Constitution
This Article grants the President foreign policy powers.
What is Article II?
The Senate is mandated to assemble this many times per year.
What is one?
The length of term for a representative.
What is two years?
The civilian that has overall control of the military.
What is the Commander and Chief?
After the Revolutionary War, the officers that felt they received inadequate pay, contemplated this.
What is a military revolt against a civilian government?
This places reporting and approval requirements on the employment of American forces in combat.
What is the War Powers Resolution?
This article grants Congress the power to declare war.
What is Article I?
Senators are elected for this length of time.
What is six years?
The house originates all of these types of legislation.
What are revenue and spending bills?
An individual must be this age to become the President.
What is 35 years old?
In 1782, just after the Revolutionary War, General George Washington flatly refused to support this.
What is a military mutiny?
According to Louis Smith, the executive branch must be led by this group of people.
What are civilians?
The Constitution assigns this body the exclusive authority to advise and consent on treaties and nominations.
What is the Senate?
The Senate approves or rejects ratification resolution of treaties for this individual.
Who is the President?
In theory, the House is re-elected every two years for this reason.
What is knowing their constituencies well?
This created an independent Air Force, the CIA, and Department of Defense.
What is the National Security Act of 1947?
This president made extensive use of his powers as Commander in Chief during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The War Powers Resolution requires congressional approval if the President deploys troops for more than this number of days.
What is sixty days?
Constitutionally, the power to impeach an official lies with this body.
What is the House of Representatives?
Senators are elected by this body.
Who are the people?
The House has sole power to do this.
What is impeachment?
These type of presidential powers are in the areas that are not subject to congressional checks and balances.
What are political powers.
This early 20th century conflict triggered a significant departure from traditional U.S. security policy.
What is World War I?
The U.S. military is controlled by these branches of government.
What are the Executive and Legislative branches?
The Oath of Office states that officers will do these two things regarding the constitution.
What is support and defend?
This is the minimum age to be a Senator.
What is 30 years of age?
The Speaker of the House of Representatives fall at this ranking in the U.S. presidential line of succession.
What is second?
For a person to become the President, one have resided in the U.S. for at least this length of time.
What is fourteen years?
During the years of the Civil War, World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, the U.S. still conducted these political proceedings.
What are regularly scheduled elections.
Tactical decisions regarding military operations must serve these types of goals established by the civil authority.
What are political and strategic goals?