Roles of the president
Presidential powers
The cabinet
Electing the President
The presidency
100

When the president acts as a symbolic figurehead for the country, they are fulfilling this role.

What is Chief of State

100

This presidential power releases a convicted person from having to serve their sentence.

What is a Pardon?

100

The executive branch includes 15 of these departments, which advise the president on various issues.

What are Cabinet departments?

100

What is the name of the system used to elect the president?

What is the Electoral College?

100

To serve as president, a person must be a natural-born citizen, a U.S. resident for 14 years, and at least this age.

What is 35?

200

This role involves the president directing foreign policy by meeting with other world leaders and negotiating treaties.

What is Chief Diplomat

200

When a president refuses to sign a bill passed by Congress, they exercise this power.

What is a veto?

200

This department manages the country's money, including coining and printing currency.

What is the Department of the Treasury?

200

The number of electors a state has is determined by the total number of its U.S. representatives and these officials.

What are senators?

200

This amendment limits the president to two terms in office.

What is the 22nd Amendment?

300

In this role, the president is the ultimate head of the military.

What is Commander of Chief

300

The president has the power to appoint these people to federal courts and positions in the executive branch, with Senate approval.

What are judges, ambassadors, and other officials?

300

What is the purpose of the Department of Defense?

What is to provide the military forces needed to deter war and protect the country?

300

In most states, a candidate who wins the popular vote receives all of the state's electoral votes in a system known as this.

What is "winner take all"?

300

This is the name for the annual speech the president gives to Congress, where they outline their legislative priorities.

What is the State of the Union Address?

400

This president fulfills this role by suggesting laws and approving or vetoing legislation.

What is Chief Legislator

400

This power allows the president to postpone the carrying out of a criminal sentence.

What is a reprieve?

400

The Department of Justice is led by this person, who is the top legal official in the country.

Who is the Attorney General?

400

How many electoral votes are needed to win the presidency?

What is 270?

400

This power allows a president to issue legally binding orders to federal agencies without congressional approval.

What is an executive order?

500

When the president works to ensure a healthy economy and reduces inflation and unemployment, they are acting as the....

What is the Chief Guardian of the Economy?

500

The president can use this informal power to persuade the public to put pressure on Congress for their legislative agenda.

What is the "Bully Pulpit"?

500

What are the three original Cabinet positions created in 1789?

What are the departments of War, State, and Treasury?

500

Which two states do not use the winner-take-all system for electoral votes?

What are Maine and Nebraska?

500

Explain the process and reason for the presidential impeachment process, as outlined in the Constitution.

 What is that the House of Representatives can formally accuse a president of "high crimes and misdemeanors," and the Senate can try and remove the president from office?

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