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| To be elected president, one must receive | a majority of the electoral vote |
| Which constitutional amendment specifies the separate election of the president and vice president by the electoral college? | The Twelfth Amendment |
| The fact that the president may exercise inherent powers in foreign affairs was stated by | the Supreme Court in the Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. case |
| In his book, The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama claims President ____ wasted his enormous political talents and failed to advance a progressive agenda | Clinton |
| The White House Office, the National Security Council, and the Office of Management and Budget are all part of | the Executive Office of the President |
| According to the Constitution, impeachment | is voted on by the House of Representatives |
| The number of political appointments available to the president | is limited to cabinet and subcabinet jobs, federal judgeships, agency heads, and about two thousand lesser jobs. |
| ____ are inherent powers exercised by the president during a period of national crisis | Emergency powers |
| A formal postponement of the execution of a sentence imposed by a court of law is a(n) | reprieve |
| The publication of the executive branch that prints executive orders, rules and regulations is the | Federal Register |
| Every day, the White House receives ____ letters and other communications from citizens | several thousand |
| Expressed powers include | constitutional and statutory powers |
| Who was the youngest person to be elected President of the United States? | John F. Kennedy |
| A constitutional amendment to clarify the way votes are cast in the Electoral College was necessary because | there was no way to tell which votes were for president and which were for vice president |
| The members of the Cabinet | include fourteen department secretaries, the attorney general, and other top officials chosen by the president. |
| The State of the Union message is | required by the Constitution and gives a broad view of what the president wishes the legislature to accomplish during the session |
| Informal advisors to the president are called | the kitchen cabinet |
| The ____ uses a merit system to hire employees for most government positions | Civil Service |
| In the history of the United States, no president has ever been_______ | impeached and convicted |
| Presidential candidates have asked individuals to join the ticket as a vice presidential candidate for all of the following reasons except | to serve as a co-president |
