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| What are the qualification for being President? | 1. be at least 35 yrs. old 2. Native-born US Citizen 3. Lived in the US for 14 previous, consecutive yrs. |
| What limited the Presidency to two four-year terms? | 22nd Amendment |
| Which President was elected to 3 and then 4 terms? | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| What created the order of succession if the President is removed from office? | Presidential Succession Act |
| What says the VP becomes the President if the President dies or is removed from office? | 25th Amendment |
| What are the 4 places of succession from the Presidency? | VP, Speaker of the House, President Pro-Tempore', and Secretary of State |
| What are some of the many titles of the President: | Chief Executive, Chief Diplomat, Commander in Chief, Legislative Leader, and Judicial Leader |
| The job of the President to uphold the Constitution & carry out the law is: | Head of the Executive Branch |
| The President carries out laws by: | Executive Orders |
| Executive Orders of the President are subject to: | Checks and Balances |
| As Chief Diplomat, the President makes: | Foreign and Domestic Policy |
| The President appoints official representatives to other countries, called: | Ambassadors |
| An agreement with a foreign country is : | Treaty |
| Treaties must be approved with a vote of .....in the Senate: | 2/3 Majority |
| What resolution halts the President's ability to use the military without Congressional approval? | War Powers Resolution of 1973 |
| The President, as Legislative Leader, give the nation an update of both foreign and domestic policy in his annual: | State of the Union Address |
| When the President rejects a decision from Congress it's called a : | Veto |
| The President may also appoint members to the: | Supreme Court |
| The President may also release someone from legal trouble or an offense in a.... | Presidential Pardon |
| If a President is under investigation for high crimes & misdemeanors he can be..... | Impeached (formally accused & removed from office) |
| Congress can check the President's power by: | limiting his appointment powers by blocking his job picks |
| The Judicial Branch can check the President's power by: | using the power of Judicial Review |
| A large, admn. structure of govt agencies is the: | Bureaucracy |
| People are hired into the govt. bureaucracy by way of the: | Civil Service System---Testing and merit |
| Executive Dept. includes: | Dept. of Treasury, D.o D. , Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Homeland Security etc.... |
| Executive Agencies include: | FBI |
| Independent Regulatory Commissions include: | FCC, FED, SEC, FTC, etc.... |
| Government Corporations include: | US Postal Service, Amtrak (you have to pay for these services) |
| Independent Executive Agencies include: | NASA, National Archives, CIA |
