notes: executive branch

who becomes president if the president dies?

Vice President

what is federal bureaucracy?

agencies below cabinet

what is the main job of the executive branch?

carry out/enforce laws

how is the president elected?

elector college (electors)

how many heads of departments are in the president's cabinet?

fifteen

how often do presidential elections occur?

four years

what does the President's Cabinet do?

helps the president do their job

what does vetoing a bill mean?

if congress passes a bill the president doesn't like, he can refuse to sign the bill

what type of citizen do you have to be to become the president?

natural born (law of blood or soil)

what are the presidential powers?

negotiate and make treaties, issue executive orders, veto bills, making appointments for positions, issue pardons, call special sessions of congress

what is presidential succession?

order of who becomes president

who is the head of the executive branch?

president

who becomes President if both the President and Vice President die?

speaker of the house

what is the minimum age you have to be to become the president?

thirty-five

what amendment was presidential succession created by?

twenty-five

what amendment set up term limits?

twenty-two

how many terms can presidents serve?

two

what article established the executive branch?

two

what are the two different types of special sessions?

union (country) and state country (condition which we are in)

how many years do you have to have lived in the U.S. to become president?

14 consecutive years

what are the requirements for being VP?

EXACT same as president