Executive Branch Article II

If something happened to the President & VP this person would be the next in line to become President

• President Pro Tempore

• Speaker of the House

• Speaker of the Senate

• Secretary of State

Which of the following is provided for in the U.S. Constitution for electing a president?

• National nominating conventions

• Political parties adopting a party platform

• The Electoral College

• The President giving a speech at his inauguration

Pardoning people who dodged the draft during the Vietnam War would be an example of the President acting under this role

• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

• Chief Diplomat

• Chief Executive

• Commander in Chief

The President using a pocket veto is an example of this basic principle of the Constitution

• Checks and balances

• Judicial Review

• Pocket veto

• Limited government

The President is the head of the . . .

• Legislative branch

• Executive branch

• Judicial Branch

• Bureaucracy

The President must be at least

• 25

• 30

• 35

• 40

Under normal conditions, a president's term of office is

• 2 years

• 4 years

• 6 years

• 8 years

Congress (NOT THE PRESIDENT) has the power to

• declare war

• appoint federal judges

• sign legislation into law

• veto legislation

The Vice President's only constitutional power is to serve as the President of

• the House of Representatives

• the Senate

• the Supreme Court

• the United States of New York

_____________________ has the power to choose a President if no candidate receives the majority of electoral college votes (270).

• Senate

• House

• Speaker of the House

• Supreme Court