Executive Branch

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What could happen if the 22nd amendment is repealed?

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the president could become too powerful like a king

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Acting as Chief Diplomat, the president puts together a treaty with Japan. What must happen next for the treaty to go into effect?

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it must be approved by the Senate

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The term compensation means

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the amount of salary paid

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The framers of the constitution established the Electoral college because they

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had doubts about the average person's ability to select a candidate

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Which president used inherent powers to significantly expand the executive branch by enacting many new economic programs to address the severe economic crisis in the U.S.?

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Franklin D Roosevelt

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The current vice president is responsible for

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breaking a tie in a Senate vote

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Which leader is second in line of succession to the presidency?

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The Vice President

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To become president, a person must: be a U.S. citizen for at least 12 years, be at least 30 years old, have always lived in the U.S., be a natural-born citizen.

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be a natural-born citizen

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Which of these statements best represents one purpose of the State of the Union Address? Options: to support congressional members of the president's party, to discuss current bills with members of Congress, to inform citizens about the laws that have been passed during the year, to present Congress with the president's legislative priorities

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to present Congress with the president's legislative priorities

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A president could continue to assert power twenty years after leaving the presidency through which of these methods? fulfilling the duties of head of state, choosing cabinet members, appointing a Supreme Court Justice, issuing reprieves

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appointing a Supreme Court Justice