Unit 4 Exam Review
Name: ____________________
1. The Constitution makes the President the ___________________________________, giving
him or her complete control of the nation’s armed forces.
2. A person must be born a _____________ of the United States to be able to become President.
3. A person must be at least ________ years of age to become President.
4. The _______________________ placed limits on presidential terms. Presidents now may not be
elected more than _____________ or only once if they became President due to succession.
5. The ______________________, ratified in 1967, made it clear that the ___________ will
become President if the President is removed from office.
6. According to the Constitution, the President and Vice President are chosen by a special body of
__________________________________.
7. The _______________________________ is the group of people (electors) chosen from each
State and the District of Columbia that formally selects the President and Vice President.
8. The major change in the Electoral College made by the ________________________was that
each elector would distinctly cast one electoral vote for President and one for Vice President.
9. A party’s ________________________________ is the meeting at which delegates vote to pick
their presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
10. Political experience factors into the presidential nomination process. __________________, the
executive officers on the State level, have historically been favored for nomination.
_______________________ and _________________________________ also have fared well.
11. If no candidate wins a majority of electoral votes (270), the election is thrown into the
______________________________________________.
12. _______________________, the Constitution’s Executive Article, begins this way: “The
executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.”
13. The President has the power to issue _________________________________. An executive
order is a directive, rule, or regulation that has the effect of law.
14. With ______________________ consent, the ____________________________ names most of
the top-ranking officers of the Federal Government.
15. A __________________ is a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states.
16. All treaties must pass approval by ______________ of the members present in a
_____________ vote.
17. An __________________________ is a pact between the President and the head of a foreign
state.
18. Unlike __________________, executive agreements do not require __________________
consent.
19. The President’s powers as __________________________ are far _______________ during a
___________ than they are in normal times.
20. The ____________________________________________ limits the President’s war-making
powers.
21. The Constitution provides that the President shall report to Congress on the
________________________________.
22. If the President disapproves of a bill, he can ___________________. That ___________ can be
overturned only by a ___________________ vote of
_______________________________________.
23. A _____________________ is the postponement of the execution of a sentence that Presidents
can issue.
24. A _____________________ is legal forgiveness for a crime.
25. The ____________________________________________ is all of the agencies, people, and
procedures through which the Federal Government operates.
26. The ___________________________________________ acts to advise the President on all
domestic, foreign, and military matters that relate to the ____________________________.
27. The executive departments, often called the __________________________________, are the
traditional units of federal administration.
28. Each department is headed by a ________________________________, except for the
_________________________________, whose work is directed by the
_________________________.
29. The Cabinet is an ________________________________________ brought together by the
_____________________ to serve his needs.
30. Examples of _____________________________________ include ______________, the
General Services Administration, and the EPA.
31. _________________________________________________ were established by Congress to
carry out certain business-like activities.
32. The _________________________________ is that group of public employees who perform
the administrative work of government, excluding the armed forces.
33. The use of _______________________________—the practice of giving government jobs to
supporters and friends—was in use throughout most of the nineteenth century.
34. The ____________________________________, also known as the Civil Service Act of 1883,
laid the foundation of the present federal civil service system, and set merit as the basis for
hiring in most civil service positions.
35. The ___________________________________________ allows federal workers to vote in
elections, but forbids them from taking part in partisan political activities.
Questions to consider:
1. Discuss the importance of the President’s Cabinet. Choose to eliminate three Cabinet departments and
explain your reasoning.
2. What are the benefits of the Electoral College? What are the problems with it? Should we change it?
How could we do so?
3. Why was the Pendleton Act created? Explain what it does and how it has changed the way the
Bureaucracy works in the United States.
4. Using your list of Cabinet Departments, decide which ones are most important to the function of the
U.S. Government and which are least important. Make sure you discuss the reasoning behind your
decisions.
5. Why did the Framers include the Senate, but not the House in the treaty-making process? Think about
relative size and constituency.
6. What are the Constitutional requirements for the Presidency? Why do you think the Framers created
those specific requirements?