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WorksheetsThe President's Cabinet
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Is the Cabinet mentioned in the Constitution?
3 times
10 times
not at all
once
The president can appoint leaders (secretaries) of cabinet departments, but they must be confirmed by the Senate
true
false
Department responsible for borrowing, collecting (taxes), spending, and budgeting money
Department of State
Department of Justice
Department of Defense
Department of the Treasury
Department that deals with national parks, Native American governments and issues, and manages and protects the nation's public lands and natural resources
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Department of Transportation
What was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
too much power to the states
too much power to the president
slaves could vote
outlined a strong and organized military
What are the three levels of government?
Executive, Legislative, and Local
State, National, and International
Judiciary, Legislative, and Economic
Legislative, Judiciary, and Executive
Name the departments of the Cabinet
Education, Justice, Homeland Security, Labor, Agriculture, Interior, Defense, State, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, Energy, Transportation, Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, Commerce
Education, Planning, Defense, Judiciary, Family Development, Foreign Affairs, Commerce, Labor, Veterans Affairs, Domestic Policy, Voting, Campaigns, Political Parties, Animal Welfare
State, International Affairs, The Arts, Budget, Labor, Commerce, Energy, Transportation, Health and Human Services, FDA, Defense, Weapons, Congress, Vice Presidential Office
Justice, Homeland Security, Labor, Agriculture, Education, Interior, Defense, Housing and Urban Development, State, Treasury, Energy, Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, Commerce, CIA
Who is the leader if the Department if Justice, and what does it do?
Attorney General, judges laws to be either constitutional or unconstitutional
Secretary of Justice, judges laws to be either constitutional or unconstitutional
Attorney General, enforces laws and investigates crimes, head of the CIA
Secretary of Justice, enforces laws and investigates crimes, head of the CIA
Currently there are how many cabinet positions/departments?
12
10
4
15
What does the Department of State do?
plans and carries out the nation's foreign policy
writes the federal budget each year
controls all aspects of road and transportation infrastructure
controls the entire healthcare system in the nation
Is an oligarchy a dictatorship?
false
true
What are the presidential powers?
- veto bills from Congress
- appoint federal judges, ambassadors, Supreme Court Justices, and top government officials (with Senate approval)
- call Congress into special session
- pardon federal criminals
- act as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces
- make treaties with other countries (with Senate approval)
- make tax laws
- appoint Congress members
- declare war
- decide if laws are constitutional
- act as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces
- veto bills from Congress
- declare war
- collect taxes
- pardon federal criminals
- veto bills from Congress
- make defense laws
- make the budget
- declare war
- pardon federal criminals
- veto bills from Congress
- appoint federal judges
- give federal money to other nations
- make treaties with other countries (without Senate approval)
What was the Mayflower Compact?
set of rules for a dictatorship within the English colonies
set of regulations on trade between early settlers and the Native Americans
set of rules for self-governance written by the English colonists on the Mayflower
set of religious rules written by the English colonists on the Mayflower
