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2. Executive Departments who have been serving since
The heads of the 15
Executive Departments who
have been serving since
Washington's administration

3. The
Cabinet

4. executive privilege comes from this constitutional
The principle of
executive privilege comes
from this constitutional
doctrine

5. Separation of
Powers

6. When the President uses fear to intimidate others
to further his agenda

7. Bully
Pulpit

8. the President's power as
1973 Act passed to limit
the President's power as
Commander-in-Chief

9. War
Powers
Act

10. little to nothing during the last year of his term
When a President does
little to nothing during
the last year of his term

11. Lame
Duck

12. The Constitution gives the President the power to be
the Commander-in-Chief
of this group

13. The
Military

14. The part of the Constitution
that sets up the office
of the President

15. Article II

16. says about the President
What the Constitution
says about the President
being able to
impound funds

17. Nothing

18. Even under a unified government, the President still has to deal
with this because he
doesn't control the legislature

19. Gridlock

20. If the President selected his Cabinet from the same
place as a Prime Minister,
the officers would come
from here

21. The
Legislature

22. amount of electoral votes
The minimum
amount of electoral votes
a state can have

23. Three
(2 Sens/1 Rep)

24. The amendment that
limited the President
to two terms in office

25. 22nd
Amendment

26. when the White House and controlled by Democrats
Type of government
when the White House and
Congress are both
controlled by Democrats

27. Unified
Government

28. Type of government when the White House is controlled by
Democrats, but the Congress is
controlled by Republicans

29. Divided
Government

30. People from the same party
who vote the same way
such as the Blue Dog
Democrats or the
Tea Party Republicans

31. Ideological
Wing

32. Though appointed by the President, foreign ambassadors
must be confirmed by
this group

33. The
Senate

34. Organizational style favored
by most Democratic
Presidents, including
Carter & Obama

35. Circular
Set Up

36. Organizational style favored including Reagan & Bush(es)
by most Republicans,
including Reagan & Bush(es)

37. Pyramid
Set Up

38. Organizational style where there is equal access to
the President and he may
be his own Chief of Staff

39. Circular
Set Up

40. If the President doesn’t want to spend appropriated monies,
Congress has this many days
to delete the funds

41. 45
Days

42. Name President Trump’s
Chief of Staff

43. Reince
Preibus

44. Name both presidents
who have been
impeached

45. Andrew Johnson
and
Bill Clinton

46. This group hands
down the official
impeachment of the
President

47. House of
Representatives

48. President refuses to sign
This occurs when a
President refuses to sign
a bill & sends it back to
Congress stating the
reasons why

49. Veto

50. President doesn’t want to spend the money Congress
The idea that if the
President doesn’t want to
spend the money Congress
appropriates to him,
he doesn’t have to

51. Impoundment of
Funds

52. Where an imperial
president gets most
of his power

53. Foreign
Policy

54. Though the President used to be able to declare martial law at any
time through an Executive Order,
now during peacetime
he’d have to get approval
from this group

55. Congress

56. about executive orders
The main complaint
about executive orders
is that they violate
this principle

57. Separation of
Powers

58. Main reason why
we should be concerned
about the year 2023

59. Major scandal
on par with
Watergate or
Teapot Dome

60. governing directly through
Type of president who
gains more power by
governing directly through
the people

61. Plebiscitary
President

62. Double
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64. Type of president
who has become
too powerful

65. Imperial
President

66. When a president fails
to sign a bill after 10
days & Congress is
out of session

67. Pocket
Veto

68. A directive issued by the
president to change a
behavior within the
Executive Branch

69. Executive
Order

70. This allowed President Clinton to get rid of
certain parts of appropriations
bills while not vetoing the
whole bill

71. Line
Item
Veto

72. The limited right of the information from Congress
President to withhold
information from Congress

73. Executive
Privilege

74. An administration that uses task forces and committees
whose leaders have direct access
to the President

75. Ad Hoc
Setup

76. Name all
FOUR
requirements to
become President

77. at least 270 Electoral Votes
35 yrs. old
Nat. born citizen
14 yr. residency
at least 270 Electoral Votes

78. This usually happens to a President’s approval rating
after an international crisis
that’s deemed a threat to the U.S.

79. It sharply
increases

80. The maximum number of days a President can commit troops
without Congressional approval

81. 90
(initially 60 days;
30 days to w/draw
the troops)

82. course of his administration?
What happens to a
President’s approval
rating throughout the
course of his administration?

83. It
fluctuates

84. Constitutional amendment that says the President’s
term in office begins
on Jan. 20

85. 20th
Amend.

86. Because of the Electoral College, candidates often concentrate
on campaigning in these states

87. Ones with larger
populations (& more
Electoral votes)

88. This proposal to reform the Electoral College would
allow candidates to win the
same amount of Electoral votes as
the amount of popular votes s/he
won in that state

89. Proportional
Plan

90. Name 2 of the 5
presidents who
have been elected
without winning the
popular vote?

91. J.Q. Adams (1824)
R. Hayes (1876)
B. Harrison (1888)
G.W. Bush (2000)
D. Trump (2016)

92. The effect of
the 23rd
amendment

93. 3 Electoral
votes for
Washington, D.C.

94. Name 2 groups the
president looks to
for support of his
agenda

95. Answers vary but
could be:
Public
Congress
His party
Cabinet/Advisors
Bureaucracy

96. relationship w/the President and the duties he’s asked to
The importance of this
person depends on his
relationship w/the President
and the duties he’s asked to
assume

97. Vice
President

98. Most people consider this the most important Executive
Office since it deals
with the budget

99. Office of
Management
& Budget (OMB)

100. Total number
of Electoral votes
up for grabs in
an election

101. 538

102. College reform proposal, winning candidates would
Under this Electoral
College reform proposal,
winning candidates would
get extra Electoral votes
from each state they win in

103. National
Bonus
Plan

104. The idea that power tends when the decision is made
to be wielded by those
who are in the room
when the decision is made

105. Rule of
Propinquity

106. The Founding Fathers created
this group to have the
final say on who became
President

107. Electoral
College

108. The 2 states that
don’t have a
winner-take-all
electoral system

109. Maine
and
Nebraska

110. says the President has to spend appropriated monies
The reform act that
says the President has to
spend appropriated monies
unless he informs Congress

111. Budget &
Impoundment
Control Act

112. Executive Branch should
A statement issued
by the president
explaining how the
Executive Branch should
implement a law

113. Signing
Statement

114. The people who
specialize in certain
areas so the Chief of
Staff doesn’t have to
handle everything

115. Deputy Chiefs
of Staff

116. This economic theory
has helped to create
imperial presidents

117. Keynesian
Economics

118. between an Executive Order and an Executive Agreement?
What’s the difference
between an Executive Order
and an Executive Agreement?

119. Orders only
affect the Exec.
Branch; Agreements
can affect more

120. that would use the power
Type of President
that would use the power
to persuade to change
laws

121. Activist
President

122. Where are Executive
Orders published?

123. Federal
Register

124. Trump’s Secret Service
Final
Jeopardy
What is President
Trump’s Secret Service
Code Name?

125. Mogul
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