Presidential Powers
The representative to a foreign country appointed by the president is called this.
What is an ambassador?
Minimum age to be president.
This department deals with the government's money and includes the IRS.
What is the Department of the Treasury?
This department helps with the nation's health and runs Medicare and Medicaid. It is led by Robert Kennedy Jr.
What is the Department of Health and Human Services?
This agency was created to spy on the Soviet Union.
What is the CIA?
The President's power to reject laws passed by Congress and send them back.
What is a veto?
The number of years a person must have lived in the United States to be president.
What is 14 years?
This department helps the nation's farmers and ranchers.
What is the department of agriculture?
This department makes sure wages are fair.
What is the Department of Labor?
This is an order given by the President which only applies to the Executive Branch.
What is an Executive Order?
This is an agreement with a foreign nation made by the President. An example is the one at Versailles.
What is a treaty?
Where a president must be born.
What is in the United States?
This department is led by the attorney general and includes the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation).
What is the department of Justice?
This department includes ICE (Immigration Customs Enforcement) and TSA.
What is the department of Homeland Security?
This part of the executive branch helps the President with scheduling and the budget; it is led by the chief of staff.
What is the Executive Office of the Presidency?
This is forgiving someone of a crime that they committed. The President has the power to give these.
What is a pardon?
This department takes care of national parks and manages natural resources.
What is the department of the Interior?
Alexander Hamilton was the first secretary of this department.
What is the treasury?
This is a part of the Executive Branch which is not under the direct control of the President and can make some of its own rules.
What is an Independent Agency?
The president's role in the military.
What is commander in chief?
This department manages the United States foreign affairs and relationships with other countries.
What is the department of state?
Thomas Jefferson was the first secretary of this department. It was the first to be created.
What is the department of state?
This Independent Agency collects the nation's taxes.
What is the IRS?