Civics Chap 6 1. What are the qualifications to become president? In order to become president you must be a native born citizen, be at least 35 years old, and be a resident of the US for at least 14 years 2. How long is a presidential term? Four years 3. True or false: the constitution always had set term limits? False 4. Who was the only president to have more than two terms? Franklin D Roosevelt 5. How many terms did Franklin D Roosevelt have? Four terms 6. What are the responsibilities of a vice president? The vice president was served as president if the president dies. They serve out the four-year term, and can be reelected only wants. They need to meet the same requirements as the president. The vice president preside over the Senate but is only a member of the senate if there is a tie, otherwise they are not a member. 7. What is presidential succession? The order in which different numbers of government would replace the president or vice president if he or she could not serve 8. List the first four steps in presidential succession: vice president, speaker of the house, president pro tempore of the senate, secretary of state 9. The executive power of the United States is given to? A president of the United States of America 10. What happens during the State of the Union address? The executive step forward programs and policies that the president was Congress to put into effect as laws. These programs usually address the countries most pressing concerts 11. Who is the commander in chief of the US Army forces? The president 12. What does the war Powers act to do? Requires that the president recall troops sent a broad within 60 days unless Congress approves the action 13. What is the exception to the war Powers resolution? The 60 days may be extended to 90 days if necessary to ensure the safe removal of troops 14. What is foreign policy? Foreign policy is the governments plan for interacting with other foreign countries 15. Who approves diplomats? The president approves diplomats to represent the US in foreign countries 16. What is diplomacy? The art of interacting with foreign governments 17. Who is the foreign policy leader? The secretary of state 18. What are treaties? Agreements with other countries 19. What is necessary for three days? Treaties must be made with the advice and consent of the Senate. 20. How much of the senate must vote to approve a treaty? 2/3 21. Who appoints supreme court justices and other federal justices? The president 22. What checks and balances are on these judicial appointments? They must be confirmed by a majority vote of the Senate 23. Who has the power to grant reprieves, pardons, or connotations? The president 24. What is a reprieve? This post pone the carrying out of a criminal sentence 25. What is a pardon? A pardon for gives the person of their crime and eliminates the punishment 26. What is a commutation? A commutation reduces a criminal sentence 27. What is the executive office? Advisers and aids in the executive department. 28. How many original executive offices departments were there? Under George Washington there was three 29. What does the national security council do? It has the presidents top racking group of advisers on matters concerning defense and security 30. Who appoints the members of the cabinet? The President appoints the members of the cabinet 31. Who needs to approve the appointment to cabinet? The Senate by majority vote 32. What does congress have the power to do regarding cabinets? Congress has the power to reorganize and combine different executive cabinets if needed 33. What is the title of the most cabinet members? Secretary 34. What is the head of the department of state called? The Secretary of State 35. What is the head of the department of treasury called? The secretary of treasury 36. What is the head of the department of justice? The attorney general 37. What is the special responsibility of the department of state? Foreign policy 38. Who are ambassadors? Ambassadors of the highest ranking US representatives in foreign countries 39. What is an embassy? The official residence of an ambassador in a foreign country 40. What is a consul? A consul represents the US commercial interests in foreign countries 41. What is a US consul’s office and where can it be found? A consulate can be found in most large foreign countries 42. What does the department of state do regarding traveling? The department of state keeps track of people traveling to and from the United States 43. How does the department of state do this? By issuing passports and visas 44. What are passports? Passports or formal documents that allow US citizens to travel abroad 45. What are visas? Visas Allow foreigners to come to the United States 46. What is the department of defense in charge of? The nations armed forces 47. What does the department of defense operate? Hundreds of military bases in the US and other nations 48. What are the joint Chiefs of staff? The highest ranking military officers in each of the Armed Forces 49. What did the joint Chiefs of staff do? Advise the president on military affairs 50. Can Congress create new departments? Yes 51. Why was the department of homeland security established? To defend against terrorist attacks after 911 52. What is its primary mission? To protect the nation against further terrorist attacks 53. How many independent agencies are there in the government? 65 54. What do independent agencies do? Perform specialized jobs 55. What is an example of an independent agency? NASA 56. Who creates independent agencies? Congress 57. What do regulatory commissions do? Make rules, bring violators to court 58. Why are regulatory commissions established? For a perceived need 59. Why was the federal election commission created? To monitor the financing and running the federal elections 60. What does the consumer product safety commission do? Set an enforce safety standards 61. Securities and exchange commission? Enforces laws regulating the buying and selling of stocks and bonds 62. Who appoints the heads of commissions? The president 63. What are the checks and balances on heads of commissions? They serve long terms And Senate must approve all appointments. Also, a single president cannot appoint more than a few heads of commissions 64. What do all the employees of these agencies end of the executive departments make up? The federal bureaucracy 65. How many people work for the federal bureaucracy? Almost 3,000,000 people 66. Who do these people include? Lawyers, administrators, secretaries, and clerks
