ch.12.1
what became known as the Virginia Plan?
James Madison’s proposal
After the first election of Washington, the political party system gained what
steam and power in the electoral process, creating separate nomination and general election stages.
example of a cabinet?
George Washington’s cabinet was made up of only four people, the attorney general and the secretaries of the Departments of War, State, and the Treasury.
What was Abraham Lincoln's memorable speech?
Gettysburg Address
Which Act the Congress tried to use to limit the removal power of the President?
Tenure of Office Act 1867
What was the New Jersey Plan?
This plan called for merely amending the Articles of Confederation to allow for an executive branch made up of a committee elected by a unicameral Congress for a single term.
Primaries are what?
elections where candidates competed for the backing of state delegations at the party's nominating convention
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is?
the president’s own budget department.
What did BOTH Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman use to conduct diplomatic and military business?
Air Travel
That type of Power is Pardon?
A Executive power
What is impeachment?
is the act of charging a government official with serious wrongdoing; the Constitution calls this wrongdoing high crimes and misdemeanors.
The Twelfth Amendment, ratified in 1804, provided ...
for the separate election of president and vice president as well as setting out ways to choose a winner if no one received a majority of the electoral votes.
the Senate has attempted a new strategy, refusing to hold hearings at all, a strategy of defeat that scholars have referred to?
“malign neglect”
What is the concept of going public?
The President delivering a major television address hoping that the people watching will contact their House and Senate resulting in legislators supporting the president on a major piece of legislation due to public pressure.
Who signed the Executive Order 9066? An why?
Franklin D. Roosevelt, after the Japanese Attack at Pearl Harbor the president authorized the relocation of 110,000 Japanese Americans from their home because of the fear of an alliance with Japan.
steps to Impeachment?
1- the House of Representatives could impeach the president by a simple majority vote.
2- the Senate could remove the president from office by a two-thirds majority, with the chief justice of the Supreme Court presiding over the trial.
3- Upon conviction and removal of the president, if that occurred, the vice president would become president.
Primaries offer what?
tests of candidates’ popular appeal, while state caucuses testify to their ability to mobilize and organize grassroots support among committed followers.
Why do most presidents recognized that they must address their major initiatives during their first two years in office?
Because it is the time when the president is most powerful and is given the benefit of the doubt by the media.
Who was the First Woman that caused to increase the public political role?
Eleanor Roosevelt
What is a Line-item veto?
A type of veto that keeps majority of a spending bill unaltered but nullifies certain lines of spendingwithin it
how many presidents have faced impeachment proceedings in the House?
Four presidents
The rise of the primary system during the Progressive Era came at the cost of?
party regulars’ control of the process of candidate selection.
What first act undertaken by the new president can do much to set the tone for what is intended to follow?
The delivery of an inaugural address.
What is Hillary Clinton known for doing as the First Lady?
She was the First Lady appointed to chair the task Force on National Health Care Reform
Why did the farmers of the Constitution create the check and Balance?
Because they were concern about the excessive power of the Bristish monarchial power.