CE 6D. Check Your Understanding

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

.  Who has the expressed power to declare war?  

• President
• Congress
• House
• Senate

What role is in charge of the military?

• Chief of State
• Commander in Chief
• Chief of Party
• Chief of Armed Forces

An official act by the President forgiving a person convicted of a crime and freeing that person from serving his/her sentence.

• Excuse
• Commutation
• Pardon
• Termination

The purpose of the President's cabinet is to 

• advise and help the President
• advise Congress
• Help make laws
• decide if laws make sense

 The 15 department heads are all part of the president’s cabinet.

• True
• False

How does the President “check” Congress? 

• clemency
• pardon
• veto
• reprieve

Which of these is NOT a power of the president?

• commander in chief
• appoint ambassadors
• declare war
• grant pardons

If the president should die, who would become president?

• Vice President
•  Attorney General
•  Secretary of State
•  Speaker of the House