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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
What does the War Powers Act say?
ask Ms.Mion
What kind of citizen cannot be President?
naturalized
The election for the President is NOT what kind of election?
direct
What does the Treasury Department handle?
money and Secret Service
What does the states department handle?
foreign policy
What is the title for the leader of the Justice Department?
attorny
Name the Secretaries of the four original Cabinet departments.
state- Rice
treasury- Paulson
defense- Gates
justice- Mukasy
What were the four original Cabinet departments created?
state, treasury, defense, justice
What was themost recent Cabinet department created? Why was it created?
Homeland Security becuase of 9/11
How many Cabinet departments are there today?
15
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
Another state that has as many electoral votes as Georgia.
North Carolina
How many electoral votes does GA have? Why?
15 because the number of senators and representatives added together
List four sates that have the largest number of Electoral votes in the Electoral College.
California-55
Texas-34
New York-31
Florida-27
List three states that have three electoral votes in the Electoral College.
-North Dakota
-South Dakota
-Montana
Give the EQUATION for the total number of electoral votes in the Electoral College.
Senate+House+Washington D.C.= EC
100+435+3=538
List te three constitutional requiremente for Presidennt?
-35 years old
-natural born citizen
-live in the US for 14 years
In the Constitution, the executive branch is dicussed in which Article?
Article 2
How does the President have Judicial influence?
appointing Supreme Court Justices
What does the President do as Cheif Diplomat?
-recognizes foreign governments
-appoints ambassadors
-make treaties
The President's role in connection to foreign countries is?
crafting foreign policy
The system of Electoral College is?
indirect
In the Electoral College, this is needed in order to win the presidency?
simple majority (50% plus one)
The number of electors for wach state is based on what?
representation in Congress
Define Cabinet.
a group of presidential advisors
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
Two examples of President as Chief of State.
-throwing first pitch as baseball game
-attending the Olympics
The constitutional responsibility of the President is to ________ laws.
execute
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
The President's role in connection to the armed forces is?
Commander in Chief
The President is able to fullfill his responsibily of carrying out laws with the help of?
his Cabinet
Due to this President, the terms of the President were constitutionally limited to two.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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
This President was the only President to be Catholic.
John F. Kennedy
What is the total number of electoral votes in the Electoral College?
538
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
Which amendment set the vice president's qualification's the same as the President?
12th
Why are the qualifications for the vice-presidency the same as the president
because the VP is next in the line of successsion
What are unofficial requirements of the presidency?
-old
-white
-men
-business/law experience
-protestant
-wealty
This President set the tradition of the 2-term limit.
George Washington
What did Amendment 22 do?
changed the term limit to two terms
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