Executive Branch

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.

The people entitled to vote in a given election are known as

• Platform
• Electorate
• Representatives
• Congress

This presidential role shows the president as the main architect of a nation's public policies.

• Chief executive
• chief legislator
• chief of party
• commander in chief

This role shows the president as the representative of the people.

• Chief legislator 
• Chief diplomat
• Chief administrator
• Chief citizen

This role shows the president as the ceremonial head of the government.

• Chief of state
• Chief of party
• Chief executive
• Chief legislator 

The one formal duty assigned to the Vice President by the Constitution is to...

• call cabinet meetings.
• choose the Secretary of State.
• preside over the Senate.
• preside over the House

According to the Constitution the president must...

• be a man who owns property
• be at least 35 years of age
• have held one major public office
• have lived in the U.S. for at least 20 years

This individual is third in order of Presidential Succession.

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

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