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