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Civics Unit 4
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Economics
12th Grade
08/07/2009

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chief diplomat
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What is the Presidential Role that involves determining foreign policy?
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chief administrator
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In which role does the President dircet the Executive Branch of gov't?
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400,000
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How much does the President earn?
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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In amendment placed a limit on the number of terms a President could serve the four-term tenure of what President?
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chief citizen
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As a "representative of all the people," The President is the
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The VP and a majority of the Cabinet
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Who has the power to declare a President incapacitated?
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25th Amendment
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The order of the office-holders who may succeed the President was fixed by what Amendment?
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Twice
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How often have the disability provisions for the President come into play?
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To preside over the Senate and to help decide if the President is disabled
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What are the two official duties of the Vice President?
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The VP
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Who takes the President's place in the event of a vacancy?
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The votes led to a tie.
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What happened in the election of 1800 that gave rise to changes in the election process?
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2
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How many votes does a President elector vote?
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political parties
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The demise of the originally established electoral system came with the rise of
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15 Percent
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In the Democrats' proportional representation rule, a candidate must win at least 15 percent of the votes to gain delegates?
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Congress
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Who deteremines how many delegates a state may send to a national convention?
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to broaden participation to include minorities and women
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Why did the democratic Party adopt national rules to govern the delegate selection process?
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national conventions
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Where do delegates vote to pick their Presidential Candidate?
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platform
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The basic principle of a party are stated in the party's where?
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Senators
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The number of electors for a State are based on the population of the state and also the number of?
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District Plan
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which plan for the electoral college would choose electors in the same way as Members of Congress?
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National Bonus Plan
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what plan is similar to the system we use today but eliminates the winner-take-all feature?
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the Senate
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Who chooses a President if no candidate has won a majority of electoral votes?
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Chief executive
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When the President determines Congress's agenda, he is carrying out the role of whom?
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Chief of state
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In which role does the President act as a symbol of the American People?
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Speaker of the House
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If the offies of both President and Vice President become vacant, who beomes President?
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The VP
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Who becomes acting President if the President is disabled?
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electors
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when people vote for President, they are really voting for their State's?
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The Senate
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If no candidate recieves a majority of the electoral votes, the President is choesn by ?
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To help choose delegates to the parties' national conventions
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What is the purpose of Presidential Primaries?
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State Law
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what determines the rules for each State's Primary?
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Electoral College Vote
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What are the votes for the electorate called?
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the Constitution
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Where do the specific powers of the President come from?
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the use of power without congressional approval
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What does imperial presideny mean?
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Clemency power
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Which has not been a factor in the growth of Pres. Power?
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The power to issue executive orders
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what is ordinance power?
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Senatorial Courtesy
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What is the the custom that gives Senate control over the President to appoint officials?
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sends the nation a diplomatic representative
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What does a pres. do when he recognizes a nation?
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shorten a person's sentence
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what is the pres. power of commutation mean?
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federal cases
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the President's clemency powers apply to only ?
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supports other workers
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what does a staff agency do?
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advise the President about the nation's safety?
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What is the job of the Nat. Security Council?
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Attorney General
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Which is the title of the head of the Justice Department?
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supervise fed. workers
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What does independant Regulatory commisions do?
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civil service system
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After James' Garfield's assination, the gov made reforms in what system?
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congress
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What part of the Fed Gov has the power to tax?
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increases as income increases
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Progessive tax is what?
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national defense
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the larges area of federal spending comees from what area?
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Another term for Appropriation is called defecit spending?
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