Presidential powers
The president can reject a bill passed by Congress using this power.
What is a veto?
This department handles foreign affairs and diplomacy.
What is the State Department?
Congress can remove the president from office through this process.
What is impeachment?
The minimum age required to become president.
What is 35?
He was the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
This power allows the president to forgive someone for a federal crime.
what is a pardon
This department manages the nation’s schools and educational policy.
What is the Department of Education?
This branch can rule presidential actions unconstitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
A president must have lived in the U.S. for this many years.
What is 14 years?
He issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
As commander-in-chief, the president oversees this major part of the government.
what is the military
The FBI is part of this federal department.
What is the Department of Justice?
A presidential treaty must be approved by this part of Congress.
What is the Senate?
This group formally elects the president.
What is the Electoral College?
He created the New Deal programs.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This type of agreement with another country does not require Senate approval.
What is an executive agreement?
This department oversees programs like Social Security and Medicare.
What is the Department of Health and Human Services?
The president can check Congress through this formal message returning a bill.
What is a veto message?
The maximum number of years a president can serve.
What is 10 years? (via the 22nd Amendment)
He resigned the presidency in 1974.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This is the president’s constitutional duty to ensure that federal laws are carried out.
What is the Take Care Clause?
This Cabinet-level official advises the president on the nation’s finances.
Who is the Secretary of the Treasury?
This specific vote in Congress can override a presidential veto.
What is a two-thirds vote?
This amendment outlines what happens if the president becomes disabled.
What is the 25th Amendment?
He delivered the “Tear down this wall!” speech.
Who is Ronald Reagan?