Unit 6: The Presidency

Match the following

• Electoral College

• Total number of Electoral College votes

• 270

• Number of Electoral College votes needed to become president

• 538

• System used to elect the U.S. President

The Constitution says the president must be at least​ (a)   years old, a ​ (b)   citizen, and have lived in the U.S. at least the last ​ (c)   years.

• 35
• native-born
• 14
• 30
• 9
• naturalized

The ​ (a)   presides over the ​ (b)   .

• Vice President
• Senate
• President
• House of Representatives

Which 3 powers are given to the President in Article 2 of the Constitution?

• Declare War

• command the army

• veto bills

• appoint Supreme Court Justices

Match each role of the President with a job they would do while fulfilling that role.

• planning the federal budget

• Chief Executive

• carry out laws passed by Congress

• Party Leader

• sending troops into combat

• Economic Leader

• helping someone campaign for a Senate seat

• Head of State

• awarding a medal to a war hero

• Commander-in-Chief

In the Constitution's system of checks and balances, what body must approve treaties negotiated and appointments made by the president?

• House of Representatives

• Senate

• Supreme Court

• Vice President

The Department of Homeland Security was formed after the events of September 11, 2001, during which president's first term in office?

• George W. Bush

• Barack Obama

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

About how many people work in the Executive Branch as part of the EOP, 15 executive departments, and hundreds of executive agencies?

• 270

• 500

• 15,000

• 3,000,000

Which body is the led by the Chief of Staff?

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Executive Office of the President (EOP)

• President's Cabinet

Which landmark Supreme Court case set the precedent that all Americans are accountable for obeying the law, even the president?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Brown v. Board of Education

• U.S. v. Nixon