Executive+Branch+and+Bureaucracy

Executive Branch and Bureaucracy PPT on Difficult Questions:

** Index: ** ** Magruder’s Book ** ** Chapter 13, 14, 25 **

** 5 Steps to a 5 ** ** Chapter 13 **


 * Terms: **
 * Executive Order- an order given by the president without approval from Congress. **


 * Cabinet- officials appointed by the president and approved by the Senate. They act as advisors. **


 * Impeachment- the bringing up of charges of any wrongful doing. **


 * Executive Privilege- Executive Branch can resist certain interventions by Legislation and Judiciary. **


 * Line-item veto- president can veto certain parts of a bill. Ruled unconstitutional. **


 * Pardon- the president can pardon or reprieve anyone of a federal crime except impeachment cases. **


 * Bureaucracy- federal government which consists of agencies, departments that implement rule and law **


 * iron triangle- depicts the relationship between bureaucrats, committees and interest groups **


 * Hatch Act 1939- government employees are prohibited from political activity while in office **


 * War Powers Act- President must report to Congress within 48 hours of sending armed forces to military action. If Congress does not grant an extension before 60 days, troops come back. **


 * Electoral College- the system that decides the winner of a presidential election based on electors from each state made up of total senator and representatives. **


 * Amendment 12- votes cast for a president and a vice president. **
 * Amendment 22- limits president to two four year terms. Can serve no more than 10 years. **
 * Amendment 25- defines presidential succession. **


 * legislative powers- can veto a bill or sing it to become a law. Can choose to pocket veto. The bill will become law after 10 days with no action or ‘die” if the session ends before 10 days. **
 * 5 Key Questions **


 * 12. A president attempting to influence Congress to pass legislative program might employ all the following EXCEPT **
 * A) using the media to draw attention to the program **
 * B) assigning legislative liaisons in the Executive Office of the President to lobby legislators **
 * C) denying campaign re election funds to legislators who oppose the President’s policy stance **
 * D) exploiting a partisan majority for the President’s Party in both the House and Senate **
 * E) reminding legislators of high popularity ratings for the president in public opinion polls **


 * 22. All of the following powers are granted to the President by the Constitution Except **
 * A) commissioning officers in the armed forces **
 * B) addressing Congress on the state of the union **
 * C) receiving ambassadors **
 * D) granting pardons for federal offenses **
 * E) forming new cabinet-level departments **


 * 36. Which of the following procedures results in the removal of the President? **
 * A) The House and Senate vote of impeachment and the Supreme Court reaches a guilty verdict **
 * B) The House votes for impeachment, and and the senate conducts a trial and reaches a verdict **
 * C) The House and Senate vote for a bill of impeachment **
 * D) Only the House votes for a bill of impeachment **
 * E) A criminal Court finds the president guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. **


 * 54) The request of recent Presidents for the line-item veto is a challenge of which of the following principles? **
 * A) Separation of powers **
 * B) Senatorial courtesy **
 * C) Eminent Domain **
 * D) Executive privilege **
 * E) Congressional Oversight **


 * 5) Which of the following is a member of the White House Staff? **
 * A) The Chair of the Federal Reserve Board **
 * B) The national security advisor **
 * C) The ambassador to the UN **
 * D) The attorney general **

** 5 Tips **
 * 1. Review terms and vocabulary. If you know them, there is a good chance you’ll know what every possible answer is saying **


 * 2. Read each question carefully. They may try to trick you or put in possible answers that are not only not true but the opposite of the real answer. **


 * 3.When studying the executive branch, just think about what the president does. This can be found in certain amendments and Article 2 of the constitution. It can also be helpful to remember the presidential hats. **


 * 4. When studying the Bureaucracy, don’t worry about remembering all the terms or position, but try to understand the most important terms and its relationship in the “iron triangle”. **


 * 5. Use process of elimination when necessary. Studying helps and it can help you cross out certain possible answers. **


 * Political Cartoon: [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/haOQkab0UQPlUJlZ5ofloUJ6-f0DbCuUUUrk_XqSpPcYyKTEAwmwgA7vhD8DhcDf5BiVvZutDaDLVr-vY_EZgT0OkbYqxHIB1tPjAbC_RPJQ2ts99tc]] **





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