Executive Branch

Which article in the Constitution deals with the Executive Branch?

• l
• ll
• lll
• llll

What does the executive branch do?

• elect the president
• make the laws
• enforces the laws
• count the votes

How many terms may the president serve?

• 1
• 2
• 4
• unlimited

.  Which amendment addresses the order of succession to the Presidency if the President dies or resigns?

• 20
• 25
• 22
• 23

.  Who has the expressed power to declare war?  

• President
• Congress
• House
• Senate

To be President you must be at least ____ years old

• 25
• 30
• 35
• 40

To be president you must be 

• a citizen for 7 years
• a citizen for 9 years
• a natural born citizen
• a citizen for 14 years

According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1974, which of these officers follows the Vice President in line of presidential succession?

• Speaker of the House
• President pro tempore of the Senate 
• Secretary of State 
• Secretary of Treasury

The Electoral College

• functions largely independently of the major political parties
• provide for a winner-take-all system of election in all 50 states
• requires that the candidate who receives a plurality of the votes (the most) will be elected to the office of president
• requires that a candidate receive a majority (270 electoral votes) to be elected president.

Which of the following is a power of the executive branch?

• Appoints federal judges

• Declares acts of Congress unconstitutional

• Ratifies treaties

• Impeaches and removes judges