Presidency and Succession
What is the term for the order in which the office of the president is to be filled if it becomes vacant?
Presidential Succession
What presidential power allows the postponement of the carrying out of a sentence?
Reprieve
What is the name of the highest-ranking U.S. representative in foreign countries?
Ambassador
What is the title used for most cabinet members?
Secretary
What is one constitutional requirement for becoming president?
35 years old, US Resident for 14 years, natural born US citizen
What is the presidential power that reduces a convicted person’s sentence (i.e., makes it less severe)?
Commutation
The government’s plan for interacting with
other countries
Which executive department is responsible for managing federal finances?
Department of the Treasury
If both the president and vice president die or are removed from office, who is next in the line of succession according to the study guide?
Speaker of the House
What presidential action completely forgives a person convicted of a crime and frees them from serving the sentence?
Pardon
What are written agreements between nations called?
Treaties
What is the name of the head of the Department of Justice?
Attorney General
If the vice president succeeds to the presidency, who needs to approve a new vice president?
Congress
What does the president do if he disagrees with a law that is passed by Congress?
Vetoes it
What is the document you need to visit the United States as a foreigner?
A visa
What does an independent agency do?
Name the only president elected to four terms before the 22nd Amendment was passed.
FDR
Commander in chief means the president is in charge of what?
Armed Forces
This is the office of a person who represents a the US's commerical interest in a foreign country.
Consulate
What is an independent agency with the power to bring violators to court and that has force of law?
a regulatory commission