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| What are the three alternatives to the Electoral College? |
-award electoral votes by percentage of the popular vote
-direct system
-eliminate the Electoral College by amending the Contistution |
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| What does the War Powers Act say? |
ask Ms.Mion |
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| What kind of citizen cannot be President? |
naturalized |
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| The election for the President is NOT what kind of election? |
direct |
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| What does the Treasury Department handle? |
money and Secret Service |
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| What does the states department handle? |
foreign policy |
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| What is the title for the leader of the Justice Department? |
attorny |
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| Name the Secretaries of the four original Cabinet departments. |
state- Rice
treasury- Paulson
defense- Gates
justice- Mukasy |
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| What were the four original Cabinet departments created? |
state, treasury, defense, justice |
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| What was themost recent Cabinet department created? Why was it created? |
Homeland Security becuase of 9/11 |
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| How many Cabinet departments are there today? |
15 |
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| Why is the minimum number of electoral voters per state 3? |
becuase the minimum number of representatives is 1 and if ;you add 1 to 2, it equals 3 |
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| Another state that has as many electoral votes as Georgia. |
North Carolina |
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| How many electoral votes does GA have? Why? |
15 because the number of senators and representatives added together |
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| List four sates that have the largest number of Electoral votes in the Electoral College. |
California-55
Texas-34
New York-31
Florida-27 |
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| List three states that have three electoral votes in the Electoral College. |
-North Dakota
-South Dakota
-Montana |
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| Give the EQUATION for the total number of electoral votes in the Electoral College. |
Senate+House+Washington D.C.= EC
100+435+3=538 |
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soccerchick138 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:07:43 GMT |
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| List te three constitutional requiremente for Presidennt? |
-35 years old
-natural born citizen
-live in the US for 14 years |
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| In the Constitution, the executive branch is dicussed in which Article? |
Article 2 |
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| How does the President have Judicial influence? |
appointing Supreme Court Justices |
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| What does the President do as Cheif Diplomat? |
-recognizes foreign governments
-appoints ambassadors
-make treaties |
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| The President's role in connection to foreign countries is? |
crafting foreign policy |
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| The system of Electoral College is? |
indirect |
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| In the Electoral College, this is needed in order to win the presidency? |
simple majority (50% plus one) |
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| The number of electors for wach state is based on what? |
representation in Congress |
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| Define Cabinet. |
a group of presidential advisors |
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| In what four ways can the President influence legislation? |
-have an idea for a bill
-can threaten to veto
-can veto
-can use public opinion |
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| Two examples of President as Chief of State. |
-throwing first pitch as baseball game
-attending the Olympics |
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| The constitutional responsibility of the President is to ________ laws. |
execute |
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| Typically as party leader, how does the President support his political party? |
-appointing memners of party to governement positions
-supporting memners of party who run for election |
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| The President's role in connection to the armed forces is? |
Commander in Chief |
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| The President is able to fullfill his responsibily of carrying out laws with the help of? |
his Cabinet |
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| Due to this President, the terms of the President were constitutionally limited to two. |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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| The order of succession after the President is? (need 4) (title and current name) |
Vice President- Cheney
Speaker of the House- Pelosi
President pro tempore- Byrd
Secretary of State- Rice |
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| This President was the only President to be Catholic. |
John F. Kennedy |
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| What is the total number of electoral votes in the Electoral College? |
538 |
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| The Vice President is chosen based on what? Give an example. |
balance the ticket
ex. if the President candidate was from the North, he might choose a VP from the South to balance the ticket |
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soccerchick138 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:07:43 GMT |
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| Which amendment set the vice president's qualification's the same as the President? |
12th |
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soccerchick138 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:07:43 GMT |
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| Why are the qualifications for the vice-presidency the same as the president |
because the VP is next in the line of successsion |
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| What are unofficial requirements of the presidency? |
-old
-white
-men
-business/law experience
-protestant
-wealty |
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soccerchick138 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:07:43 GMT |
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| This President set the tradition of the 2-term limit. |
George Washington |
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soccerchick138 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:07:43 GMT |
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| What did Amendment 22 do? |
changed the term limit to two terms |
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