Chapter 11 Comparative Government

Question 1

To be President, a person must be a ____ citizen, and have lived in the United States at least _____ years, and be at least _____ years old.

Answer 1

Natural Born, 14, 35

Question 2

The President serves a _____ -year term. He or she may serve a maximum of _____ full terms.

Answer 2

4, 2

Question 3

What annual salary does the president earn?

Answer 3

$400,000 a year

Question 4

______ suggested the electoral college in 1787.

Answer 4

Alexander Hamilton

Question 5

Members of the electoral college are called ______

Answer 5

Electors

Question 6

Originally the constitution required that the person receiving the most electoral votes would become ______, while the person with the second-most votes would become ______

Answer 6

President, Vice President

Question 7

Voters don’t vote for the President directly; they actually vote for ______

Answer 7

Electors

Question 8

To become President, a candidate must have at least _____ electoral votes

Answer 8

270

Question 9

Two criticisms of the electoral collage are that the division of votes among the ______ is not fair; and, most seriously, that the electoral college might not elect as President the person who won the ______ vote.

Answer 9

States, popular

Question 10

A member of the electoral college

Answer 10

Elector

Question 11

Group of people selected in each state to formally cast the votes for President and Vice President

Answer 11

Electoral College

Question 12

Vote cast for the President and Vice President by the Electoral College

Answer 12

Electoral Vote

Question 13

There are four ways in which the presidency may be vacated by _____, _____, ______, or ______.

Answer 13

Death, Disability, resignation, Impeachment with Removal

Question 14

The order in which a presidential Vacancy is filled is _______

Answer 14

Succession

Question 15

The order of presidential succession was established by the 1947 _______

Answer 15

Presidential Succession Act

Question 16

The order of the presidential succession is as follows 1. ________, 2. _______, 3. _________, 4. ________.

Answer 16

Vice President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Cabinet

Question 17

The _______ provides for filling a vacancy in the Presidency.

Answer 17

25th Amendment

Question 18

If both the Presidency and vice presidency are vacant at the same time, who becomes the president? The ______ Who becomes the Vice President? The _______

Answer 18

Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the Senate

Question 19

According to the Constitution, the Vice President has but 2 duties, One is to preside over the ______, the other is to help decide questions of ______

Answer 19

Senate, Disability

Question 20

The procedure by which a vacancy in the presidency is filled.

Answer 20

Presidential Succession

Question 21

The heads of the executive departments in their capacity as advisers to the President.

Answer 21

Cabinet

Question 22

The Executive branch (think of it like a principal of a school, what is his role?)

Answer 22

administration

Question 23

The constitutional powers of the presidency are described in Article _____ of the Constitution.

Answer 23

2

Question 24

the President is _______ of the armed forces.

Answer 24

Commander in chief of all the armed forces of the US

Question 25

The ______ limits the amount of time a president can commit U.S. troops without congressional approval.

Answer 25

War powers resolution

Question 26

The president is the country's chief ______, or negotiator with other countries.

Answer 26

Diplomat

Question 27

All ______ negosiated by the president with other counties must be approved by the Senate.

Answer 27

Treaties

Question 28

The president has the power to enter into ______, which are pacts between heads of state

Answer 28

Executive agreement

Question 29

Presidential directives called ________ have the force of law.

Answer 29

Executive Order

Question 30

The president can grand _______ and _______ to federal criminals.

Answer 30

Commution and Reprieves

Question 31

The president is required to deliver a ________ message to Congress "from time to time"

Answer 31

State of the Union

Question 32

A President can ______, or reject any bill passed by Conress.

Answer 32

Veto

Question 33

The power of Congress to void execuative branch actions.

Answer 33

legislative Veto

Question 34

A formal agreement between nations.

Answer 34

Treaty

Question 35

An agreement between the President and another head of state.

Answer 35

Executive

Question 36

Directive issued by the President that defines new policies or carries out existing laws.

Answer 36

Executive order

Question 37

Since the constitution was ratified, four types of powers have strengthened the presidency: ___________, _____________, ____________, and _____________.

Answer 37

Economic Planning, Executive privilege, impoundment, and persuasion.

Question 38

President _______ established the President as the Chief economic planner of the country.

Answer 38

FDR

Question 39

What law directed the President to submit an annual economic report to Congress and created the Council of Economic Advisers?

Answer 39

Employment act of 1946

Question 40

___________ is the president's right to withhold information from congress or the courts.

Answer 40

Executive Privilege

Question 41

Executive privilege was first questioned during the administration of President ______ in 1974

Answer 41

Nixon

Question 42

________ is the refusal of a President to spend money appropriated by Congress.

Answer 42

Impoundment

Question 43

Congress sought to stop presidential impoundment by passing the _________ of 1974.

Answer 43

Budget Reform Act

Question 44

The three Presidents who are widely considered "great" are ________, _________, and _________.

Answer 44

Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington

Question 45

The president's right to refuse supply information to a court or congress

Answer 45

Executive Privilege

Question 46

The president's power to refuse to spend money allocated by congress.

Answer 46

Impoundment

Question 47

Marked by cooperation between the two major Political Parties

Answer 47

Bipartisan