50 question quiz

U.S. Government

Quiz #6 Ch12 – The President (Executive Branch)

1. Who would decide a presidential election if no candidate received the needed number of votes in the Electoral College (270 out of 538 votes)?

2. What is the main job of the President of the United States as chief executive?

3. As commander-in-chief does the president have the power to declare war (Yes or No); if he does not, who does have that power?

4. What is the nature of the War Powers Resolution passed by Congress in 1973?

5. As chief diplomat for the United States, the president has the power of diplomatic recognition; what does that mean?

6. What can the president do if he does not favor a particular legislation passed by Congress and what can Congress do in response?

7. What the process of impeachment and removal from office; give the role of both the House and the Senate?

8. What is the “kitchen cabinet” as opposed to the regular cabinet of the president (it started with Andrew Jackson)?

9. What is the only formal duty of the vice-president? & what function does he perform in congressional voting?

10. What are the three positions that follow the vice-president in the proper order of presidential succession?