Study Guide

The Executive Branch

Directions: Please answer the following questions below.

ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED IN BOLD OR A DIFFERENT COLOR

1. Unit 3 Vocabulary. Know all of your vocabulary words for the executive branch

(You do not need to redefine them for the study guide)

1. Presidential Powers 🙂

   1. What are the minimum requirements to be president?

   2. What is the military role of the President?

   3. How does Congress check the power of the President? (List 2 -3)

   4. How does the President check the power of Congress?

   5. What happens when the president signs a bill?

   6. What are the diplomatic (when dealing with other countries) powers the president has? (List 2 -3)

   7. What are the two (2) Judicial powers of the President?

   8. What is the State of the Union Address?

2. Presidential Cabinet

   1. How many cabinet positions are there?

   2. What are the two (2) roles of cabinet members?

   3. Explain the connection between the Presidential line of succession and the Presidential Cabinet.

   4. Complete the chart below

1. Election Process

   1. What is the electoral college?

   2. We can find a description of the electoral college in what historical document?

   3. How many total electors are there in the electoral college?

   4. How many electoral votes are needed to win the presidency?

   5. Why was the electoral college created?

   6. How might a state gain or lose electoral votes?

   7. What are safe states?

   8. What are swing states?

   9. How many times has a candidate won the popular vote, but lost the electoral vote?

2. Political Parties

   1. Who was the only president NOT to belong to a political party? Why?

   2. What is a platform?

   3. What are three things George Wahington warned Americans about in his farewell address?

   4. What precedents did Washington establish?

   5. Complete the chart below.