Where in the order of succession can the VP be found?
What is first?
100
This presidential role includes the power to negotiate treaties, recognize nations and appoint ambassadors.
What is Chief Diplomat?
100
This president was impeached in 1998.
Who is Bill Clinton?
100
Heads of the EOP agencies, which report directly to the president, must be confirmed by this.
What is a majority of the Senate?
100
Cabinet members are appointed to by the president and confirmed by _
What is a majority of the Senate?
200
This amendment determines that the VP actually becomes President if the President dies, resigns or is removed from power.
What is the 25th Amendment?
200
Exemplified by Clinton's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, this type of mandate issued by the president carries the force of law and does not require congressional approval.
What is an executive order?
200
This (modern era) Republican president ran for, but was not elected to, a second term.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
200
This part of the EOP consists of the president's closest assistants and advisers. Their offices are usually in the West Wing.
What is the White House Office.
200
This occurs if the president does not sign a bill in the required 10 day period, and congress adjourns during that period of time.
What is pocket veto?
300
A nominee to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency is confirmed by _
What is a majority vote of both houses of Congress.
300
International agreements, made by a president, that carry the force of a treaty, but do not require Senate approval.
What are executive agreements?
300
This president was not actually elected president or vice president.
Who is Gerald Ford?
300
Founded under Truman, this part of the EOP includes the Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Director of National Intelligence.
What is the National Security Council?
300
In an impeachment trial ___ of the Senate must declare a president guilty in order to remove him from office.
What is 2/3?
400
This amendment determined that the VP can act as the President in cases of Presidential disability.
What is the 25th Amendment?
400
According to the War Powers Resolution, the President must notify Congress within 48 hours of the commitment of US armed forces and the commitment must end in ___ days, unless authorized by Congress.
What is 60 days?
400
This president utilized the wheel-and-spoke organization in his White House Office.
Who is John F. Kennedy? (or Jimmy Carter)
400
In this organizational structure of the White House Office, used by Nixon, Reagan, and Eisenhower, the Chief of Staff acts as a gateway to those below him and the President of the U.S.
What is pyramidal (or hierarchical) structure?
400
This EOP agency writes the administration's budget, which the President then submits to Congress.
What is the Office of Management and Budget?
500
Name the law that established who would become President if both the President and Vice President were killed.
What is the Presidential Succession Act of 1947?
500
The claim by presidents that they have the discretion to decide if national interest will be better served if certain information is withheld from the public.
What is executive privilege?
500
This is the only U.S.president to resign his position.
Who is Richard Nixon?
500
This organizational structure of the WHO, exemplified by President Clinton, involves informal groups, task forces, and committees, each dealing directly with the president.
What is ad hoc structure?
500
The ability of congress to override a presidential decision, many political scientists believe if this were challenged, the Supreme Court would declare it unconstitutional.