecutive terms |
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