Govt 2305, Chapter 13, unit 3

The members of the cabinet are

appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate

A major difference between a treaty and an executive agreement is

that a treaty must be approved by the Senate and an executive agreement does not need the Senate's approval.

If the president dies in office and the vice presidency is vacant, the next in line of succession is

speaker of the house

The president, under Article II, has the power to make treaties limited by

the advise and consent of the senate

Which of the following is not a component of the Executive Office of the President?

the cabinet

Most presidents in the last two decades have been judged rather harshly. This may be because

the electorate has heightened expectations about what the president can and should accomplish, of a skeptical citizenry, we have debunked the myths of the presidency.

The National security counsel is a link between

the president's key foreign and military advisors and the president.

All of the following are constitutional functions of the vice president except

to preside over cabinet meetings

In order to remove a president or federal judge from office, the House must impeach, and then

two-thirds of the Senate must vote for removal.

The president is limited to two terms or ten years due to the ratification of the __________ Amendment.

22nd

The president's term is _______ years

4

Under the Twenty-second Amendment, the incumbent president must normally change at least once every

8

The only presidents to be impeached were

Andrew Jackson and William J. Clinton

The executive power is vested in the President of the United States under

Article two of the Constitution

The impeachment in the senate of a president is presided over by the

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

The strongest and most active vice president today has been

Dick Cheney

The first President of the U.S. was

George Washington

The first president to die in office was

William Henry Harrison

Presidents often have chosen a vice presidential running mate to

balance their electoral ticket geographically.

a pocket veto

can only be used when Congress has adjourned for the session.

Presidential electors (members of the electoral college)

can vote for whomever they want

Which of the following roles of the president is not required of him by the Constitution?

chief of party

The organization of the White House staff is

determined by each president to personal need

The process of bringing charges against a public official is called

impeachment

Which of the following weapons of presidential power was eliminated by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974?

impoundment of funds

Congress declared war

in 1941 after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

A power in which the President does not have over Congress is

item veto

Under the Constitution, the qualifications for president include that the president must be

over 35 years old and a natural born citizen

The Office of Management and Budget, and National Security Council, and the Council of Economic Advisors are all:

part of the executive office of the president

The main function of the Office of Management and Budget is to:

prepare the executive budget

Among the constitutional powers of the vice president is to

preside over the Senate, vote in the Senate in the event of a tie, and fill in for the president.

The great authority given to the president by the framers of the Constitution was limited by the

separation of powers among the three branches of government, checks and balances engraved in the Constitution, federal system