Executive Branch

amnesty

Legal forgiveness granted to a group of people

Who appoints the members of the Cabinet?

The President

What is the most recently formed cabinet department?

Department of Homeland Security

Who is the President's advisor in legal affairs?

Attorney General

What is the role of the President's cabinet?

Do advise the President

The 22nd Amendment states that the President may serve a maximum of how many years?

Ten

What amendment required electors to vote separately for President and Vice President?

12th Amendment

What is the correct line of succession to the presidency three deep?

vice President, Speaker of the House, president pro tempore of the Senate

How many electors does each state have?

As many presidential electors as it has senators and representatives

Support for the civil service increased dramatically because of what event?

The assassination of President Garfield

The largest source of federal revenue comes from what tax?

Income

Public debt today is measured in terms of how many dollars?

trillions

What area receives the largest percentage of the federal budget?

entitlement programs

When the President forgives an individual for a crime

Pardon

What is it called when states try to move their primary date up on the calendar to make their collective state issues, national ones

frontloading

What is the number necessary in the Electoral College to declare a winner?

270

What proposed alternative to fix the Electoral College calls for the winner of the popular vote to get 2 electoral votes and the rest of the votes divided up based on how the candidates did in the individual congressional districts

District Plan

Who is the President's closest advisor in determining foreign policy

Secretary of State

Taxes that have a higher rate for higher income

Progressive

Another name for a tariff

custom duty

Taxes levied at a flat rate

Regressive

The Constitution assigns what two duties to the Vice President?

helping to decide cases of presidential disability and presiding over Senate

Why did most of the Framers opposed choosing the President by popular vote?

they did not think voters in such a large country would be able to learn enough about the candidates to make an informed decision, and the process would cause too much disorder as well as a check against the American people..

What are the three main tasks of a national convention?

unifying the party, choosing presidential and vice-presidential candidates, approving the party platform

Served as a check on the President's ability to make undeclared war

War Powers Resolution

Created to make sure the President and Vice President aren't from different parties. Each elector would get 2 votes. One for the President and One for the Vice President.

12th Amendment

Electoral College defects

Faithless Electors, Winner of the Pop Vote doesn't always win in the Electoral College and Winner Take All

Formal Agreements between two leaders that do not require legislative approval

Executive Agreements

Made Merit the basis for hiring and promotion in the Civil Service

Pendleton Act

Presidential Amendments

12, 20, 22, 23 and 25

Explains to your employer how much money you want deducted from your paycheck for taxes

W-4

Congressional Budget Making Agency

CBO

President's Budget Making Agency

OMB

Formal Qualifications of the Presidency

35 yrs old +, Natural Born Citizen and lived in U.S. 14+ years

Issued by the end of January by your employer and shows how much money you made and how much was taken out for taxes. You must have one of these to fill out your tax returns

W-2

served as a spark to reform the Spoils System

Garfield Assassination

The more you make the more you pay

Progressive taxes

Taxes issued at a flat rate. May hurt low end income earners more than those who make more money

Regressive taxes

Kicks off with the first primary of the year and the first caucus of the year

New Hampshire, Iowa

This is the golden number one must get to in order to win in the Electoral College. If not, the House of Representatives decides the victor.

270

Only party registered voters can participate in this type of primary

Closed Primary

Oldest method of selecting delegates for the National Convention and very party friendly

Caucus

The more democratic method of selecting delegates for the national convention in which all qualified voters can participate

Open Primary

This is when the government spends more money than it takes in over a year

deficit

Taxes on the sale, distribution or manufacture of goods are known as

Excise Tax

Taxes on alcohol and tobacco that are meant to discourage people from purchasing.

Sin Tax

Entitlements programs distribute goods and resources to those who meet the requirements. Several examples of entitlement programs would include...

Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid

These taxes are paid by the person of whom it was levied...

Direct Taxes

Some taxes are levied on corporations who pass it on to the consumers and are known as

Indirect Taxes

These Monetary tools are used by the Federal Reserve Board to keep a healthy economy.

Discount Rate and Reserve Requirements

These Fiscal tools are manipulated by Congress and the President in order to keep a healthy economy...

Tax Rates and Government Spending

If we were in an economic recession, what could the Federal Reserve do with interest rates to stimulate the economy>

Lower them, thus making money cheaper to borrow

If we were in an inflated economy, what could the Federal Reserve do to the reserve requirements to slow down the circulation of money in the economy?

Increase them so banks would be less willing to give out loans.

If the President and Congress wanted to slow down the economy, what could they do with tax rates in the USA?

Raise taxes so people would be less willing to spend money