Notes for Test

Question 1

Presidency Qualifications

Answer 1

1. Natural Born Citizen
2. (35) years old
3. Residing in the U.S. for 14 years

Question 2

Terms

Answer 2

4 years per term
22nd Amendment (1951) - 10 years max

Question 3

Congress sets ______

Answer 3

presidents salary and benefits

400K annually

Question 4

Presidential Succession

Answer 4

25th Amendment

The order in which a vacancy is filled

Question 5

Presidential Disability

Answer 5

If the president is unable to fulfill his/her duties as president
(The VP becomes the active Pres.)

Question 6

2 formal duties of VP

Answer 6

Acts as President of state

helps decide the question of the President disability.

Question 7

how many presidents have died in office?

Answer 7

8 presidents

Question 8

how many presidents have been assassinated?

Answer 8

4 presidents

Question 9

Which president resigned?

Answer 9

Nixon

Question 10

How many total votes are there?

Answer 10

538

Question 11

How many votes are needed to win?

Answer 11

270

Question 12

When is the general election?

Answer 12

November

Question 13

When are the votes casted at the capital?

Answer 13

December

Question 14

When is a winner declared?

Answer 14

January

Question 15

Direct Primary

Answer 15

Each Party holds series of “preliminary Elections”

Question 16

Closed Primary

Answer 16

Must register with specific party

Only registered members may vote

Question 17

Open Primary

Answer 17

Voters may vote freely

Question 18

Super Tuesday

Answer 18

Multiple states hold their primaries on the same day

Question 19

National Conventions

Answer 19

Pivotal States

states that could vote either way

Question 20

Chicago

Answer 20

Hosted more than any other city

Question 21

Fiscal Year

Answer 21

Oct 1, Sept 30

Question 22

Dept of State

Answer 22

foreign Policy

Question 23

Dept of Defense

Answer 23

Armed Forces

Question 24

Dept of Justice

Answer 24

Responsibility for aspects of law enforcement

Question 25

Dept of Commerce

Answer 25

supervises trade

Question 26

Dept of Labor

Answer 26

Working conditions and wages

Question 27

Dept of Education

Answer 27

Advice and funding for school

Question 28

Dept of Transportation

Answer 28

Nations highways, railroads, airline, etc.

Question 29

Commission on Civil Rights

Answer 29

Evaluates info. on discrimination

Question 30

Federal reserve system

Answer 30

Monetary policies controls interest rates

Question 31

Federal Trade Commissions

Answer 31

Monetary policies control interest rates

Question 32

FCC

Answer 32

monitors content over the public airwaves

Question 33

Beaurocracy

Answer 33

all of the agencies, people, and procedures through which the govt. operates

Question 34

Civil service

Answer 34

public employees

Question 35

spoils system

Answer 35

party loyalty should be rewarded

Question 36

merit system

Answer 36

selection based on performance

Question 37

Hatch Act of 1939

Answer 37

classified federal employees cant be party activities

Question 38

Lincoln

Answer 38

Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth

Question 39

James Garfield

Answer 39

Assassinated by Charles Guiteau

Question 40

William Mckinley

Answer 40

Assassinated by Leon F. Czolgosz

Question 41

Franklin Roosevelt

Answer 41

Cerebral Hemorage

Question 42

JFK

Answer 42

Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald | Youngest elected Pres. at 43

Question 43

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 43

Youngest to hold the office of Pres.

Question 44

Chief Executive

Answer 44

carry out nations laws

Question 45

Executive order

Answer 45

has the same force as law

Question 46

chief diplomat

Answer 46

foreign affairs

Question 47

ambassador

Answer 47

representative of a country's govt.

Question 48

treaty

Answer 48

formal agreement between countries

Question 49

executive agreement

Answer 49

instead of a treaty, no senate approval needed

Question 50

commander-in-chief

Answer 50

authority over us troops

Question 51

war powers act

Answer 51

limits pres authority to wage war

Question 52

chief of state

Answer 52

symbol of the us govt.

Question 53

legislative leader

Answer 53

recommends legislation

Question 54

judicial powers

Answer 54

powers of mercy

Question 55

pardon

Answer 55

and freedom from punishments

Question 56

reprieve

Answer 56

delay persons punishment

Question 57

amnesty

Answer 57

a pardon, but it applies to a group

Question 58

commutation

Answer 58

reduce a sentence or fine

Question 59

Presides in the absence of the VP

Answer 59

President Protem

Question 60

Amendment that addresses president tenure

Answer 60

Twenty Second

Question 61

US superspy system

Answer 61

CIA

Question 62

Amendment that addresses presidential succession

Answer 62

Twenty Fifth

Question 63

Original concept of Electors

Answer 63

Free Agents

Question 64

Agency concerned with the security of the US

Answer 64

National Security Council

Question 65

Pres. budget making agency

Answer 65

OMB

Question 66

Regulates the value of money

Answer 66

Federal reserve system

Question 67

Govt financial year

Answer 67

Fiscal year

Question 68

System hiring and promotion based on performance

Answer 68

Merit System

Question 69

Electoral concept involving the winner of the popular vote

Answer 69

Winner-Take-All

Question 70

Presidential Action has the effect of law

Answer 70

Executive Order

Question 71

Group Pardon

Answer 71

Amnesty

Question 72

President elected to 4 terms

Answer 72

FDR

Question 73

Makes workplace more friendly

Answer 73

Family leave art