Chapter 10

Question 1

Presidency

Answer 1

Established by Article II of the Constitution, which begins by asserting “The executive power shall be vested in a President of the US of America.”

Question 2

Expressed Power

Answer 2

Specific powers granted by the Constitution to Congress and to the president.

Question 3

Delegated Power

Answer 3

Constitutional powers that are assigned to one government agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first.

Question 4

President’s Expressed Powers

Answer 4

Military, Judicial, Diplomatic, Executive, Legislative

Question 5

Commander in Chief

Answer 5

The role of the president as commander of the national military and the state National Guard units (when called into service)

Question 6

Judicial (Expressed Presidential Power)

Answer 6

The presidential power to grant reprieves, pardons, and amnesty involves the power of life and death over all individuals who may be threat to the security of the US.

Question 7

Diplomatic (Expressed Presidential Power)

Answer 7

The president is America’s “head of state” – its chief representative in dealing wit other nations.

Question 8

Executive Agreement

Answer 8

An agreement, made between the president and another country, that has the force of a treaty but does not require the Senate’s “advise and consent”

Question 9

Veto

Answer 9

The president’s constitutional power to prevent a bill from becoming law; a presidential veto may be overridden by a two-thirds vote of each house of Congress

Question 10

Pocket Veto

Answer 10

A presidential veto that is automatically triggered if the president does not act on a given piece of legislation passed during the final 10 days of a legislative session

Question 11

Legislative Initiative

Answer 11

The president’s implied power to bring a legislative agenda before Congress

Question 12

Executive Orders

Answer 12

A rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation

Question 13

Inherent Powers

Answer 13

Powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution but are inferred from it

Question 14

War Powers Resolution

Answer 14

A resolution of Congress that the president can send troops into action abroad only by authorization of Congress, or if American troops are already under attack or serious threat

Question 15

Cabinet

Answer 15

The secretaries, or chief administrators, of the major departments of the federal government; cabinet secretaries are appointed by the president with the consent of the Senate

Question 16

White House Staff

Answer 16

Analyst and advisors to the president, each of whom is often given the title “special assistant”

Question 17

Kitchen Cabinet

Answer 17

An informal group of advisors to whom the president turns for counsel ad guidance; members of the official Cabinet may or may not also be members of the Kitchen Cabinet

Question 18

Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Answer 18

The permanent agencies that perform defined management tasks for the president. Created in 1939, the EOP includes the OMB, the CEA, the NSC, and other agencies

Question 19

Presidents can expand their power in two ways…

Answer 19

Through popular mobilization and through the administration.

Question 20

Signing Statement

Answer 20

Announcements made by the president when signing bills into law, often presenting the president’s interpretation of the law