The Executive Branch

True or False

The President creates and passes laws for our country

• True

• False

What article of the Constitution deals with the Executive Branch?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

How is the President elected?

• By the people through the popular vote

• By the people through the Electoral College

• By state legislatures

True or False 

As Commander and Chief of the Military, the President can declare war.

• True

• False

What does "veto" mean?

• My uncle's name

• A condition where your toes for a "V"

• When the president rejects a law

Which of the following is NOT a power of the president?

• Can PARDON people for federal crimes

• Can issue EXECUTIVE ORDERS and bypass Congress to legislate (pass laws)

• Can SELEECT Supreme Justices and Federal Judges

• Can declare laws UNCONSTITU- TIONAL and effectively cancel laws.

The president is able to make treaties, appoint federal judges, and appoint their cabinet. However, what body must approve the choices made by the President?

• The House of Representatives

• The Supreme Court

• The Senate

• The State Legislature

If the electoral college fails to select a president, who will select the President?

(this happens when no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes)

• The popular vote

• The Senate

• The House of Representatives

• The Supreme Court