Executive Branch Review

One of the president's main responsibilities is to execute laws that have been passed

• True

• False

Second in the presidential line of succession. 

• Secretary of Defense

• Speaker of the House

• Attorney General

• Secretary of the House

To take office, Presidents must win a majority of the electoral college vote.

• True

• False

Who is the head of the Department of Justice that fights crime and runs the federal court system?

• Secretary of Homeland Security

• Secretary of State

• Secretary of Defense

• Attorney General

A President who commits wrongs is liable to be impeached by the House of Representatives and tried in the Senate. If convicted, he or she is removed from office.

• True

• False

The president can make treaties with other countries (with Senate approval).

• True

• False

The president can sign or veto bills in Congress.

• True

• False

As the ____________, the president is a major force in setting and carrying out the nation's foreign policy, and meeting with foreign leaders.

• Majority Party Leader

• Chief Diplomat

• Chief Executive

• Chief of State

The president can tell Congress what laws it must pass.

• True

• False

Who manages our relationships with foreign countries?

• Attorney General

• President pro tempore of the Senate

• Secretary of State

• Speaker of the House