Presidential Powers

Which Presidential Role is about being the person who Enforces and Executes laws passed by Congress?

• Chief of State

• Chief Administrator

• Chief Executive

• Commander in Chief

Explain how the President's Appointment Power gives them a lot of control over the Government?

The ability of the President to keep certain things secret in order to protect the US or to protect the President themselves is called

• Secret Keeping

• Classified Information

• Executive Privilege

• Executive Secret Keeping

What is a decree given by the President to a certain part of government, which tells them to interpret the law or act in a certain way?

• Decree

• Presidential Order

• Executive Order

• A Law

During the 1976 Presidential Campaign Jimmy carter promised to pardon draft evaders from Vietnam War to help heal the wounds of the war. Shortly after he was elected President carter pardoned about 100,000 draft dodgers. How was he able to pardon so many at once?

• He was exercising his costmary powers as President.

• He was exercising his implied powers as President.

• He was exercising his emergency powers as president.

• He was exercising his expressed powers as President.

Match with the correct term.

• Executive Order

• The President must take the _____________ on the day he takes office.

• Supreme Court

• The ________________ has ruled that the President's ordnance power may be limited.

• Constitution

• A presidential directive, called a(n) _____________, has the force of law.

• Senate

• The ___________ must confirm most of the President's appointments.

• Oath of Office

• The ___________ gives the President the power to appoint ambassadors.

If Congress is not currently in session, but an issue such as the nation's budget needs to be resolved, the president can call a ____________________________, where Congress will convene (outside regular legislative session) to work to resolve the issue.

• special session

• executive session

• veto

• none of the given

Which power is used by the president for enforcing federal law? (a)  

• general executive power

• veto power

• executive agreements

• patronage

A presidential order that pardons a group of people who have committed an offense against the government.

• Executive Order

• Reprieve

• Amnesty

• Veto

The ability of the President to acknowledge the existence of new countries by the United States is called

• Independence

• Diplomatic Acknowledgement

• Diplomatic Recognition

• Alliance