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WorksheetsExtended Learning (3/23-3/27) Executive Branch
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Presidential Line of Succession. Who is 2nd in line?
Vice President
Speaker of the House
Secretary of State
Secretary of Defense
What Amendment states that the president can only serve two 4 year terms?
2nd
12th
20th
22nd
TRUE or FALSE: When taking the oath of office the president must swear to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.
TRUE
FALSE
What are the main organizations of the executive branch called?
Cabinets
Secretaries
Agencies
Departments
The FBI and DEA are two agencies that operate under what department?
Department of Justice
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Veterans Affairs
What is the biggest department?
Department of Treasury $
Department of Labor
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
6
9
12
15
The president nominates a Supreme Court Justice but who’s job is it to approve the nomination?
The President
The Senate
The House of Representatives
The citizens vote by ballot
What judicial philosophy is one where the justices want to figure out exactly what the Founders intended when they wrote the Constitution in 1787?
Originalists
Textualists
Living Constitution
When Justice Scalia died in February 2016 during Obama’s term, why did Trump nominate the replacement in Jan 2017?
Obama’s decided to let the next president nominate the new judge.
The senate was not in session and could not approve Obama’s nomination.
The senate held hearings regarding Obama’s nomination and voted against him.
Republicans controlled the senate in 2016 and refused to hold hearings for a new judge until after the Nov. election.
