AP GOV PRESIDENCY REVIEW

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the executive branch is described in where of the US constitution?

enforcing

the executive branch is responsible for... the laws of the land

chief executive

the president is referred to as the...

35

age requirement to be president

natural born

must be what type of citizen to be president

14 years

must have resided in the US for how long to be president

22nd amendment

established a 2 term limit

electors

each state has as many... as it has senators and representatives

538

number of votes in the electoral college system (DC gets 3)

$400,000

presidential salary

cabinet (15)

president appoints a what to assist him

state of the union address

president must deliver a... every January

join session of Congress and the people

state of the union address is given to...

25th amendment

answers questions about presidential succession

informal

most presidential power has been... or not listed in the Constitution

precedent

presidential power has evolved through historical...

House

brings charges of impeachment/impeaches the president with a majority vote

treason, bribery, etc.

reasons for impeachment

Senate

conducts the impeachment trial

chief justice of the Supreme Court

serves as the judge during impeachment trial

Clinton and Andrew Johnson

2 presidents who have been impeached, but not removed

chief of state

president acts as the ceremonial head of the government

chief administrator

president heads the federal bureaucracy

chief diplomat

president determines foreign policy

chief legislator

president proposes laws to Congress

chief executive

president sees that the nation's laws are carried out

Lincoln, Washington, FDR

3 presidents who are universally recognized as the bomb diggity

Watergate

what scandal led to Nixon's resignation?

executive privelege

right of a president to withhold confidential communications from the other branches of gov.

honeymoon period

early months of a presidents term when popularity and influence is high

recognition

president acknowledges the existence of a country/gov.

12th amendment

separates elections of president and vp

keynote address

sets the tone for the political party convention

amnesty

general pardon to a group of law violators

platform

political party's statement of views and philosophy

executive agreement

pact bw the president and the head of a foreign state

executive order

directive, rule, or regulation that has the effect of law (emancipation proclamation)

inaugural address

given by a newly elected president on the Capitol steps at noon

impoundment

refusal by a president to spend monies appropriated by Congress

gridlock

political stalement bw the executive and legislative branches of the gov.

divided government

one branch is controlled by one political party and the other branch by the other party

Warren G. harding

worst president ever

Vietnam War and Watergate scandal

led to a public favor of weakened presidency by the 1970s

power to appoint top level administrators

one of presidents top resources for controlling the federal bureaucracy

members are too concerned with representing the interests of their departments

criticism of the size and structure of the presidential cabinet

Secretary of state, treasury, war, and the attorney general

Washington's first cabinet

600

number of people who make up the white house staff

hierarchical org.

type of white house staff utilized by many presidents

wheel and spokes system

type of white house staff utilized by JFK

Edith Galt Wilson

most powerful first lady

Hillary Clinton

which first lady attained the most responsible and visible leadership position?

sign it, veto it, let it become law after 10 working days by not doing anything

3 actions a president may take on a piece if legislation

pocket veto

a type of veto occurring when congress adjourns within 10 days of submitting a bill to the president, who lets the bill die by neither signing it nor vetoing it

presidential coattails

votes cast for congressional candidates of the president's party

public support

president's most important resource when dealing with congress and greatest source of influence

responsibility for national security

heaviest and most important burden of a president

economics and defense

2 areas the president leads our allies

war powers resolution

act that placed limits on presidential power to commit troops

one for domestic policy and one for national security

"two presidencies"

JFK

first TV president

bully pulpit

vehicle where presidents can persuade or even mobilize public support

Ronald Reagan

the "great communicator"

the press

principal intermediary bw the president and the public

bias

what is the most politically charged issue in presidential/press relation

negative

news coverage of presidency tends to emphasize the...