Unit 5: The Executive Branch

In order to be president you must meet some basic qualifications which of the following qualifications are TRUE.

• You must be a natural born citizen

• Must be at least 35 years of age

• Must have a college degree

• Must be a resident in the US for at least 14 years

Which amendment deals directly with presidential succession?

• 22nd Amendment

• 25th Amendment

• 20th Amendment

• 12th Amendment

Which Amendment limits presidents to only 2 terms

• 21st Amendment

• 22nd Amendment

• 23rd Amendment

• 12 Amendment

The line of succession for the President is as follows...

• Vice President, Speaker of the House, President pro-tempore of the Senate, followed by department secretaries in the order that they were created.

• Vice President, President pro-tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House, followed by department secretaries in the order that they were created.

• Speaker of the House, followed by department secretaries in the order that they were created, Vice President, President pro-tempore of the Senate

• President pro-tempore of the Senate, Vice President, Speaker of the House, followed by department secretaries in the order that they were created.

The 25th Amendment states

• No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

• In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

Members of the presidents cabinet are appointed by the president and then must be confirmed by the Senate

• True

• False

The president gets his power from

• The Sun

• Acts of Congress

• The Constitution

An Executive Order is...

• President’s refusal to spend money that Congress has lawfully appropriated for a specific purpose.

• Rule made by the President having same force as a law.

• Presidential forgiveness for the conviction of a crime.

• Another term used when the president signs a treaty

Executive Privilege is...

• A group pardon for an offense against the federal government.

• Agreement made between the President and the leader of another nation that DOES NOT NEED Senate ratification.

• Right of the President to withhold information from Congress and/or Courts regarding conversations he/she has/had with close advisors.

• President’s refusal to spend money that Congress has lawfully appropriated for a specific purpose.

The president is the symbolic leader of our country, which of the following are some accurate examples of their ceremonial duties

• Throwing out the first pitch to start baseball season

• Laying a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

• Awarding medals to war heroes

• Signing a bill into law