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President and Vice President

Presidential Powers

The Cabinet Bureaucracy

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Roles ofthe President

What is the Presidency/Vice What is the Presidency/Vice Presidency?Presidency?

Being at least 35 years old is one of several requirements for holding this office

What is/are previous governmental What is/are previous governmental experience, access to large amounts of experience, access to large amounts of money, and a more moderate political money, and a more moderate political disposition?disposition?

Name one of the informal requirements for assuming the presidency.

What is Chief of State?What is Chief of State?

When the president represents the nation and performs ceremonial roles he is fulfilling the role of

What is the Senate?What is the Senate?

The Vice President is also president of this legislative body.

What is the Vice President, the What is the Vice President, the Speaker of the House, and the Speaker of the House, and the

President pro tempore?President pro tempore?

Name the first three offices in the order of presidential succession

What is the State of the Union What is the State of the Union Address?Address?

The president’s annual report regarding the current state of the nation to Congress is called this

What is the 25What is the 25thth Amendment? Amendment?

Presidential succession was established by this constitutional amendment

What is Executive Privilege?What is Executive Privilege?

The right of the president and other high-ranking executive officers to refuse to provide information to Congress or a court is known as this

Who is Abraham Lincoln?Who is Abraham Lincoln?

This president is responsible for expanding presidential power by suspending habeas corpus and throwing people in jail during times of war.

Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

This president is responsible for expanding presidential power by having the government become more involved in the economy

Who are cabinet members?Who are cabinet members?

Presidents must balance factors like experience, geographic representation, race, and gender representation when choosing these individuals

What is the White House What is the White House Office?Office?

The principal staff for the President is made up of members of the

What is the Inner Cabinet?What is the Inner Cabinet?

Secretaries of State, Defense, Treasury, and the Attorney Generalare collectively known as this:

What is the field/Congress/special What is the field/Congress/special interest groups?interest groups?

Name one of the three allegiances of a cabinet member

What is four?What is four?

The first presidential cabinets were composed of how many positions?

What is the Office of Personnel What is the Office of Personnel Management?Management?

This is the office that citizens apply to if they wish to receive a position in the federal bureaucracy

What is an independent What is an independent regulatory agency?regulatory agency?

The Federal Trade Commission is an example of this kind of independent agency

What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act?What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act?

This act worked to end the patronage (or spoils) system

What is a Government What is a Government Corporation?Corporation?

The Post Office is an example of this kind of bureaucratic organization

What is deregulation?What is deregulation?

This is the lifting of government restrictions on business, industry and professional activities

What the Chief Executive?What the Chief Executive?

This term refers to the president’s role as the one who is vested with executive power.

What is Chief Diplomat?What is Chief Diplomat?

This term refers to the president’s role as being the main architect of American foreign policy

What is the Chief Administrator?What is the Chief Administrator?

This term refers to the president’s role as the director of the executive branch and the bureaucracy.

What is the Chief Legislator?What is the Chief Legislator?

This term refers to the president’s role as the one who sets the legislative agenda by initiating, suggesting, requesting, insisting and demanding Congress pass types of legislation

What is the Chief Citizen?What is the Chief Citizen?

This term refers to the president’s role as being representative of all of the people