Social Studies Study Guide – Chapter 7 Test



Social Studies Study Guide – Chapter 7 Test

The Executive Branch

Electoral College – a group that elects the president and vice president

Cabinet – an advisory group chosen by the president to help accomplish the work of the executive branch

Civil Service System – the practice of hiring civil service workers on the basis of competition and merit

Executive Order – a rule or command made by the president that has the force of law

Merit System – a system of hiring new workers from lists of people who have passed tests or otherwise met required standards

National Security – the ability to keep the country safe from attack or harm

Treaty – a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries

Amnesty – the pardon of a group of people who have broken or evaded a law

Civil Service Worker – an employee of the national government who usually has permanent employment

Trade Sanctions – efforts to punish another country by imposing trade barriers

The Constitution states that in order to become president a person MUST:

Be at least 35 years old

Be a native born American citizen

Have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years

The Constitution gives the power to declare war to Congress.

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The line of succession after the vice president is:

Speaker of the House

President pro tempore of the Senate

Secretary of State

Presidential appointees to head cabinet departments must be approved by the Senate.

Members of Congress have the sole power of introducing bills in Congress.

U.S. foreign policy that promotes democracy around the world helps protect national security.

The Senate must approve a treaty with another nation with a two thirds vote in the Senate.

The Chief of Staff is the most powerful political advisor to the president.

The White House Office is the core of the Executive Office of the President.

The assassination of President James Garfield led to the passage of the Pendleton Act or the Civil Service Reform Act of 1883..

ELECTORAL COLLEGE:

The Constitution does not provide for direct popular election of the president. Instead, it set up an INDIRECT METHOD OF ELECTION called the Electoral College. The Constitution says that each state shall appoint electors, who then vote for one of the major candidates. Each state receives one Electoral College vote for each of its U.S. senators and representatives. Washington, D.C. has 3 electoral votes. The Electoral College includes 538 (435 + 100 + 3) electors. In most states, the winner-take-all system of the Electoral College means that all of a state’s electoral votes go to the candidate who wins the popular vote.

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