Executive & Judicial Branches Review

Executive power is vested in a...

• President

• Senator

• Chief Justice

• Vice President

Citizens vote for candidates within a party to see who the party's presidential nominee will be.

• Primaries

• National Convention

• Popular Vote

• Electoral Vote

The official vote to elect the president is the...

• Popular vote

• Electoral vote

• Primary vote

• National Convention vote

In the 2004 presidential election, George W. Bush received 62,040,610 votes while his opponent John Kerry received 59,028,444 votes. What kind of vote do these numbers represent?

• Popular vote

• Electoral vote

• National Convention vote

• Congressional vote

A candidate needs ___ electoral votes to win the presidential election.

• 100

• 270

• 435

• 538

Why did the Framers create the Electoral College?

• Americans were not intelligent enough to vote freely

• Americans couldn't get all possible information

• It gave Congress more power than the people

• It gave the people more power than Congress

As _____, the president appoints federal officials to help carry out laws.

• Commander-in-Chief

• Head of State

• Chief Diplomat

• Chief Executive

As _____, the president directs U.S. foreign policy.

• Commander-in-Chief

• Head of State

• Chief Diplomat

• Chief Executive

As _____, the president is the head of the U.S. military.

• Commander-in-Chief

• Head of State

• Chief Diplomat

• Chief Executive

What is the president's State of the Union?

• Where he lives

• A speech to Congress

• His morning briefing

• His budget proposal