POTUS Checks and Roles Test

The POTUS as ____ is our symbolic leader handling the ceremonial duties.

Chief of State

w/ Trumans famous 1948 quote, “I make foreign policy” we see a Pres. discussing what role?

Chief Diplomat

The POTUS’s state of the union address given annually before Congress has him playing what role?

Chief Legislator

The POTUS campaigning for congressmen/women running in hotly contested districts is what role?

Chief of Party

The POTUS signing a treaty w/ another country

Chief Diplomat

Pres. Nixon’s role as Chief of ______ killed his presidency

Party

Pres _______’s role as _______ during Vietnam killed his presidency.

LBJ ; Commander in Chief

Why can the president’s role as Chief Legislator be frustrating?

Checks and Balances, Congress override veto, court unconstitutional

The POTUS laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier.

Chief of State

The POTUS is also the President of the ______ looking out for our friends abroad as the leader of the free world.

West

The POTUS must work to maintain free Enterprise while also promoting peace in his role as manager of the _______.

Prosperity

POTUS is often called upon to take forceful steps to provide relief in areas of natural disasters in his role as ________.

Protector of the Peace

__________ are international pacts between POTUS + foreign countries that does not require Senate approval.

Executive agreements

A ________ veto occurs when Congress ends its session while a POTUS is sitting on a bill.

Pocket

The POTUS power to veto just a specific provision of a bill called a _____ veto was rule unconstitutional.

Line- item

The Senate approves only those for appointees acceptable to the senators of the POTUS’s party from the State induced.

Senatorial Courtesy

POTUS’s have the power of _________ that is he accepts the sovereignty of other countries allowing them to join the family of nations.

Recognition