Quiz for Topic 7: The Executive Branch

What is the main responsibility of the executive branch?

• Creating laws

• Interpreting laws

• Enforcing laws

• Amending the Constitution

Where in the Constitution are the powers of the president defined?

• Article I

• Article II

• Article III

• The Bill of Rights

What document created the first U.S. government without an independent executive branch?

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Emancipation Proclamation

According to Federalist #70, why is a strong executive necessary?

• To ensure the military has the most power

• To provide energy and decisive leadership

• To allow the president to rule without limits

• To make laws without Congress

How is the president elected?

• By a direct popular vote

• By Congress

• By the Electoral College

• By the Supreme Court

Which amendment limits the president to two terms in office?

• The First Amendment

• The Tenth Amendment

• The Seventeenth Amendment

• The Twenty-Second Amendment

What role does the Senate play in foreign relations?

• Declaring war without the president

• Ratifying treaties negotiated by the president

• Controlling all foreign policy decisions

• Appointing ambassadors

Which of the following is NOT a power of the president?

• Vetoing congressional bills

• Declaring war

• Appointing Supreme Court justices

• Serving as Commander-in-Chief

What is one way the president checks the power of Congress?

• Overriding Supreme Court decisions

• Vetoing bills passed by Congress

• Controlling the House of Representatives

• Appointing congressional leaders

Why did the Framers give the president broad, rather than specific, powers?

• To allow flexibility in responding to emergencies

• To limit the role of the Supreme Court

• To make the president more powerful than Congress

• To ensure that elections were unnecessary