Jeopardy President and Vice President Presidential Powers The Cabinet Bureaucracy Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Roles of the President
What is the Presidency/Vice Presidency? Being at least 35 years old is one of several requirements for holding this office
What is/are previous governmental experience, access to large amounts of money, and a more moderate political disposition? Name one of the informal requirements for assuming the presidency.
What is Chief of State? When the president represents the nation and performs ceremonial roles he is fulfilling the role of
What is the Senate? The Vice President is also president of this legislative body.
What is the Vice President, the Speaker of the House, and the President pro tempore? Name the first three offices in the order of presidential succession
What is the State of the Union Address? The president’s annual report regarding the current state of the nation to Congress is called this
What is the 25 th Amendment? Presidential succession was established by this constitutional amendment
What is Executive Privilege? The right of the president and other high-ranking executive officers to refuse to provide information to Congress or a court is known as this
Who is Abraham Lincoln? This president is responsible for expanding presidential power by suspending habeas corpus and throwing people in jail during times of war.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt? This president is responsible for expanding presidential power by having the government become more involved in the economy
Who are cabinet members? Presidents must balance factors like experience, geographic representation, race, and gender representation when choosing these individuals
What is the White House Office? The principal staff for the President is made up of members of the
What is the Inner Cabinet? Secretaries of State, Defense, Treasury, and the Attorney General are collectively known as this:
What is the field/Congress/special interest groups? Name one of the three allegiances of a cabinet member
What is four? The first presidential cabinets were composed of how many positions?
What is the Office of Personnel Management? This is the office that citizens apply to if they wish to receive a position in the federal bureaucracy
What is an independent regulatory agency? The Federal Trade Commission is an example of this kind of independent agency
What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act? This act worked to end the patronage (or spoils) system
What is a Government Corporation? The Post Office is an example of this kind of bureaucratic organization
What is deregulation? This is the lifting of government restrictions on business, industry and professional activities
What the Chief Executive? This term refers to the president’s role as the one who is vested with executive power.
What is Chief Diplomat? This term refers to the president’s role as being the main architect of American foreign policy
What is the Chief Administrator? This term refers to the president’s role as the director of the executive branch and the bureaucracy.
What is the Chief Legislator? This term refers to the president’s role as the one who sets the legislative agenda by initiating, suggesting, requesting, insisting and demanding Congress pass types of legislation
What is the Chief Citizen? This term refers to the president’s role as being representative of all of the people