Chapter 13: The Presidency

A president serving a second term will not seek reelection. What is a president in this situation called?

A Lame Duck

Which president was the first to be impeached?

Andrew Johnson

Who controls the flow of staff and paperwork, focuses the president's attention on key issues, monitors the coherence of presidential policies across cabinet departments, serves as a referee for disagreements among senior staff members, and forms bridges between the president and Congress?

Chief of Staff

What does the president do in the role of commander in chief?

Directs war efforts and military conflicts

Which president appointed the first chief of staff?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Which president served four terms?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Which president's program, known as the New Deal, was designed to address problems associated with the Great Depression?

Franklin Roosevelt

What was Lyndon Johnson's federal social welfare program called?

Great Society

Which case blocked the Bush administration from denying habeas corpus privileges to an enemy combatant who was a U.S. citizen?

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld

Which Presidential scandal had to do with arms trading and marred the presidency of Ronald Reagan?

Iran-Contra Scandal

Pursuant to the War Powers Act, how many days may the president send troops into military conflict without an official declaration of war or authorization from Congress?

No more than 90 days

A 44-year-old was born in Italy but immigrated to the United States at the age of 4 years old. The person has been living in the United States since that time and acquired U.S. citizenship. Can this individual attain the office of U.S. president?

No, he is not a natural born citizen

In June 2018, the White House announced that the president exonerated the prison sentence of two Oregon cattle ranchers who started fires that damaged federal lands. What power is the president using?

Pardon

President Trump signed more executive orders than any other recent president in his first 100 days in office. One notable example of an executive order was reversing the Affordable Care Act and ending the individual mandate, which required citizens and legal residents to have health insurance. To do this, President Trump did not require congressional approval. What is this power called?

Presidential Directive

What determines the presidential order of succession?

The Consititution

In the event that the President of the United States is incapacitated and can no longer serve in the office, who replaces the president?

The Vice President of the United States

What check does the executive branch have over the judicial branch?

The president nominates federal judges and Supreme Court Justices.

Which amendment set the eligibility requirements for vice president?

Twelfth

What percentage of votes is necessary for Congress to override a presidential veto?

Two-Thirds

Which Supreme Court case indicated that the president's power of executive privilege is not absolute?

United States v. Nixon

What is the presidential authority to block legislation called?

Veto

Why was President Richard Nixon impeached?

Watergate

In which case did the Supreme Court rule that the president could not seize domestic property when the U.S. was at war abroad?

Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer

What is the Federal Register?

the official record of government regulations

What is a signing statement?

written remarks on the president's interpretation of the law