Chapters 13-17 Review
American Government
Name: ___________________________
Date: ______________ Period: _______
Answer the following questions:
1. What are the three formal qualifications to be President?
a.
b.
c.
2. What are the eight roles of the President and what does each mean?
a.
e.
b.
f.
c.
g.
d.
h.
3. When the President recommends legislation, what Constitutional principle is in effect?
4. Who are the first three people in line if there is a vacancy in the Presidency?
a.
b.
c.
5. What two duties does the Constitution assign to the Vice-President?
a.
b.
6. What are the purposes of a national convention?
7. Who sets the rules for the national conventions?
8. What is the purpose of a state presidential primary?
9. What is the minimum number of presidential electors a state can have?
10. What determines the outcome of a presidential election (popular or electoral vote)?
11. What are the two major flaws in the Electoral College system?
a.
b.
12. How can problems with the "winner-take-all" feature affect voter turnout?
13. How many electoral votes are needed to win the Presidency?
14. What happens if no one receives a majority of the electoral votes in a presidential election?
15. What is the difference between an executive agreement and a treaty?
16. Who is often held responsible for controversial military conflicts?
17. What has the Supreme Court decided about the President having the power to issue a line-item veto?
18. Who appoints Cabinet members and who approves those appointments?
19. What criteria are used when choosing Cabinet members?
20. How did the cabinet come into use?
21. What is the job of the National Security Council?
22. What is the approximate current national debt?
23. What is the job of the Council of Economic Advisors?
24. What factors contribute to high government spending?
25. When the President and Congress balance the budget, what Constitutional principle is in effect?
26. Can the President deploy troops without the approval of Congress?
Define the following terms:
27. Balancing the ticket
28. Winner-take-all
29. Deficit spending
30. Amnesty
31. Coattail effect
32. Clemency
33. bureaucracy