U4 The Executive Branch Assessment Review

The above headlines are evidence that the President of the United States -

• exercises nearly unlimited power under the United States governmental system.

• has new, added duties not specified in the original Constitution.

• has specific executive, legislative, and military powers.

• must obtain congressional approval of most executive decisions.

The figure in the cartoon can represent any of the following -

• a Cabinet secretary

• a Supreme Court Justice

• the President or Vice President

• a member of the House of Representatives

President Obama made two successful appointments to the Supreme Court of the United States. The first was Justice Sonia Sotomayor. She was confirmed by the Senate in 2009. This is an example of -

• a member of a federal agency or commission

• checks and balances

• pardons and reprieves

• impeachment and conviction

Which Article of the US. Constitution grants government powers to the President and the Executive Branch?

• Article 1

• Article 2

• Article 3

• Article 4

Select three ways the president checks the powers of the legislative branch.

• proposes legislation

• confirms federal judges

• overrides a veto

• approves the budget

• prepares an annual budget

When President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent Federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, during the 1957 school integration crisis, he was exercising his constitutional power as -

• Chief Diplomat

• Chief Legislator

• Chief of Party

• Commander-in-Chief

Each headline above illustrates an action of a President fulfilling his role as -

• Chief Diplomat

• Chief Legislator

• Chief of Party

• Commander-in-Chief

The president's speech to Congress in which he proposes legislation is called the -

• Congressional Report

• Executive Decision

• Executive Declaration

• State of the Union Address

You're the President and have proposed to Congress an idea for a bill to cut taxes. You know the vote to pass the bill will be very close in the Senate. There is one Senator from Wisconsin who you know would vote against it. You have recently discovered that this Senator will be introducing a new farming bill next month. You have scheduled a breakfast meeting with this Senator. At the meeting you inform the Senator that if he backs your tax cut bill you will throw your full support behind his farming bill. What role is the President fulfilling?

• Chief Diplomat

• Chief of State

• Chief Legislator

• Chief of Party

The number of electoral votes for each state is determined by -

• the Federal Election Commission

• the number of Senators and members of the House of Representatives for each state

• the state's population only

• the United States Census Bureau