Structure of the Executive Branch
Must be a natural born citizen.
What is a required qualification for the presidency?
Nominating ambassadors to foreign nations.
What are foreign affairs powers?
During his administration, in October, 1962 the US confronted Russia regarding the placement of missiles in Cuba.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
A president wants to give instructions to federal agencies on policies and procedures
What are executive orders?
The only president to be unanimously elected.
Who was George Washington?
Can be elected for no more than two terms. Can hold office no more than 10 years. If the V.P. becomes president during the 1st year of a term he may be elected only once on his own.
The 22nd amendment to the Constitution limits the term of a president in which of the following ways?
Deploying U.S. troops to foreign nations.
What are military powers?
His New Deal programs helped Americans endure the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The Attorney General.
Who is the head of the Justice Department?
The first president to hold a press conference.
Who was John F. Kennedy?
An agreement with a foreign nation, signed by the president and approved by congress
What is a Treaty?
President Carter granted amnesty to draft evaders.
What are judicial powers?
He ordered the dropping of the atom bomb on Japan to end WWII.
Who is Harry Truman?
All of the groups and individuals who work in the executive departments of the federal government
What is a bureaucracy?
The first president to call the presidential residence the White House.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
Congress passed the War Powers Resolution of 1973.
What is required the president to notify Congress when sending troops into combat?
President Ford pardoned President Nixon for his role in the obstruction of justice in the Watergate scandal.
What are judicial powers?
Prior to his presidency, he drafted the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The department responsible for protecting the U.S. from terrorist attacks.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
I collect Spiderman and Conan the Barbarian comic books.
Who is Barack Obama?
I am third in line to the presidency but I am not a member of the President's cabinet.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
President Roosevelt met with allied leaders such as Churchill and Stalin
What are Foreign Affairs Powers?
He was president during WWI.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The department active in promoting American business and trade.
What is the Department of Commerce?
James and Dolley Madison were the first people to serve ice cream in the White House. This was their favorite flavor.
What is oyster?!