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25 Cards in this Set
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Which article of the constitution defines the qualifications,powers, and duties of the president?
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Article 2.
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What are the 3 recomandations an individual needs to seek the presidency?
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The president must be a "natural-born citizen', she or he must lived in the U.S for at least 14 years before his or her election, and he or she must be at least 35 years old.
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According to what article the president holds "the executive power"?
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Article 2.
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The president makes treaties with foreign nations, but only with......of the senate?
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Advice and concent.
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Presidents have gotten arond this provision by using what agreements?
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Executive.
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The constitution also gives the president the power of what recognition?
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Diplomatic.
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What is a pcket veto?
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It's a bill the president has to sign within ten days to become a law.
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What is Impoundment?
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Impoundment is the presidential practice of refusing to spend money appropriated by Congress.
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What is an Agenda setting?
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Determining policy priorities for the nation.
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What is a Gridlock?
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A gridlock, or the inabillity to get anything done because the branches bicker with one another and make decisions difficult.
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What the national security council does?
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The national security council advises the president on American military affairs and foreign policy.
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What is the largest office in the EOP and what is his job?
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The office of management and budget (OMB) is the largest office in the EOP, and it has the job of preparing the national budget that the president proposes to Congress every year.
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What cabinet still have the most power and influence?
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The Inner Cabinet.
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Who are these people in the Inner Cabinet?
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There are the original four positions of secretary of state, treasury, attorney general, and the secratary of defense.
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What is an Electoral college?
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An electoral college is a group of electors chosen by each state who would meet in their respective state capitals to vote for president and vice president.
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Accord to the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, what was the limite of a president to election?
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According to the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, a president to election was limited to two terms and/ or serving no more than ten years.
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What was this important problem concerning the presidential term the 25th Amendment covers?
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The 25th amendment to the constitution covers an important problem concerning the presidential term which was: disability and succession.
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Waht was the role of this 25th Amendment to the Constitution?
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It permits the vice president to become acting president if the vice president and the cabinet determine that the president is disabled.
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What was the other method the 25ht Amendment created?
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The 25th Amendment also created a method for selecting a vice president when the office is vacated.
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How did this new method use to work?
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The president nominates a new vice president, who assumes office when both houses of congress approve the nomination by a majority vote.
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Who comes after the vice president?
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The speaker of the house.
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What is the way the Constitution provides to remove a president before his term is over?
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The House of Represantatives may, by majority vote, impeach the president for "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and Misdemeanors."
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what is a bureaucracy?
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A bureaucracy is a large, complex organization of appointed, not elected, officials.
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Who have been the only two presidents impeached?
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Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton.
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who besides the president may be impeached?
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Other civil officers.
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