Executive Branch

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

.  Who has the expressed power to declare war?  

• President
• Congress
• House
• Senate

What role gives the President the ability to rule as head of all the branches of the military?  

• Chief of State
• Chief Diplomat
• Chief Citizen
• Commander in Chief

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

How does the President “check” Congress? 

• clemency
• pardon
• veto
• reprieve

The 25th Amendment sets out the order of succession to the Presidency. If the President dies, the Vice President is next in line. Which official follows next?

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

How does the President check the Judicial Branch?

• By impeaching federal judges

• By firing Supreme Court justices

• By vetoing court decisions

• By issuing pardons, reprieves, and amnesty

How is the Senate involved in Presidential appointments? Choose all that apply

• They recommend good people to fill the jobs.

• They hold job fairs to recruit good employees.

• They hold hearings to see if the appointees will do a good job.

• They have to approve the person before they can fill the job.

Which branch of government carries out the laws passed by the legislative branch?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

• All of the options are correct