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Electing Presidents

VP and EC President Powers

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Bureaucracy Grab Bag

What are qualifications for United States President?

A 100

35 years old, 14 year resident of US, Natural Born Citizen

A 100

A 200

Who is next in line to take over as President after the

Speaker of the House?

President Pro Tempore of the Senate

A 200

If the President is disabled what Act allows the VP to

take over?

A 300

Presidential Succession Act-25th Amendment

A 300

A 400

The main duty of the Executive Branch is to?

Enforce the laws

A 400

What is another term for the current President in office?

A 500

Incumbent

A 500

Who follows the VP in the line of Presidential

Succession?

B 100

Speaker of House

B 100

What is the least number of electors a state can have?

B 200

Three

B 200

How is Presidential Disability determined?

B 300

By the Vice President & majority of the Cabinet

B 300

What is the major function of the Vice President?

B 400

Preside over Senate

B 400

What is the argument surrounding the Electoral

College?

B 500

Direct Popular Election v Appointed Electors

B 500

What qualification did the framers want the President to have?

C 100

Political Experience

C 100

When can the President use armed forces abroad?

C 200

At Own Discretion

C 200

Who are the President’s military powers shared with?

C 300

Congress

C 300

DAILY DOUBLE

C 400

DAILY DOUBLE

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What arguments surround the debate over powers of the

Presidency?

C 400

Strong v Weak

C 400

How are a treaty and an executive agreement different?

C 500

Senate approval for treaties

C 500

What laws is the President the Chief Executor of?

D 100

All Federal Laws

D 100

The United States putting sanctions on Iran to stop their nuclear weapons program is

an example of?

D 200

Foreign Policy

D 200

What checks does the President have over the Legislative Branch?

D 300

Recommends Laws/ Veto

D 300

Why is the Government considered a bureaucracy?

D 400

Complex system based on principles with hierarchy

D 400

What is the title given to the departments within the executive

branch?

D 500

The Cabinet

D 500

Why was the Civil Service created?

E 100

To Provide Promotion Based on Merit

E 100

Name the original Cabinet Department created in 1789 to handle the nation’s money?

E 200

Treasury

E 200

What functions does the Executive Office of the White

House perform?

E 300

Advise President on Foreign and Domestic Matters

E 300

Who approves Cabinet appointments by the President?

E 400

Senate

E 400

What is the Spoils System?

E 500

Providing Jobs to Supporters

E 500

Why did the number of executive departments expand?

F 100

Workload Expanded With Country

F 100

What criteria is used to pick Cabinet members?

F 200

Political Party, Campaign, Experience

F 200

The veto power gives the president a check over what body?

F 300

Legislative Branch

F 300

Who do workers answer to in a bureaucracy?

F 400

Higher Authority

F 400

What is the name for the group of electors that picks

the president?

F 500

Electoral College

F 500

The Final Jeopardy Category is:

President and the Constitution

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List 2 Reasons the Framers of the Constitution established a vague

Construction of the Executive Branch and 2 Powers granted to

the President

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Society/ Responsibilities Change

Commander in Chief/ Ceremonial Head

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