Elections
A candidate can win the presidency by securing a majority of __________electoral votes without winning the most individual votes nationwide.
What is 270?
In this role, the President serves as the nation's symbolic representative. The president may receive foreign ambassadors and public ministers to foster international relations and perform ceremonial duties, such as hosting state dinners, commemorating war heroes, and participating in events that symbolize national unity and pride.
What is the Head of State?
In the case of death, resignation, or removal, the _____________ becomes the President, taking the full title and serving the remainder of the term.
Who is the Vice President?
A President must negotiate with the legislature most often when their party does not control both houses of __________________, and they need to pass legislation, make appointments, or negotiate treaties.
What is Congress?
This organization, created in 1939 during FDR's presidency, helps support the President in fulfilling his day-to-day responsibilities.
What is the EOP (Executive Office of the President)?
The amendment prevents Congress from giving itself a pay raise during a current term
What is the 27th Amendment?
There are currently _______ agencies in the President's cabinet.
What is 15?
He was the first president to be impeached by the House of Representatives, in 1868, over charges related to his violation of the Tenure of Office Act when he dismissed Secretary of War Edwin Stanton.
*The House of Representatives voted to impeach him on February 24, 1868. He was acquitted by the Senate, with the final vote falling short of the two-thirds majority needed for conviction.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
This is a local meeting of registered members of a political party to discuss candidates and select delegates for their party's national convention.
What is a Caucus?
The 2000 presidential election was unique in that George W. Bush won the Electoral College and thus the presidency, despite Al Gore winning the national ______________ vote by over half a million votes.
What is popular?
The President, in this role, supports natural disaster response by directing federal agencies and, if necessary, deploying federal military assets.
What is Commander-in-Chief?
The U.S. Constitution (Article II, Section 2, Clause 2) specifies that the President has the power to make treaties, "provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur". With the current number of 100 senators, a two-thirds majority typically means at least _______ senators must vote in favor of the treaty, provided all 100 are present.
What is 67?
To implement a treaty with a foreign country, the President negotiates and signs the agreement, but the _________________ must provide its advice and consent by a two-thirds majority vote for it to be ratified.
Who is the Senate?
This part of the EOP runs the day-to-day operations of the White House.
What is the White House Office?
"Old enough to fight, old enough to vote" was the central argument for the passage of this amendment.
What is the 26th Amendment?
The U.S. _______________ approves the president's cabinet appointments. The president nominates candidates, but a majority vote in the _____________ must confirm each nominee before they can take office.
What is the Senate?
This president is famous for stating, "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country," during his inaugural address on January 20, 1961.
Who is John F. Kennedy (JFK)?
TRIPLE YOUR SCORE!
This is a political gathering held every four years by a party to formally select its presidential and vice-presidential nominees.
What is a National Convention?
The Supreme Court's decision in this case effectively ended manual ballot recounts in Florida in December 2000. It allowed George W. Bush's previously certified victory in the state to stand, thereby deciding the presidential election in his favor.
What is Bush vs. Gore?
In this role, the President's responsibilities include enforcing laws passed by Congress, overseeing the federal bureaucracy and its agencies, and appointing key officials such as Cabinet members and federal judges.
Who is the Chief Executive?
A president can delay punishment by using the power of _________________, which is a temporary delay or suspension of a sentence.
What is a Reprieve?
The president has held this role since the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, which required the president to submit an annual budget to Congress, establishing the role as the nation's top economic planner.
What is the Chief Economic Planner?
TRIPLE THE POINTS!
This person oversees the EOP and is one of the President's closest advisors, a role that has become a permanent fixture of White House administrations since 1968.
Who is the Chief of Staff?
DOUBLE YOUR POINTS!!
This amendment allowed for candidates to run on a unified party "ticket," ensuring that the president and vice president would be from the same political party and preventing the kinds of power struggles and deadlocks seen in the new nation's early elections.
What is the 12th Amendment?
