Executive Branch Basics
President's power to stop legislation is called
Veto Power
What is the job of the Executive Departments?
Help the President enforce the laws
An election in which candidates run against members of their own parties to decide who will be the nominee for that party.
Primary Election
If the Vice President cannot become president who is next in line?
What is Speaker of the House
What is the age requirement for a president?
35
The President's power to forgive someone for a federal crime.
What is a pardon.
The head of each Executive Department is called a ......?
Secretary
How many electoral votes does a President need to win an election?
270
How do you determine the amount of electoral votes each state gets?
Number of House Members + Number of Senators
Who must approve a Presidential appointment?
What is the Senate
President is the head of the U.S. military, another name for that would be?
What is Commander-in-Chief
What is an executive order?
A directive or order from the President that acts as a law but is NOT a law.
If a candidate wins the popular vote in a state, then they receive all of that states electoral votes.
Winner Take All System
What is a pocket veto?
In the last 10 days of a Congressional session and the president chooses to not act on a bill
What does impeach mean?
To formally accuse or bring charges against
What is an example of the President acting as Head of State?
Highest living symbol of our country (hosting foreign leaders, hosting sports team winners etc)
The secretary of each Executive Department helps form the President's advisory body. What is this group called?
The Cabinet
The major event in which political parties meet to officially select the candidate for their party. The candidate announces their party platform.
National Party Convention
What is Executive Privilege?
The ability for the President to withhold information from the other two branches
This amendment limited the term of the President to two terms or 10 years
22nd Amendment
What Presidential role is this an example of?
Barrack Obama campaigns for Kamala Harris to share the agenda and plan for the Democratic Party.
Political Party Leader
What are the two ways an executive order can be blocked or stopped?
2) Congress makes a law that counteracts it
What is an Exploratory Committee?
A committee that tests the likability and likelihood of winning for a potential candidate.
-Confirm presidential nominations
-Approve treaties
-Impeach the President
-Override a Presidential veto