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Executive Branch

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is not a part of the Executive Branch?

a)

The president

b)

The vice president

c)

Supreme Court judges

d)

Head of the Department of Energy

2.

What powers does the Executive Branch have?

a)

Sign or veto bills

b)

Command the military during war

c)

Appoint judges to the Supreme Court

d)

All of these

3.

How can the executive branch be checked by another branch?

a)

Impeaching a federal judge

b)

A veto being overridden

c)

Declaring a law passed by congress as unconstitutional

d)

Appointing people to the presidential cabinet

4.

The president is the only person running the executive branch

a)

True

b)

False

5.

How many departments exist in the Executive Branch?

a)

15

b)

21

c)

20

d)

12

6.

The department in charge of making sure workers have fair rights, safe workspaces, and training workers is the Department of (a)  

7.

Which is not an Executive Department?

a)

Interior

b)

Defense

c)

Education

d)

Human Behavior

8.

The Department of Homeland Security was created in 2002 to help protect the US from terrorist attacks and aid people after natural disasters. This is a result of which event?

a)

The election of George W. Bush

b)

Hurricane Katrina

c)

The 9/11 Attacks

d)

The Tet Offensive

9.

Put the following steps in the election process in order

a)

Declare you are running

b)

Narrow down candidates

c)

Top candidate from each party is chosen and campaigns

d)

Popular election with the people, then Electoral College

e)

New President and VP!

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
10.

If you are nominated to run for president, you have to formally accept the nomination if you want to continue with the process

a)

True

b)

False

11.

If Candidate A wins a majority of a state's votes, how many electoral votes does the candidate get?

a)

1/2

b)

2/3

c)

3/4

d)

All of the them

12.

Of the 538 Electoral votes that can be given to candidates, how many does one need AT LEAST to become president?

a)

350

b)

270

c)

250

d)

325

13.

Impeachments start where?

a)

House of Representatives

b)

Senate

c)

Supreme Court

d)

Oval Office

14.

Just because you get impeached does not mean you get removed from office

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Which president got impeached AND removed from office?

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Donald Trump

d)

None of these were removed from office

16.

Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998 because...

a)

He passed a law allowing soldiers to stay in people's homes

b)

He stole millions of dollars from legislative branch

c)

He told military secrets to enemy countries

d)

He lied to the public about having an affair with a White House staff member

17.

How many times was Donald Trump impeached?

a)

Once

b)

3 times

c)

Twice

d)

5 times