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WorksheetsExecutive Branch
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
When the Vice President is to become acting President, the President must inform Congress in writing or the Vie President and majority of the Cabinet members must inform Congress in writing. Why?
A written record proves the President is unfit.
Congress needs to make sure the Vice President can read and write.
A written record proves the process has been carried out legally.
A wriiten record is necessary for the federal governements filing system.
President Eisenhower's want for his Vice President, Richard Nixon, to be at as many important government conferences so that he could be ready to fill the presidency at any moment if need be was important why?
It showed how unimportant the role of Vice President really is.
It marked the beginning of a shift in how the office of Vice President was seen.
It showed that the President and Vice President are always BFF's
The Vice President must be prepared to take role of the presidency at any moment.
When it comes to treaties, they have th esame legal standing as as the acts of who?
Congress
Secretary of States
The First Lady
The IRS
In order for the President to have a treaty passed by Congress, what has to happen?
at least 67 senators support the treaty
2/3's of the House of Representatives must support the treaty
The Vice President must support the treaty.
The White House staff preforms which of the following duties?
ensuring that federal agencies comply with environmental laws
advising the President on military matters related to national security
directing the operations of the Executive Office of the President
Preparing the federal budget
Chief of State means what?
head of foreign affairs
head of the armed forces
Governor of any given State in the US.
ceremonial head of the Federal Government
Wars and Economic Problems fall under which Presidential Powers?
Checks and Balances
National Crises
Political Powers
Executive Privelege
The presidential Cabinet do what?
They advise the President and help make decisions and set policies based on their area of expertise.
In the line of succession for the Presidency, after the Vice President, the Speaker of the House, and the President Pro Tempore, who comes next in the Line of Succession?
Although Congress has not declared war since World War II, the United States has used military force on many ocassions since then. What is one explanation for this fact?
Congress has the power to declare war without authorizing the use of military force.
Congress has enacted joint resolutions to authorize the President to use military force
"It is the Purpose of this joint resolution to fulfill the intent of the framers of the Constitution of the US an dinsure that the collective judgemnt of both the COngress and the President will apply to the introduction of US Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, and to the continued use of such forces in hostilities or in such situations."
What is the MOST LIKELY reason that members of Congress passed this resolution?
They feared that other countries would view the US as weak without such a resolution.
They wished to allow the President to initiate military force without consulting Congress
They believed that the President was blurring the seperation of powers established by the Constitution.
They hoped to convince the American people to continue to support the use of force in Vietnam
What would fall under Chief Diplomat as President?
Meeting with foreign leaders and creating relationships with other countries
Leading their party
deploying troops
speaking to a group of constituents about NASA projects
The 22nd Amendment is what?
Raises the Presidents Salary
Limits Presidents to 2 terms
Allows Presidents to run for a 3rd term
Enables past Presidents to serve on a Presidents Cabinet
In the 1960s, President John F. Kennedy directed his military adviser, General Maxwell Taylor, to refuse to testify before a congressional committee examining the Bay of Pigs affair. This is an example of the use of which presidential power?
When is comes to executive privilege which is most accurate?
Executive privilege has divided Congress so much that it is no longer a check on the executive branch
Congress and Executive Privilege are not given the same power.
Executive Privilege allows the Presidetn to do things to which Congress might object.
The presidenet knows the needs of the country better than Congress does
Which presidential power blurs the seperation of powers between branches of government?
legislative power
Congress overrode President Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution. What conclusion can be drawn based on this fact?
Support for the resolution was overwhelming in both houses of Congress
The President's action was based on public opinion regarding the resolution
Support for the resolution was overwhelming in both houses of Congress
The Senate did not have the necessary two-thirds vote to approve the resolution
An example of the power to execute the law is....
Using military force without Congressional permission
The President can initiate congressional legislation
appointing top-ranking officers to the federal government
Congress creates laws but the fine print and day-to-day administration of the law is worked out in the executive branch