The Department was created in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to unify and coordinate national efforts to secure the United States from terrorism and other threats.
What is the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)?
He was the first leader to assume a higher office under the 25th Amendment, first as Vice President and then as President.
Who is Gerald Ford?
This is the preliminary step in an election in which a political party's registered voters or all eligible voters in a given state cast a secret ballot to select their preferred candidate to represent that party in the general election.
What is a Presidential Primary?
DOUBLE POINTS?
The problems with the winner-take-all (WTA) system for presidential elections are that it allows a candidate to win the presidency without winning the national popular vote, discourages voter turnout in "__________" states, leads to a disproportionate focus on "___________" states, and stifles third parties.
What are Safe and Swing states?
The President appoints members of the Federal Reserve by nominating individuals whom the Senate must then confirm. The President of the United States then selects the nominees for the _________ seats in the Federal Reserve.
What is Seven?
The President cannot create laws. However, a President can issue an __________________, which has the force of law.
What is an Executive Order?
This act was passed in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to enhance national security by expanding the powers of law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
What is the Patriot Act?
This agency of the EOP offers objective economic advice and analysis on both domestic and international economic policy, including the potential effects of tariffs (TAXES ON GOODS) on the economy.
What is the Council of Economic Advisers?
The urgent need for a clear plan and this amendment became particularly evident after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and previous instances of presidential incapacitation.
What is the 25th Amendment?
TRIPLE YOUR POINTS!
This president had an informal group of advisors, friends, and diplomats known as his "Tennis Cabinet".
*This group was different from the members of his "Presidential Cabinet".
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This president's power to seize the steel mills was checked by the U.S. Supreme Court's Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952) ruling, which declared his executive order unconstitutional.
*The Court ruled that the President lacked the authority to seize private property and that this power belonged to Congress.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
The U.S. presidential election occurs every four years. The general election is held nationwide on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. In the general election, citizens vote for a presidential and vice-presidential ticket. Still, their votes actually go to a group of _____________ in their state, not directly to the candidate.
What are Electors?
Supporters of eliminating the Electoral College primarily argue that the system is undemocratic because it violates the principle of "_________________" and can lead to a president being elected without winning the national popular vote.
What is "one person, one vote"?
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This is a televised annual message from the President of the United States in which he reports on the nation's condition, outlines their legislative agenda, and shares their vision for the future to a joint session of Congress.
What is the State of the Union Address?
President Trump has issued a series of ______________ in his second term, most notably a for individuals involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and for nearly all January 6 defendants.
What is a Pardon?
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The Constitution and the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 establish the U.S. presidential line of succession. The order ensures that the nation always has a qualified leader in the event the President is unable to serve due to death, resignation, removal, or inability.
The third in line of succession is the ___________, the fourth in the line of succession is the President Pro tempore of the Senate, while the fifth in line of succession is the _________________.
Who is the Speaker of the House and the Secretary of State?
The President submits the national budget proposal to Congress by the first Monday in February. This agency of the EOP compiles the budget, which includes input from federal agencies, and presents the administration's spending priorities, funding requests, and economic outlook.
What is the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)?
This president argued in 1987 that this amendment interfered with the people's right to elect whomever they wished and that the Constitution already provided safeguards against tyranny through impeachment.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
DOUBLE THE POINTS!
The President of the United States is the ______________________, responsible for shaping and executing the nation's foreign policy. The President works closely with several U.S. government departments and agencies, primarily the Department of _____________.
Who is the Chief Diplomat, and what is the Department of State?
The House of Representatives impeached this president on two articles, perjury and obstruction of justice, but he was acquitted by the Senate in 1999.
Who is Bill Clinton?
TRIPLE YOUR POINTS!
A candidate can win the presidency by securing a majority of __________ electoral votes without winning the most individual votes nationwide. This has occurred in five U.S. presidential elections in 1824, 1876, 1888, ____________, and 2016.
What is 270 and 2000?