This is the clause that gives Congress informal powers similar to the President's own informal powers
What is the "Necessary and Proper" clause/"Elastic" clause
100
These are the advisers to the President
What is the Cabinet
100
This is the departments in the government that enforce the laws
What is the Bureaucracy
100
This man succeeds the President when he is deemed unfit to serve
Who is the Vice President
200
This is a condition in which the President has to be born in the United States or in a United States territory
What is a natural-born citizen
200
Around this year there was a great increase in the President's informal powers
What is 1933/the early 1930s
200
This is one of the five factors the President considers when nominating a new cabinet member.
What is the background of the candidate/interest group approval/experience and skills/race, gender, ethnic background/loyalty to the party
200
This is the Department that manages foreign policy
What is the State Department
200
These are loans given to the government who will then pay them back, with interest, after a given period of time
What are bonds
300
This formal role/power makes the President the leader of the Army, Navy, and National Guard and had limits placed on it by the War Powers Act of 1973
What is Commander in Chief
300
The "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy set by President Clinton is an example of which this informal power that makes commands by the President have the force of law.
What are Executive Orders
300
This was the last Department to be created, bringing the total to 15
What is the Department of Homeland Security
300
United States Postal Service and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are examples of these independent agencies that function like businesses
What are government corporations
300
This movie is currently defying expectations in the theaters and has been at the top of the box office since its debut
What is the Lego Movie
400
This formal role/power gives the President the responsibility to "faithfully execute" laws and allows him such powers as nominating officials to positions and departments
What is Chief Executive/Executive Powers
400
Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase is an example of this informal power making the President's deals with other countries have the force of a treaty that does not require Senate approval.
What are Executive Agreements
400
Other than "stronger" Presidents like Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, and Andrew Jackson, most Presidents historically used the cabinet in this manner
What are advisors
400
This system for hiring bureaucrats was replaced by the Civil Service System with the Pendleton Act
What is the Spoils System
400
This former First Lady is a popular candidate for the Democrats in the next Presidential election
Who is Hillary Clinton
500
This formal role/power gives the President the responsibility to giving the State of the Union Address to Congress to suggest policy
What is Chief Legislator/Legislative Powers
500
The Watergate Scandal in which Nixon refused to hand over recordings of him ordering a break-in to the Democratic National Convention is an example of this informal power stating that the President can hide information/documents from the Public and Congress if it is in the National Interest
What is Executive Privilege
500
This is currently the role of the Cabinet
What is a sounding board for the President
500
This act limited how involved federal employees were allowed to be in elections
What is the Hatch Act
500
This Texas Republican Senator has become a very controversial figure for his Tea Party-rhetoric and refusal to cooperate with his own party