AP Gov Ch 7 Semia Sims

Question 1

president

Answer 1

The chief executive officer of the United States, as established by Article II of the U.S. Constitution

The President is both the head of state and head of government of the United States of America, and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.

Question 2

vice president

Answer 2

An officer created by Article II of the U.S. Constitution to preside over the U.S. Senate and to fill any vacancy in the office of president due to death, resignation, removal, or (since 1967) disability

The main duty the U.S. Constitution assigns the Vice President is to act as presiding officer of the Senate but he also serves as assistant to the President.

Question 3

Twenty- Second Amendment

Answer 3

Adopted in 1951 ; prevents presidents from serving more than two terms, or more than ten years if they came to office via the death, resignation, or removal of their predecessor

The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution sets a limit on the number of times an individual is eligible for election.

Question 4

Watergate

Answer 4

A scandal in the early 1970s involving a break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate office complex. The involvement of members of the Nixon administration and subsequent cover-up attempts led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation from office and jail sentences for some members of his administration

The Watergate scandal led to Nixon becoming the only president to resign on August 9th, 1974.

Question 5

executive privilege

Answer 5

An implied presidential power that allows the president to refuse to disclose information regarding confidential conversations or national security to Congress or the judiciary

Executive privilege is the constitutional principle that permits the president and high-level executive branch officers to withhold information from Congress, courts, and public.

Question 6

U.S. v. Nixon (1974)

Answer 6

Supreme Court ruling on power of the president, holding that no absolute constitutional executive privilege allow a president to refuse to comply with a court order to produce information needed in a criminal trail

U.S. v. Nixon was a congressional hearing about President Nixon’s Watergate break-in scandal revealed that he had installed a tape-recording device in the Oval Office.

Question 7

Presidential Succession Act

Answer 7

A 1947 law enacted by Congress that provides for the filling of any simultaneous vacancy of the presidency and vice president

A Presidential Succession Act of 1792 provided that after the Vice president, the next officials in line would be the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Question 8

Twenty-Fifth Amendment

Answer 8

Adopted in 1967 to establish procedures for filling vacancies in the office of president and vice president as well as providing for procedures to deal with the disability of a president

The 25th Amendment was proposed by Congress and ratified by the states in the aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Question 9

Cabinet

Answer 9

The formal body of presidential advisers who head the fifteen executive departments. Presidents often add others to this body of formal advisers

The United States Cabinet is composed of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government.

Question 10

League of Nations

Answer 10

A multilateral diplomatic organization that existed from 1920-1946 that sought, unsuccessfully, to prevent future wars; the United States never joined

The League of Nations was established after World War One to keep peace and to uphold the Treaty of Versailles.

Question 11

executive agreements

Answer 11

Formal international agreements entered into by the president that do not require that advice and consent of the U.S. Senate

An executive agreement is an agreement between the United States and a foreign government that is less formal than a treaty.

Question 12

veto

Answer 12

The formal, constitutional authority of the president to reject bills passed by both houses of Congress, this preventing them from becoming law without further congressional action

The President in the executive branch can veto a law, but the legislative branch can override that veto with enough votes.

Question 13

pardon

Answer 13

An executive grant providing restoration of all rights and privileges of citizenship to a specific individual charged with or convicted of a crime

A pardon is a government decision to allow a person who has been convicted of a crime, to be free of that conviction like they were never convicted.

Question 14

inherent powers

Answer 14

Powers that belong to the president because thy be inferred from the Constitution

Some examples of inherent powers include the power to create immigration laws, recognize foreign countries and the power to create new departments of government.

Question 15

first lady

Answer 15

The designation provided to the wife of a president or, at the state level, of a governor; no specific analogue exists for a male spouse

Martha Washington the wife of George Washington is considered to be the inaugural First Lady to the first U.S. President (1789–1797).

Question 16

Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Answer 16

A mini-bureaucracy created in 1939 to help the president oversee the executive branch bureaucracy

The Executive Office of the President has responsibility for tasks ranging from communicating the president’s message to the American people to promoting the country’s trade interests abroad.

Question 17

bully pulpit

Answer 17

The view that a major power of the presidency, albeit not one prescribed by the Constitution, is to draw attention to and generate support for particular positions

A bully pulpit is a position created by President Theodore Roosevelt and provides an opportunity to speak out and be listened to.

Question 18

Office of Management of Budget (OMB)

Answer 18

The office that prepares the president’s annual budget proposal, reviews that budget and programs of the executive departments, supplies economic forecasts, and conducts detailed analyses of proposed bills and agency rules

The core mission of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is to serve the President of the United States in implementing his vision across the Executive Branch.

Question 19

executive order

Answer 19

Rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect of law. All executive orders must be published in the Federal Register

Executive orders can implement and give administrative effect to provisions in the Constitution, to treaties, and to statutes.

Question 20

signing statements

Answer 20

Occasional within comments attached to a bill signed by the president

On Aug 2, 2017 Trump issued a signing statement challenging parts of the Russia sanctions bill.