Roles of the President
Even more Presidential Powers:
Real Examples
Miscellaneous
Checks of the Branch:
100

What is the role of the president where they: are the policy maker, have to deliver a union address, and can veto legislation

Chief legislator

100

Definition of a informal power:

It is necessary for the president to carry out the operation but is not directly given to him in the constitution.

100

FDR's internment of Japanese during World War II was a...

Executive Order

100

How many presidents have been assassinated? (name all to get double points)

Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McHenry, and FDR

100

 Name two ways the president's power can be checked.

Judicial Review, Impeachment 

200

Definition of Chief Executive:

Head of the Executive Branch, Carries out laws, overseas the burcarries

200

Definition of enumerated powers:

Powers directly in the constitution give to president. 

200

Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana purchase was...

A executive agreement (between France and US)

200

Who broke the tradition of only serving two terms and was responsible for the creation of the 22nd Amendment?

FDR

200

The Supreme Court decides the president is not acting under the powers of the constitution this is an example of: 

Judicial review

300

What is the role of the president where they: Campaign, endorse candidates and lead party agenda. 

Party Leader

300

Why was the War Powers Resolution controversial in terms of the constitutional issue?

The president is the commander in chief well Congress decides when the United States would go to war or not. So who wins over the other? 

300

Trumans desegregation of the military was an example of...

A Executive Order

300

How does the electoral college work?

Each state has a number of electors assigned to them by population size. The winner of that state selects the electors to select the president. 

300

How does the legislative branch check the president's power if he would commit a high crime?

 the legislative branch can: impeach the president (house) and then have a trial in the Senate (SCOTUS Chief is Judged). 

400

Definition of Chief Diplomat:

the President can meet and guide with other foreign heads of state to try to create treaties which then are ratified by the Senate ( the president is the figurehead of the United States)

400

How does the president oversee the bureaucracy

By selecting 15 members in his cabinets which are heads of the departments. Control each agency's budget through executive orders.

400

Nixon's Vietnam peace agreement was an example of a

What is a executive agreement?

400

When was the last time president George W Bush though out the first pitch at a baseball game.

At the 2023 WS!

400

What two ways the president can check the legislative branch. 

By vetoing a bill. By using a pocket veto. 

500

What is the role of the president where they are top of the chain of command and can respond to a threat more quickly than Congress.

Commander in chief

500

Explain presidential pardons and its nuances. 

The president can have the authority to release individuals from legal consequences. "get out of jail free card" 

However it only hurts the president's reputation so it happens towards the end of a term (Need Both)

500

Abraham Lincoln's emancipation proclamation was...

Executive order

because it was A order within United States ( rebelling territories) to free the slaves. Not between heads of states. The Northerners refused to consider the south and independent nation just under Rebellion.

500

What is the main argument of federalists 70?

A single executive is needed for a quick response, being able to blame easier, no disagreement between heads.

500

How is US V Nixon an example of checks on the executive branch?

The Supreme Court ruled that the president did not have executive privilege all the time (not in criminal investigations) so the Supreme Court kept the executive branches power in control. 

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