1. Unit 4 Review
The Executive Branch

2. Provide the first 4 after the President in the presidential line of succession.

3. VP
Speaker of the house
President pro tempore
Secretary of state

4. Number of total years a person can be president

5. 10 years

6. The winner take all system

7. Electoral college

8. What program encourages young people to vote?

9. Rock the vote

10. Name the first president to be elected using the electoral college system

11. George Washington

12. This group is chosen by the president based on their experience in selected areas

13. cabinet

14. Largest agency of the executive office of the president

15. Office of management and budget (OMB)

16. Commander in chief is the …

17. president

18. This address is given by the president to congress

19. State of the union

20. Which amendment deals with presidential succession?

21. 25th amendment

22. Who presides over the senate?

23. vp

24. Presidents are elected by the electoral college, but How are electors selected?

25. Depending on the state, either popular vote or State legislature

26. Who Administers the presidential oath of office?

27. Chief justice

28. Who said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country”?

29. jfk

30. Provide the 3 constitutional qualifications to be president

31. 35 years of age
Natural born citizen
Must be a resident for at least 14 years

32. Identify the four presidential cabinets that make up the inner cabinet

33. Secretary of state
Secretary of defense
Secretary of treasury
Attorney general (Department of justice)

34. The expressed will of the people is the definition for this word

35. mandate

36. Who is the head of the executive branch or head of state?

37. president

38. President known as the “great communicator”

39. Ronald reagan

40. Two powers that Congress has over the president

41. Congressional override
impeachment

42. Rules written by the president that have the force of law

43. Executive order

44. Group pardon for an offense against the government

45. amnesty

46. The power of the president to rescind parts of a bill that have already passed

47. Line item veto

48. Formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries

49. treaty

50. Former president nominated 7 times for the Nobel peace prize

51. Jimmy carter

52. Right of the president to refuse to testify before congress

53. Executive privilege

54. Trial that questioned executive privilege

55. United States vs. nixon

56. What are the four main factors that limit the president’s powers?

57. Federal courts
Bureaucracy
Public opinion
congress

58. What major event that spanned decades led to the creation of nasa, the cia, and the peace corps?

59. Cold war

60. What type of agency is nasa?

61. Independent agency

62. To release a person from legal punishment

63. pardon

64. This act limits the political involvement of federal employees

65. Hatch Act

66. American ambassadors in foreign countries work in the American _____

67. embassies

68. What are the three informal sources of presidential power?

69. Personal exercise of power - (President just does it)
Immediate needs of the nation - (national crisis)
Mandate of the people - (will of the people)

70. Identify the four tools used by the president to influence the implementation of legislation

71. Executive orders
Impoundment
Appointments
Removal of appointed officials

72. Amendment that made the president and vice president have separate ballots

73. 12th Amendment

74. What does the anacronym EOP stand for?

75. Executive Office of the President

76. The secretary of this cabinet must come from a farm state

77. Secretary of agriculture

78. The term “brain trust” is most closely associated with this president

79. FDR

80. It is the task of this particular staff to write reports and memos

81. White house staff

82. Recognized as the most important duty of the president

83. Execute laws faithfully

84. To be considered a successful candidate, it is best to have this political ideology

85. moderate

86. Recognized as the 1st female VP candidate of a major party (Ran with Mondale)

87. Geraldine ferraro

88. First African American cabinet member

89. Robert weaver

90. First woman cabinet member

91. Frances perkins

92. Using presidential judicial power gives the president the right to appoint …..

93. Federal court judges

94. This article of the US Constitution provides broad powers to the president

95. Article 2

96. What are covert operations?

97. Secret operations

98. This modern era president chose not to run for re-election after finishing a previous president’s term and one of his own

99. Lyndon B Johnson (LBJ)

100. Grants a postponement of legal punishment

101. Reprieve

102. This is a presidential pact

103. Executive agreement

104. A printed medium for discussion

105. forum

106. These commissions are rule makers for the public good

107. Regulatory commissions

108. The president’s departmental advisers

109. Cabinet members

110. This counsel consists of military and foreign policy advisers

111. National security counsel

112. Who or what is the iron triangle?

113. the iron triangle comprises the policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the agencies, and client groups.
Agencies = federal bureaucracy
Client groups = interest groups

114. The end……. Good luck