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WorksheetsThe Executive Branch
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which Article in the Constitution explains the Executive Branch?
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What does the Executive Branch do?
Elect the president
Make the laws
Enforce the laws
Count the votes
Who is in charge of the Executive Branch?
Congress
The President
Judges
A secret committee
of lizard people
How many terms may a president serve?
a natural- born citizen
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23
25
If the U.S. President and Vice President are unable to serve, who becomes the chief executive officer of the country?
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The president pro tempore of the Senate.
The Secretary of Defense.
The Secretary of Commerce.
Functions largely independently of the major political parties
Provides for a winner-take-all system of election in all 50 states
Requires that the candidate who receives a plurality of the votes (the most) will be elected to the office of president
Requires that a candidate receive a majority (270 electoral votes) to be elected president.
The number of electoral votes each state has is equal to the number of:
People who voted in the previous presidential election
Registered voters in the state
Square miles the state covers
U.S. Senators and Representatives the state has
The 15 department heads make up the President's __________________.
Secret Service
Department of State
Congress
Cabinet
The purpose of the President's Cabinet is to
advise and help the President
advise Congress
help make laws
decide if laws make sense
The Secretary is the lead/head of each Cabinet department in the Executive Branch.
True
False
Department of Education
The President addresses the nation every year in January during the what?
State of the Country Address
State of the United States Address
State of the Union Address
State of the Federation Address
Who has the (Constitutional) expressed power to declare war?
True or False: The President must approve a bill twice before it becomes a law.
True
False
Commander in Chief
Appoint ambassadors
Declare war
Grant pardons
Head of State
This role shows the President as the ceremonial head of the government.
Head of State
Party Chief
Chief Executive
Agenda Setter
This presidential role shows the President as the main architect of a nation's public policies.
Chief Executive
Agenda Setter
Party Chief
Commander in Chief
President Biden endorses a Democrat candidate for a position in the Senate. What job is he fulfilling?
Agenda Setter
Party Chief
Commander in Chief
Chief Executive
Mrs. DeBruyne was once romantically pursued by President Millard Fillmore.
True
False
