| A | B |
|---|
| executive branch | the branch of government responsible for executing or enforcing the laws |
| executive orders | rules or regulations that executive branch employees must follow |
| foreign policy | plans for guiding our nation's relationships with other countries |
| treaties | formal agreements with other countries |
| ambassadors | official representatives to foreign countries |
| executive agreements | agreements with other countries that do not need Senate approval |
| domestic policy | plans for dealing with national problems |
| bureaucracy | an organization of government departments, agencies, and offices |
| administration | a team of executive branch officials appointed by each President |
| cabinet | an important group of policy advisors to the President, made up of the executive department heads and a few other officials |
| executive privilege | the President's right to keep some information secret from Congress and the courts |
| What are the qualifications needed to be President? | 35 years old; natural-born citizen of the United States, must havelived in the united states for 14 years |
| What is the President's salary? | $200,000 |
| What are the limits placed on presidential terms? | 4 year term, must run for re-election in order to serve a second term. 22nd amendment limits him to two terms. |
| What are the roles of the President? | 1. Chief executive 2. commander in chief 3. chief diplomat 4. legislative leader 5. has judicial powers 6. party leader 7. chief of state |
| What are the President's responsibilities as Chief Executive? | 1. gives executive orders (Truman's orders to end segregation in the armed forces). 2.. appoints about 2,000 executive branch officials (Congress must approve) |
| What are the president's responsibilities as Commander in Chief? | 1. may send troops to a foreign country even if Congress has not declared war. Can't stay more than 60 days without approval of Congress.2. makes the most important decisions when the nation is at war. |
| What are the President's responsibilities as Chief Diplomat? | 1. leads in making foreign policy plans 2. may make treaties, but the Senate may reject any treaty. 3. appoints ambassadors 4. makes executive agreements with other countries which don't need Senate approval. |
| What are the President's responsibilities as Legislative Leader? | 1. Gives State of the Union address to help set domestic policy (plansfor dealing with national problems). 2. Gets individual members of Congress to write bills. 3. Can veto bills 4. makes the budget 5. can call special session of Congress |
| What are the President's Judicial Powers? | 1. chooses Supreme Court justices and other federal judges. 2. may reduce punishments or pardon convicted criminals. |
| What are the President's roles created by tradition? | 1. party leader 2. chief of state (greets visiting leaders, gives out medals) |
| How are the three parts of the executive branch organized? | 1. the Executive Office of the President 2. the executive departments 3. the independent agencies |
| What does the Executive Office of the President do? | Advise the president (White House staff is inner circle. Vice-President. Special Advisory Groups (Office of Management and Budget and National Security Council. |
| What do the Executive Departments do? | Examples are the Department of Defense, the Department of State. They do much of the "nuts and bolts" work connected with carrying out the nation's laws. |
| What do the independent agencies do? | The independent agencies include executive agencies, regulatory commissions and govt. corporations. They carry out duties ranging from making rules about nuclear energy to providing farm loans. |
| Name two executive departments, secretaries of each and duties of each? | 1. Agriculture-Dan Glickman-assistance to farmers, inspects food processing plants, runs food stamp and school lunch programs, works to control animal and plant diseases 2. Dept. of State-Madeline Albright-carries out foreign policy, supervises ambassador |
| What are the 3 types of independent agencies? | 1. executive agencies 2. regulatory commissions 3. govt. corporations |
| 5 examples of presidential powers and limits on powers | 1. can make treaties with other countries but the Senate can reject the treaty. 2. can send troops to a foreign country, but they can't stay there for more than 60 days without the approval of Congress 3. can choose Supreme Court justices but Senate must |
