Unit 3 Review - Political Institutions

​Unit 3 CUA Review - Political Institutions

• Electoral College

• Congress

• Executive Branch

• Checks and Balances

​Electoral College

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the Electoral College?

• Elect school board members.

• Provide opportunities for kids to attend school.

• Elect the President of the United States.

• Select a baseball team to play in the College World Series.

Multiple Choice

What is the number needed to be elected President?

• 260

• 270

• 269

• 538

Multiple Choice

The number of electors of each state is based on..

• Congressional Representation

• # of Senators

• # of the Representatives

• Population of the State

Multiple Choice

Which word in the statement above describes this process the BEST?

• primary election

• party platform

• general election

• winner-take-all

Multiple Choice

How is the number of electors for each state determined?

• Each state receives 2 electoral votes.

• Each state receives as many electoral votes as they have House members.

• Each state's senators plus its number of House members determines its electoral votes.

Multiple Choice

Who won the Election of 1860?

• Lincoln with 180 electoral votes

• No one

• Donald Trump

• Congress picked the president

​Congress -

• Basics

• Powers

• Committees

Multiple Choice

The structure of Congress can be best described by which of the following terms?

• Unicameral

• Bicameral

• Tricameral

• Multicameral

Multiple Choice

How many Representatives in the US House of Representatives?

• 27

• 100

• 435

• 500

Multiple Choice

Who is the leader of the House of Representatives?

• Speaker of the House

• Vice President

• President Pro Tempore

• House Majority Whip

Multiple Choice

In order to divide the work, Congress organizes itself into

• houses

• parties

• committees

Multiple Choice

A committee appointed by the presiding officers of each chamber to adjust differences on a particular bill passed by each in different form.

• standing

• select

• joint

• conference

Multiple Choice

Which type of committee is a permanent committee that focuses on a particular policy area and where most of the work is done?

• standing

• select

• joint

• conference

Multiple Choice

the drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party, group, or incumbent

• gerrymandering

• constituents

• apportionment

• appropriation

Multiple Choice

Congress has the power to create armies.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When considering a bill, members of Congress should think about....

• Only Themselves

• Voters Back home

• People on the moon

Multiple Choice

How old do you need to be to run for Senate?

• 25

• 30

• 35

• super old

Multiple Choice

This house has the power to Vote yes or no on presidential appointments.

• The House of Representatives

• The Senate

​Executive Branch

• The President

• Vice President

• Cabinet

Who's in the Executive Branch?

• Most people think it's just the president and vice president.

• This branch also includes the 15 Cabinet departments

• As well as the different federal bureaucracies attached to them.

• The Executive Branch is organized in Article II of the US Constitution.

Requirements to be President

• You must be 35 years old

• A natural born citizen of the United States

• Resident of the US for at least 14 years

• That's it!

Multiple Choice

A group of advisers to the President that include the heads of departments are called the what?

• The Senate

• The Cabinet

• The Ambassadors

• The Diplomats

Multiple Choice

In this role, the president appoints the members of the Federal Reserve -the central bank of the United States - and submits a budget plan to Congress annually:

• Head of State

• Economic Planner

• Chief Diplomat

• Party Leader

Multiple Choice

This image depicts President Eisenhower in what role?

• Commander in Chief

• Chief Executive

• Party Leader

• Legislative Leader

Multiple Choice

The President is the Chief Legislator when he does which of the following?

• Endorses a candidate for office

• Holds a meeting with his Cabinet

• Deploys troops into the Middle East

• Signs a bill into law

Multiple Choice

If the president dies in office or can no longer hold office, who becomes president? 

• Vice President

• The president's brother

• Speaker of the House 

• They hold another election

Multiple Choice

Which body decides to impeach a President, setting up a Senate trial to consider removing the President from office?

• the Supreme Court

• the House of Representatives

• the Senate

• a combined session of the House and Senate

Multiple Choice

Which of the following choices accurately describes the votes needed to override a presidential veto?

• 2/3 of Senate

• 2/3 of House

• 2/3 of both House and Senate

• simple majority of both House and Senate

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a power of the president?

• Grant pardons

• Nominate Supreme Court justices

• Sign or veto laws

• Declare war

Multiple Choice

The President's Roles: The main architect of American foreign policy and chief spokesperson to the rest of the world.

• Legislative Leader

• Chief Executive

• Party Leader

• Chief Diplomat

Multiple Choice

When a president travels around the country to support candidates running for office, he or she is fulfilling which of these roles?

• Legislative Leader

• Head of State

• Economic Planner

• Party Leader

Multiple Choice

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

• It must be approved by the Supreme Court.

• It must be approved by the Senate.

• It must be approved by the House of Representatives.

• It must be approved by the people of the United States.

Roles of the President

• Commander-in-chief of the armed forces

• Chief executive-enforces laws

• Chief agenda setter-determines direction of the country

• Chief of state-represents American people

• Chief diplomat-represents America abroad

• Party leader-head of whatever party they are a member of.

Multiple Choice

The President also has judicial powers. He can ____________________, but only with the consent of the Senate. He does have the power to grant pardons and reprieves...

• appoint judges

• execute judges

• terminate judges

• terminate court

​President - Domestic and Foreign Policy

Multiple Choice

What is the term for "managing relationships between countries"?

• Diplomacy

• Treaty

• Military Force

• Isolationism

Multiple Choice

Diplomatic work is mainly handled by who?

• The Department of Defense

• The CIA

• The State Department

• None of these choices

Multiple Choice

an accredited diplomat sent by a country as its official representative to a foreign country

• Hessian

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Ambassador

​Checks and Balances

• Constitution

• Gridlock

• Limits on the power of president