Executive Branch

When a president seeks to improve relations with another country, he or she is acting in the role of 

• chief executive
• commander in chief
• foreign policy leader
• chief agenda setter

If a president dies in office, the vice president 

• assumes the duties but not the title of president.
• becomes president and serves out the term
• becomes president and serves until a special election can be held.
• serves until the speaker of the House can take over.

In the electoral college that chooses the president, each state gets one vote for every 

• member of the House of Representatives.
• member of Congress
• member of the state legislature. 
• 500,000 people.

The president elected is elected by 

• a majority vote of eligible voters. 
•  the 50 state legislatures.
• a vote of the electoral college.
• members of Congress.

Proposing a law to expand educational opportunities for preschool-age children would be an example of what kind of presidential power? 

• executive
• judicial
• legislative
• diplomatic

Which of the following would probably be the most effective way for a president to achieve the goal of getting changes made to an important bill when Congress is controlled by the other party?

• making a televised speech proposing the desired changes 
• asking members of the president’s party to vote against the bill unless it is changed
• threatening a veto and negotiate with legislative leaders over changes
• calling on voters to defeat legislators who oppose the president

The Executive Office of the President was created during the administration of a. Andrew Jackson. c. Theodore Roosevelt. b. Abraham Lincoln. d. Franklin Roosevelt.

• Jackson
• T. Roosevelt
• Lincoln
• F. Roosevelt

What is the title of a cabinet department head?

• chief of staff
• secretary
• chief executive
• chancellor

The spoils system led to which problem? 

• Presidents lacked the power to appoint qualified people.
• Only friends of the president could work for the government.
• Political appointees always rewarded an administration’s supporters with contracts. 
• The federal bureaucracy remained inexperienced and inefficient.

Which of the following was among the first three executive departments to be created? 

• Homeland Security
• Department of State
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Energy