Executive Branch

The executive branch is headed up by the ___________________________________.

• President

• Vice President

• Cabinet

• Speaker of the House

The main job of the executive branch is to ____________________ the law.

• Interpret the law

• Make Laws

• Enforce Laws

The group of presidential advisors, known as secretaries and heads of the 15 executive departments, is the ____________________________.

• Pantry

• Cabinet

• Advisory Group

• Continential Congress

Every year the president gives a speech to Congress, as mandated by the US Constitution known as _____________________________________________________.

• State of the Union

• Innagural Address

• Gettysburg Address

• Farewell Address

The president has the power to reject or deny laws known as the _____________.

• Amend

• Pardon

• Ratify

• Veto

The president is in charge of making formal agreements with other countries known as _______________________.

• Treaties

• Pact

• Contract

The president appoints these people to their jobs: ____________________________.

(More than one answer)

• Federal Judges

• Department heads (Secretaries)

• Supreme Court Justices

• Senators

Presidential appointments and treaties must be confirmed by: ______________________________.

• House of Represenatives

• Both Houses of Congress

• The Senate

• The Supreme Court

The president can forgive someone who has committed a crime which is known as a ______________________________________.

• Forgiveness

• Pardon

• Treaty

• Declaration

The president has this power which has the strength of law ___________________ ___________________________________________.

• Executive Order

• Formal Order

• Executive Decision

• Pardon