Chapter 7 Section 1 questions
1.
How many electoral votes are needed to win a presidential election? What happens if no candidate reaches this
number?
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How many electors are a part of the electoral college?
How many terms was Franklin Roosevelt elected to? What amendment now limits a president to 2 terms?
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5.
How often do presidential elections take place?
What are the 3 qualifications of the president?
6.
What is meant by the “Winner Take All” system?
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Who was the 1st Catholic president?
Who was the 1st female vice-presidential candidate?
Who was the 1st president to die in office?
Chapter 7 section 2 questions
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2.
How many cabinet departments are a part of the executive branch?
What is a reprieve?
3.
What is an executive order?
4.
What is the main job of the president?
5.
What law was passed to limit the president’s use of the military?
6.
What term means forgiveness from punishment?
7.
Who has the power to declare war? How many times has this occurred?
Chapter 7 section 3 questions
1.
How can the president bypass the Senate and approve a treaty?
2.
List 4 other parts of the defense bureaucracy
3.
What does trade help to create within a country?
4.
What is a nation’s plan for dealing with other nations?
5.
What is a treaty? Who must approve them?
6.
What is an embargo?
7.
What is an official representative of a country’s government?
8.
What is the primary goal of American foreign policy?
Chapter 7 section 4 questions
1. How are government corporations different from private corporations?
2.
What do we call all of the agencies and employees of the executive branch?
3.
What group gathers information about the governments of other countries?
4.
What group prepares the federal budget?
5.
What president created the Executive Office of the President (EOP)?
6.
What was the spoils system? What event led to the end of it?
7.
Who is the most powerful person in the White House Office?