Article II
The President has to be this old to run?
What is 35 years old
What is a way the president can get around Congress in domestic policy? They issue an _______________ _____________.
Executive Order
What do we call the ~600 people in the West Wing that work directly for the president and don't have to be confirmed?
White House Staff
Head Cabinet member that deals with foreign countries in peacetime.
Secretary of State
This VP replaced John F. Kennedy in 1963.
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Besides age, what are the Constitutional requirements to be President? Name ONE.
Residency of 14 years; Natural-born citizen
What is an informal pact between president and a foreign nation that does not need Senate approval?
Executive Agreement
What Amendment gives the order of Succession if the president is unable to continue in office?
25
Head Cabinet Member that deals with the Economy?
Secretary of Treasury
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt replaced _____________ to become the youngest president ever at the time.
William McKinley
What is the maximum length of time the VP can be president, if they become president due to the death or inability of the president to fulfill their term?
10 years
This informal power allows the president to go straight to the people through technology. (slang term)
Electric throne or bully pulpit
What Amendment put term limits on the presidency?
22nd Amendment
The head of the Justice Department is called?
Attorney General
This VP replaced Garfield, and started to think about civil service reform, getting Congress to pass the 1883 Pendleton Act.
Chester Arthur
How can Congress override a presidential veto?
2/3 vote in BOTH houses
What is the 1973 Act of Congress that may limit the president's Commander in Chief powers of War?
War Powers Act
What are the two basic White House organizational forms (shapes)?
Pyramid or Circular (hub and wheel)
The newest cabinet department added in the 21st century is called?
Homeland Security
Who was the oldest president to be inaugurated president of the United States?
Donald Trump--70 years old.
List THREE Expressed Powers of the president listed in Article Two pertaining to Foreign Policy.
Appoint Ambassadors; Receive Ambassadors; Diplomatic and State recognition; Negotiate Treaties; Commander and Chief
What is the President's Budget office called?
Office of Management of the Budget; OMB
What did John Nance Garner say about the Vice Presidency, when he refused to become FDR's Vice President?
"It isn't worth a pitcher of warm spit."
Name two members of the five that hold cabinet "rank," even though they're not officially in the cabinet.
OMB Director; CIA director; UN Ambassador; White House Counselor; US Trade Representative
Name all the presidents to die in office.
Harrison, Taylor, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding, FDR, JFK