Presidential Power: Crash Course

According to the text, who is the current President of the United States?

• Joe Biden

• Donald Trump

• George W. Bush

• Barack Obama

What are the qualifications to be President of the US?

• 40 years old, born in the US

• 30 years old, born in the US

• 35 years old, born in the US or its territories

• 25 years old, born in the US

How is the President elected in the US?

• By the House of Representatives

• By the Electoral College

• Directly by the American people

• By the Senate

What is the President's most far-reaching power?

• Military power

• Judicial power

• Legislative power

• Executive power

What is the source of the President's foreign policy power?

• Judicial power

• Diplomatic power

• Military power

• Legislative power

Which president led the US troops in the field while he was President?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• John F. Kennedy

• Abraham Lincoln

What is the President's most visible foreign policy power?

• Making treaties

• Appointing ambassadors

• Appointing federal judges

• Receiving ambassadors

What is the President required to do from time to time, according to the Constitution?

• Propose new laws to Congress

• Convene Congress into special sessions

• Make a formal address to the nation

• Inform Congress of the state of the Union

What power does the President have in relation to laws passed by Congress?

• Ignore them

• Amend them

• Enforce them

• Veto them

What power does the President have in relation to judicial matters?

• Issue arrest warrants

• Overturn Supreme Court decisions

• Grant pardons and reprieves

• Appoint judges without Senate approval