Vocab
Characteristics of the President and VP
Executive Branch
Budget
Bonus Question
100
A separated and shared power between the state and the national government.
What is federalism?
100
The way a President gets elected.
What is the electoral college?
100
Forgives the crime completely.
What is a pardon?
100
Federal expenditures that the federal government must spend by law.
What is mandatory?
200
Complicated government rules and procedures to do business.
What is red tape?
200
The line of presidential succession.
What is Vice President, Speaker of the House, President pro tempore of the Senate, Secretary of the State, Secretary of the Treasury?
200
A delay in punishment.
What is a reprieve?
200
Spending in the budget that can be changed more easily without having to change a law.
What is discretionary?
300
A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state.
What is a democracy?
300
The Vice President's Role.
What is break ties in the Senate and take over for President in case of death/removal/resignation/inability to perform duties?
300
A rule of regulation issued by a president or governor that has the force of law.
What is executive order?
300
When the government has less money coming in through taxes than it has to spend.
What is budget deficit?
400
Assigning expressed powers to different branches.
What is separation of powers?
400
Being a symbol of the US, a party leader, and a role models of good citizenship.
What is an informal characteristic of a President?
400
The right to keep internal discussion and documents of the White House private.
What is executive privilege?
400
When the government has more money coming in through taxes than it has to spend.
What is budget surplus?
500
A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives.
What is a republic?
500
Presidents must be at least __ years of age, be a ________, and have lived in the United States for at least __ years.
What is at least 35 years of age, be a natural born citizen, and must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years?
500
Using the presidency as a platform from which to speak out on important public issues.
What is bully pulpit?
500
Social Security.
500
Which branch has more power? The legislative branch or the executive branch and why?
Answers vary.