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EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Explore the Executive Branch, including the maximum term of a President, Constitutional requirements, Electoral College, agencies, powers, foreign policy, and historical facts such as impeachments and assassinations.

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EXECUTIVE BRANCH

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  1. EXECUTIVE BRANCH

  2. Maximum # of years a President may serve. 10 years

  3. 3 Constitutional Requirements. 35 years old 14 year US resident Natural born citizen

  4. # in the Electoral College.Total?To win? 538 270

  5. Purpose of the Executive Branch. To enforce the law

  6. Agencies and employees of the executive branch. Federal bureaucracy

  7. True or FalsePresident declares war. False

  8. True or FalsePresident can send troops into battle. True

  9. When President sends troops into battle, how many days does he have to go before Congress for approval? 60 days

  10. 1 check the President has over Congress. Veto legislation

  11. 1 check President has over the Courts. Appoints federal judges/Supreme Court Justices

  12. 2 executive departments that help with foreign policy. State & Defense

  13. Formal agreement between 2 or more countries. Treaty

  14. Agreement between President and the leader of another country. Executive Agreement

  15. 1 way the President can limit foreign trade. Sanctions or embargo

  16. 3 points(4) goals of foreign policy. National security International trade Promote peace Promote democracy

  17. Power to grant forgiveness and freedom from punishment. pardon

  18. Speech given to Congress once a year. State of the Union Address

  19. Rule or command by President that has the force of law. Executive order

  20. Indirect method for electing the President. Electoral college

  21. This act requires a President to go before Congress within 60 days of deploying troops. War Powers Act

  22. 1st 3 in line of succession. Vice-President Speaker of the House President Pro Tempore

  23. Only President to serve more than 2 terms. Franklin D. Roosevelt

  24. Only Presidential not elected President or Vice-President. Gerald Ford

  25. 2 Presidents who have been impeached. Andrew Johnson Bill Clinton

  26. 3 Points(4) Presidents that have been assassinated. Lincoln Garfield McKinley JF Kennedy

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