Unit VI

  1. Article II of the Constitution
  1. The President swears that he will execute the Office of President and will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution
  1. An unwelcome person
  1. The power to cancel specific dollar amounts in spending bills
  1. A large, complex administrative structure that handles the everyday business
  1. A person who works for an organization and has certain duties and responsibilities
  1. The government’s many administrators and agencies
  1. Individuals that serve in a support capacity
  1. Individuals who actually perform tasks for the organization
  1. A very detailed estimate of receipts and expenditures, an anticipation of federal income and outgo for the next year
  2. The 12 month period used by government and business for record keeping, budgeting, and other financial management purposes
  1. All matters related to the United States (here on our homefront)
  1. Given the power to make rules and regulations that have the force of law
  1. Given the power to decide disputes
  1. Corporations within the executive branch subject to the President’s direction and control, they are set up by Congress to carry out certain business-like activities
  1. Civilian employees who work for the government
  1. The practice of giving offices and other favors of government to political supporters, family and friends
  1. Giving jobs to supporters and friends
  1. Lists of those applicants who pass its test and are qualified for employment
  1. Both parties are included
  1. Group of people chosen from each state to formally select the President and Vice President
  1. Choosing a running mate who can strengthen the chances of being elected by virtue of certain ideological, geographic, racial, ethnic, gender, or other characteristics
  1. The scheme by which a presidential vacancy is filled
  1. An election in which a party’s voters choose some or all of a state party organization’s delegates to their party’s national convention and/or express a preference among various contenders for their party’s presidential nomination
  1. Votes cast by electors in the electoral college.
  1. The meetings at which the delegates vote to pick their presidential and vice-presidential candidates
  1. The candidate who won the preference vote automatically won the support of all delegates chosen at the primary
  1. The party’s formal statement of basic principles, stands on major policy matters, and objectives for the campaign and beyond
  1. Any candidate who wins at least 15% of the votes cast in a primary gets the number of that state’s Democratic convention delegates that corresponds to his or her share of that primary vote
  1. Do away with the winner take all and have the electoral votes be split based on the election results
  1. Electors would be elected in the same way as members of Congress (2 at large and the rest would be one per district); the 2 at large electors would cast their electoral votes in line with the state result and the district electors would cast their vote in line with their district
  1. Elect the President based on the overall vote of the people; do away completely with the electoral college
  1. Keep the winner take all belief; add 102 electoral votes that are automatically given to the winner of the popular vote – these votes would be added to electoral votes received from individual states and the President would be the candidate with the majority of the electoral votes
  1. A blanket pardon offered to a group of law violators
  1. Postponement of the execution of a sentence
  1. Mercy or leniency
  2. Legal forgiveness of a crime
  1. Power to reduce the length of a sentence or a fine imposed by a court
  1. Agencies headed by a single administrator with regional subunits, but lacking Cabinet status
  1. Additional agencies created by Congress located outside the Cabinet departments
  1. Independent agencies created by Congress, designed to regulate important aspects of the nation’s economy, largely beyond the reach of presidential control
  1. President as en emperor (taking strong actions without consulting Congress or seeking its approval)
  1. A complex organization of several separate agencies staffed by most of the President’s closest advisors and assistants
  1. The head of each department
  1. Head of the Department of Justice
  1. What are the three formal qualifications necessary to become President?
  1. What is the difference between a treaty and an executive agreement?
  1. What is an executive order, and in what ways does it give the President great power?
  1. Why are vice presidential candidates often chosen to balance the ticket?
  1. In taking the oath of office, what does the President promise to do?
  1. What is the ordinance power, and where does the President get this power?
  1. List and explain the seven different roles of the President. Which role do you believe is the most important and why? Which role do you believe is the least important and why?
  1. Explain the process of the Electoral College. Give the pros and cons of the Electoral College. Explain the different plans to replace the Electoral College. Which way do you believe is the best way to elect our President?
  1. Describe the role of each Executive Department (all 15). Which department is the most important and why? Which is the least important and why?