Powers of the Pres
What is "Article 2"
How are the President and Vice President elected in modern day elections?
What is the Electoral College?
What is the term length of the President? (length not limit)
What is 4 years?
What is Homeland Security?
Which state has the most electoral votes?
What is California?
What implied power does the President? (Intended for the departments and agencies beneath them)
What are "Executive Orders
What is it called when a vote is held through an informal hand raise or side of the room, at a specific time? (Hint: This happens in Iowa)
What is a caucus?
A President can be in office for ___ terms or ____ years.
What is "2" and "10"
What is the head of a department called?
What is a Secretary?
How many times has a President NOT won the popular vote?
What is five?
What is it called when a President relieves a person of their criminal trial, sentence, or punishment?
What is a Pardon?
In order to win the Presidential election, a candidate must have ____ votes out of a total of _____ votes.
What is "270" and "538"
What is the name of the President's 15 advisors and secretaries?
What is the Cabinet?
What is an example of an agency?
What is the FBI, EPA, CIA, FEC, USPS, etc..
What is a check the Judicial Branch has on the President
What is Judicial Review or declaring an order/law unconstitutional?
The President cannot declare war, what can they do instead?
What is "Send troops/military wherever they want"
What is a major flaw of the electoral college that has to deal with the counting of votes?
What is "Popular Vote doesn't always win" or "One vote could win someone an entire state's electoral votes"
How many Presidents have been assassinated?
What is four?
Which department handles relationships with other countries?
What is the Department of State?
What is a lawmaking check that Congress has on the President?
What is overriding a veto?
What is it called when the President refuses to divulge information to Congress or the public?
What is Executive Priviledge?
Why did the founders create the electoral college?
What is "The founders didn't trust the general population to directly elect a good president"
How have Presidents gained power over time?
What is "When a previous president does something, the next presidents believe they have this same power"
Which department manages the conservation of parks and land?
What is the Department of Interior?
Which department would hypothetically conduct an attack on ISIS in a foreign country such as Syria?
What is the Department of Defense