Chapter 13

Question 1

expressed powers

Answer 1

specific powers granted by the Constitution to Congress (Article I, Section 8) and to the president (Article II)

Question 2

implied powers

Answer 2

powers necessary to allow presidential exercise of expressed powers

Question 3

delegated powers

Answer 3

constitutional powers that are assigned to one governmental agency but that are exercised by another agency with the express permission of the first

Question 4

commander in chief

Answer 4

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

Question 5

executive privilege

Answer 5

the claim that confidential communications between a president and close advisers should not be revealed without the consent of the president

Question 6

legislative initiative

Answer 6

the president’s inherent power to bring a legislative agenda before Congress

Question 7

executive order

Answer 7

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

Question 8

inherent powers

Answer 8

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

Question 9

War Powers Resolution

Answer 9

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 10

Cabinet

Answer 10

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 11

National Security Council (NSC)

Answer 11

a presidential foreign policy advisory council composed of the president, the vice president, the secretary of state, the secretary of defense, and other officials invited by the president

Question 12

White House staff

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Kitchen Cabinet

Answer 13

an informal group of advisers to whom the president turns for counsel and guidance; members of the official Cabinet may or may not also be members of the Kitchen Cabinet

Question 14

Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Answer 14

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 15

signing statements

Answer 15

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