Chapter 6 Study Guide Answers

1. Pardon: Declaration of forgiveness 2. Commander in Chief: Role of the president that involves being leader or the military and ordering troops into battle 3. Economic Leader: role of the president involves planning the budget and dealing with problems such as high taxes, rising prices, and employment. plans the federal budget, decide what programs to support, helps deal with lack of jobs, rising prices, and high taxes

4. Chief Diplomat: the role of the president that involves making key decisions on how the Untied States acts towards other countries 5. Ambassador: an official representative of a country’s government-they represent the United States in other nations 6. Reprieve: an order to delay punishment until a higher court can hear the case

7. Treaty: a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries 8. Embargo: an agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them all from trading with a target nation 9. Foreign Policy: a nation’s overall plan for dealing with other nations

10. Executive Order: a rule that has the force of law (made by president) 11. Electoral College: a group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice-president 12. Elector: a person that is appointed to vote in presidential elections for the major candidates

13. Amnesty: A pardon towards a group of people 14. Chief Legislator-legislator leader: the role of president which involves proposing legislation to Congress and developing a legislative program. Every president has goals that include new laws he or she wants Congress to pass. They may give speeches to build support 15. National Security: the ability to keep the country safe from attack or harm

16. State of the Union Address: A speech the president gives each year that explains the “state of the union” the president discusses the nation’s most important issues and his or her plan to address them 17. Foreign Aid: Consists of money, food, military help, or other supplies given to other countries to help carry out foreign policy 18. Cabinet: the group of presidential advisers 19. Trade Sanctions: an effort to punish another nation by imposing trade barriers

20. Who does the Vice President preside over?-the Senate 21. How many electoral college cotes are there in the United States? 538 22. How many electoral votes does it take to win the presidential election? 270

23. What determines how many electoral votes each country receives 23. What determines how many electoral votes each country receives? The electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of Senators and Representatives in each state 24. How much money does the president get paid every year? 400,000.00 25. How long is a president’s term? The president serves a 4 year term and can be elected twice

26. How many terms can the president serve? Two

27. Provide examples of what the president does under the title Legislative leader, party leader, chief executive, head of state, chief diplomat, and commander and chief: chief diplomat: the president decides how the US acts towards other countries. It also allows him to name people to serve as ambassadors. Chief executive: the role that allows president to pardon individuals and carry out the laws that Congress passes. Legislative Leader; the role involving proposing legislation to Congress. Economic Leader: the role of the president which involves planning the budget and dealing with problems such as high taxes, unemployment, and rising prices. Commander in Chief: the title the president is given because he is the leader of the military and can order American troops into battle. Party Leader: the role of the president to lead their party, work and raise money for their political party and gain support for candidates running. Head of State: role of the president to build goodwill with other countries and to represent all Americans at ceremonies

28. What are the seven roles of the president 28. What are the seven roles of the president? Chief executive, chief diplomat, head of state, commander in chief, legislative leader, economic leader, party leader 29. What are the powers of the president? Carry out the laws, veto bills, call Congress into special session, serve as commander in chief of the armed forces, receives leaders and other officials of foreign countries, makes treaties with other countries, names the heads of executive agencies, judges, ambassadors, and other top government officials, can pardon or reduce the penalties against people convicted of federal crimes

30. What are the four goals of the United states foreign policy 30. What are the four goals of the United states foreign policy? National Security, Spread Democracy, Establish Trade, Establish World Peace 31. What are five tools that Congress and the president use to carry out foreign policy? military force, international trade, foreign aid, appointing ambassadors, treaties and executive Agreements

32. What are the qualifications to becoming president 32. What are the qualifications to becoming president? Must be 35 years old, be a native born citizen, and lived in the country 14 years 33. Explain the benefits the president receives. lives in the white house, receives money for personal cost and travel, has a staff of more than 80 people use of Camp David, cars, helicopters, airplanes, air force one 34. What are the cabinets of the white house? department of state, treasury, defense, justice, the interior, agriculture, commerce, labor, health and human services, housing and urban development, transportation, energy, education, veteran affairs, homeland security

35. What is the succession to the presidency 35. What is the succession to the presidency? Vice president, Speak of the House, President pro tempore, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury (there are more but this is what you need to know for the test) 36. Explain at least four departments or cabinets of the white house and tell what they do. example: Department of State plans and carries out the nation’s foreign policy (use page 207 to study, know at least four)

37. Define Federal Bureaucracy: the agencies and employees of the executive branch 38. Describe the Department of Homeland Security: protects us from terrorist, gathers information on terrorist activity 39. What are some differences between the civil service and the spoils system? The civil service system is the practice of hiring government workers on the basis of open, competitive examinations and merit where the spoils system is rewarding people with government jobs on the basis of their political support

40. What are the three types of independent agencies 40. What are the three types of independent agencies? Executive agencies, government corporations, regulatory commissions 41. What are the main functions of the members of the cabinet? To give the president advice on the matters that deal with the departments they lead. They direct the activities in their departments 42. How does a person become president of the United States? They receive 270 or more votes from the electoral college. If there is a tie or no candidate wins a majority of the votes, the House of Representatives chooses the president

43. Why was the 25th Amendment passed 43. Why was the 25th Amendment passed? To set conditions for when a vice president becomes president.