executive branch quiz

Question 1

president responsibility has

Answer 1

drastically increased in 20th and 21st century
FDR increased that responsibility

Question 2

requirements for presidents

Answer 2

must be 35 years old
natural born citizen
lived in US for 14 years

Question 3

eisenhower

Answer 3

1953-1961
republican
commander of allied forces in Europe in WWII (Won the war)
civil rights but didn’t want to deal with it`

Question 4

Kennedy

Answer 4

1961-1963
democrat
war hero
known for cuban missile crisis (13 days of stress)
assassination in 1963

Question 5

Lyndon B Johnson

Answer 5

1963-1969
democrat
the Great society (helped poor and still present)
Vietnam war

Question 6

Richard Nixon

Answer 6

1960-1974
Republican
only president to resign from office (Watergate scandal)
reopened relations with china
ended vietnam war

Question 7

Gerald Ford

Answer 7

1974-1977
Republican
Pardoned Nixon
lost election in 1976 to James carter

Question 8

jimmy carter

Answer 8

1977-1981
Democrat
economy is really bad (ran out of oil)
Iran hostage crisis

Question 9

Ronald Reagan

Answer 9

1981-1989
Republican
cut taxes
great communicator (used television to communicate)
won the cold war

Question 10

George HW Bush

Answer 10

1989-1993
republican
won the gulf war
was vice president of reagan

Question 11

Bill Clinton

Answer 11

1993-2001
democrat
worked with Republicans to balance budget
Monica lewinsky scandal
got impeached but not convicted

Question 12

George W Bush

Answer 12

2001-2009
republican
created no child left behind act
9/11
began war in afghanistan (longest war)
began war in Iraq (Warr on terror)

Question 13

Barrack Obama

Answer 13

2009-2017
Democrat
first African American president
Affordable Care act (ACA or OBAMA care)

Question 14

Donald Trump

Answer 14

2017-2020
republican
trump tax cuts
lowered taxes on individuals and businesses (still present today)

Question 15

which branch was intended to be the strongest

Answer 15

legislative

Question 16

which branch is in reality the strongest

Answer 16

the executive

Question 17

how many presidents impeached

Answer 17

three
Johnson and Clinton = not convicted
trump (2x)

Question 18

the succession of presidential order

Answer 18

vice president
speaker of the house
president pro tempore of the senate
secretary of the state
continues through cabinet

Question 19

who died in office

Answer 19

William Henry harrison
Zachary taylor
warren G harding
franklin D roosevelt

Question 20

who resigned

Answer 20

Richard nixon

Question 21

who was assassinated

Answer 21

abraham lincoln
James a garfield
William mckinley
John f kennedy

Question 22

criticism of electoral college

Answer 22

minor parties had disadvantages
failure to show popular vote in account
buffer against the will of the people

Question 23

supporters of electoral college

Answer 23

part of the original constitution
no proposed replacement system

Question 24

who won through the winner takes all system (not popular)

Answer 24

John Quincy adams
rutherford b hayes
William Henry harrison
George W bush
Donald trump

Question 25

ideas to reform electoral college

Answer 25

proportional plan straight popular vote use district plan

Question 26

presidential powers

Answer 26

national security powers legislative powers administrative powers judicial powers

Question 27

national security powers

Answer 27

title of commander in chief nominate ambassadors receive ambassadors of other nations make treaties

Question 28

legislative powers

Answer 28

present information on the state of union to congress recommend legislation convene and adjourn congress veto legislation

Question 29

administrative powers

Answer 29

take care of laws to be faithfully executed nominate officials (cabinet heads) request written opinions of officials fill administrative vacancies (recess appointments)

Question 30

judicial powers

Answer 30

grant pardons nominate federal judges

Question 31

express powers

Answer 31

powers written to branch in Article 2 take care clause vesting clause commander in chief grant pardons call Congress into session receive ambassadors state of the union address veto legislation

Question 32

implied powers

Answer 32

powers implied in Article 2 necessary to operate powers executive privilege executive order executive agreements

Question 33

inherent powers

Answer 33

powers all government has but not explicitly delegated in constitution acquisition of new territory suspend habaes corpus