Presidential Roles
This presidential role involves leading the armed forces of the United States.
What is Commander in Chief?
This presidential power allows for the forgiveness of a crime. Criminals can be free by the president of a crime.
What is a pardon
This president served as the commanding general of the Union Army during the Civil War.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
This process allows Congress to charge the president with misconduct. If Congress wants to try and get rid of a president.
What is impeachment
The president can declare a foreign diplomat unwelcome with this designation. The president can send someone back to their country if the president shows displeasure with another country
What is persona non grata?
In this role, the president represents the U.S. at official ceremonies and symbolic events. He/she is the symbol of all of the people of the nation.
What is Chief of State?
The president can block a bill passed by Congress using this power.
What is a veto
This president assumed office after the resignation of Richard Nixon.
Who is Gerald Ford
The Senate must approve this type of international agreement made by the president. It's a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states.
What is a treaty
This type of agreement with foreign leaders does not require Senate approval. It's is a pact between the President and the head of a foreign state.
What is an executive agreement?
As this role, the president manages the federal government and ensures laws are enforced. He is the Chief of one of the branches of government.
What is Chief Executive?
A written directive from the president that has the force of law is called this.
What is an executive order
This president led the U.S. during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is John F. Kennedy
This presidential privilege allows withholding information from Congress or the courts for national security reasons. The president can refuse to disclose certain information to Congress or to federal courts.
What is executive privilege
The formal power to delay punishment for a convicted individual is known as this. It's postponement of the execution of a sentence
What is a reprieve?
This role focuses on managing international relations, including negotiating treaties. The president is the main spokesperson for the U.S.
What is Chief Diplomat?
The president’s power to grant a delay in the execution of a sentence is known as this.
What is a reprieve
This president famously declared, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
When a president takes no action on a bill and Congress adjourns within 10 days, this happens. This can only happen at the end of a congressional session.
What is a pocket veto
This informal role is often assumed by the president’s spouse to advocate for public causes.
Who is the First Lady?
This less formal role emphasizes the president’s influence over economic policy. The president must keep a close eye on the nations's economy and to take immediate and effective actions when conditions dictate.
What is Chief Economist?
This form of clemency applies to a group of people and forgives them if their crimes.
What is amnesty
This president ordered the use of atomic bombs during World War II. He is the only President from the state of Missouri.
Who is Harry S Truman
When running for re-election, a president may choose a vice presidential candidate to "balance this." John F. Kennedy picked Lyndon Johnson because Kennedy felt like Johnson could get the southern votes.
What is "balance the ticket
After the vice president, this person is next in the presidential line of succession.
Who is the Speaker of the House?