Executive Branch Review

Powers of the Prez

100

This makes a president's power "formal."

What is "be written in the Constitution?"

200

As long as the Senate approves them, the president has the power to negotiate these with other countries.

What are treaties?

300

A formal power the president has to set someone free from prison, even if a court found them guilty.

What is a pardon?

400

The president may be in charge of the military, but only Congress can officially do this.

What is declare war?

500

The president's most important informal power. It allows them to tell the government to make new rules and regulations so long as they do not go against Congress's laws or the Constitution.

What is an executive order?

Powers of the Prez II

100

While the president needs Senate approval to appoint the Cabinet, they need nobody's permission to do this to Cabinet members.

What is fire them?

200

So long as the Senate approves, the president may do this to judges and other key officials.

What is appoint?

300

The president is required by the Constitution to give this speech at least once a year in front of Congress.

What is the State of the Union Address?

400

This informal power allows the president to keep things top secret, and out of the public's eye.

What is executive privilage?

500

The president may be the Commander in Chief, but this law passed by Congress in 1973 places limits and restrictions on how the president may use soldiers in foreign countries.

What is the War Powers Act of 1973?

The Cabinet

100

This cabinet member oversees the military and the armed forces of the United States, though they are still under the president's control.

Who is the Secretary of Defense?

200

This number represents how many members of the president's cabinet there are.

What is 15?

300

This member of the cabinet handles foreign countries, issues passports and visas, and sends diplomats to represent us abroad.

Who is the Secretary of State?

400

This cabinet official handles the money - printing it, banking it, and collecting it through taxes.

What is the Department of the Treasury?

500

This member of the cabinet oversees the Department of Justice, which uses organizations such as the FBI to investigate crimes.

Who is the Attorney General?

Miscellaneous

100

When the president acts as the leader of the armed forces, they are acting as the _____ in _____.

What is the Commander in Chief?

200

This person becomes the new President if both the President and Vice President die at the same time.

Who is the Speaker of the House?

300

When the president does purely ceremonial roles, like organizing the annual White House Easter Egg hunt, they are acting as the Head of _____.

What is the Head of State?

400

These are the millions of men and women that actually do the work of the Federal Government.

What is the Bureaucracy?

500

This amendment allows the Vice President and the Cabinet to temporarily take control if the President is incapacitated, or unable to do their job.

What is the Twenty-Fifth Amendment?

Miscellaneous II

100

What the president can do to a bill they do not like.

What is veto?

200

Other than waiting for the president to die, this is the vice president's only other true responsibility.

What is lead the Senate?

300

Donald Trump has recently used this informal power a lot, raising these on goods being imported from foreign countries.

What are tariffs?

400

This independent agency controls interest rates, and tries to keep inflation and unemployment in balance.

What is the Federal Reserve System ("The Fed")?

500

This amendment to the Constitution made it so that no president may serve more than 2 terms, or 10 years total if they were vice president.

What is the Twenty-Second Amendment?