Executive Branch

Which of the following is a presidential check on the legislative branch?

• Filing impeachment charges against a Supreme Court Justice

• Declaring war

• Ruling a law unconstitutional

• Vetoing a bill proposed by Congress

What presidential role oversees the creation of U.S. foreign policy?

• Commander-in-Chief

• Chief Diplomat

• Chief of Political Party

• Chief of State

Who has the power to cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate?

• Attorney General

• Secretary of State

• Speaker of the House

• Vice President

The number of electoral votes each state has is equal to the number of:

• people who voted in the previous presidential election

• registered voters in the state

• swuare miles the state covers

• U.S. senators and representatives the state has

A person cannot be elected president:

• for more terms than the previous president

• for more than two years of a term

• more than once

• more than twice

Presidential appointees for the cabinet department heads and other top government offices must be approved by

• Congress

• the Senate

• the Supreme Court

• the Vice President

In most states, the winner of the popular vote:

• gets a proportinate number of electoral votes

• gets all of the electoral votes

• gets most of the electoral votes

• gets non of the electoral votes

What is the line of succession after the vice president?

• President pro tempore--->Secretary of State--->Speaker of the House

• President pro tempore--->Speaker of the House--->Secretary of State

• Secretary of State--->President pro tempore--->Speaker of the House

• Speaker of the House--->President pro tempore--->Secretary of State

According to the Constitution, the vice president

• appoints a president if the president dies

• oversees Congress

• oversees the Senate

• votes in ALL Senate matters

Which of the following is the best example of the president acting as commander-in-chief

• The president appoints people to serve as ambassadors

• The president awards medals to the country's heroes

• The president meets with senators to convince them to support a proposed law

• The president orders American troops to invade another country