2. Executive Branch

3. What is the purpose of the Executive Branch? To carry-out the Laws. John Adams

4. What is the chief executive of the United States called? President of the United States. Thomas Jefferson

5. How long is the term in office for the chief executive? Four years. James Madison

6. How is a president elected? Electors from each state equal to the number of senators and representatives to which the state is entitled. James Monroe

7. What are the qualifications to be president? The president must be: a natural-born citizen thirty-five years old been a resident of the United States for fourteen years John Quincy Adams

8. Duties of the President Commander-in-Chief of the: Army Navy State militias Andrew Jackson

9. Duties of the President (continued) require written reports from the principal officer in each executive department Martin van Buren

10. Duties of the President (continued) grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States William Henry Harrison

11. Duties of the President (continued) make treaties with the advice and consent of the Senate John Tyler

12. Duties of the President (continued) appoint ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls James K. Polk

13. Duties of the President (continued) appoint judges of the Supreme Court Zachary Taylor

14. Duties of the President (continued) can fill all vacancies that happen during the recess of the Senate Millard Fillmore

15. Presidential Powers deliver a State of the Union message to Congress Franklin Pierce

16. Presidential Powers (continued) may recommend to Congress measures he judges necessary and expedient James Buchanan

17. Presidential Powers (continued) can convene one or both houses of Congress on extraordinary occasions Abraham Lincoln

18. Presidential Powers (continued) may settle disputes over when Congress convenes and adjourns Andrew Johnson

19. Presidential Powers (continued) receives ambassadors and other public ministers Ulysses S. Grant

20. Presidential Powers (continued) sees that laws are faithfully executed Rutherford B. Hayes

21. Presidential Powers (continued) commission all officers of the United States James A. Garfield

22. How can a president be removed from office? He can be impeached. Chester A. Arthur

23. On what grounds can a president be impeached? treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors Grover Cleveland

24. Who brings a charge of impeachment? The House of Representatives. Benjamin Harrison

25. Who sits as the jury in an impeachment proceedings? The Senate. William McKinley

26. What fraction of the Senate is needed to remove an official from office? Two-thirds. Theodore Roosevelt

27. Who sits as the judge in an impeachment? The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. William Howard Taft