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34 Cards in this Set
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Under the Constitution what criteria must the president have? |
Must be at least 35yrs old. A native-born citizen. And have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years. |
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How often are presidential elections held? |
Every 4 years. |
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What or who do citizens vote for when they vote? |
Electors, who elect the president. |
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Each state has how many electors |
The same amount as it has senators and representatives. |
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District of Columbia has how many electors? |
Three |
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How does a candidate usually get all the electoral votes? |
by winning in that state. |
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To win an election how many votes must the candidate have? |
More than half of the 538 electoral votes |
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In the event of a tie how does it get settled? |
The House of Representative chooses the president. |
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How long is one presidential term? |
Four years. |
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How many terms is a president limited to? |
Two |
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How is the Vice President elected? |
With the president |
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What powers does the Vice pres. have? |
Oversee Senate. and Vote in senate in event of a tie. They also become president if current becomes ill, dies, or resigns. |
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what is the presidents main job? |
To carry out laws. |
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What are some presidential powers? |
Issue executive orders, veto bills, call Congress into special session, appoint supreme court justices, recieve leaders from other countries, make treaties, name head of executive agencies and pardon people of convicted fed. crimes. |
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what are the presidents roles? |
Chief executive, cief diplomat, head of state, commander in chief of hte armed forces, legislative leader, economic leader, and party leader. |
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What is the Presidents Yearly Union adress for? |
To fullfil the Constitutional obligation to tell congress about the state of the country and how pres. plans to solve problems. |
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What is Foreign Policy? |
The way a country deals with other nations |
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Why is foreign policy important? |
To maintain national security, build strong trade relations, and promote world peace, and advance democracy. |
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What does the presidents foreign policy team include? |
National security advisor, State Dept. Defense Dept. National Security Counsel, Office of Director of National Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency. |
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The Constitution does not clearly define the war powers of who? |
The president and Congress |
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How has the balance of control over the war powers moved bettween the two branches? |
Moves back and forth between the two |
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What tools are used to carry out Foreign policy from the Congress and President? |
Treaties, executive agreements with other countries, ambassadors, foreign aid, trade policies, and military force. |
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The Executive office of the President(EOP) Employs about how many people? |
2,000 |
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The White House Office is made of up of ______ people who work directly with the president |
500 |
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Among the People that work at the White House with the president are how many presidential aides who make up the Staff of the White House? |
a few |
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What is the Cheif of Staff and What does he do? |
He is the presidents most powerful advisor, and directs the White House and takes care of Presidents schedule |
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What parts of the EOP help the president form policy on key issues? |
Office of Management & Budget, National Security Council, and Council of Economic Advisers |
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What is the presidents cabinet made up of? |
15 large departments |
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What departments is the cabinet made up of |
Dept. of Agriculture, Dept. of labor, Dept. of justice, Dept. of homeland secuirty. |
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What do the cabinet members do for the president? |
They give him advice on their areas of specialty. |
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The executive branch includes hundreds of agencies that work under the cabinet depts. and many independant agencies. What are they known as when together? |
The Federal Bureaucracy. |
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What are the heads of most federal agencies? |
Political Appointees. |
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Most employees of the Political Appointees are? |
Civil sercive workers |
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The civil service system sets standards for... |
Hiring most govt. workers. |
