Review Sheet for American Government Test (1/30/13)

PEOPLE, CONCEPTS AND POLICIES: Be able to identify each of the following and explain their importance:

Chapter 13: Presidency

THE BASICS:

·  Requirements (Age, citizenship, etc.)

·  Common religion

HISTORICAL:

·  FDR

·  Harding

·  Truman

·  Nixon

·  Ford

·  LBJ

·  JFK

·  Teddy Roosevelt

·  Wilson

·  Reagan

THE SEVEN HATS (Presidential Powers)

·  Chief Executive

o  Defined

o  Examples

·  Chief of Party

o  Defined

o  Examples

·  Chief Legislator

o  Defined

o  Examples

·  Head of State

o  Defined

o  Examples

·  Chief Diplomat

o  Defined

o  Examples

·  Commander-in-Chief

o  Defined

o  Examples

o  Limits

Congress/Roll-Call votes/National Security

o  NSC

·  Chief Financial Officer

o  Defined

o  Examples

o  CEA

o  OMB

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION SAYS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT

READ: ARTICLE II, SECTIONS 1-4

THE VP / CABINET

Constitutional Role

Presidential succession

o  25th Amendment

o  Cabinet roles

§  Know your departments

§  Know what they do

§  Know which ones are new / old

EXECUTIVE OFFICES:

·  NSC

o  Defined

o  Duties

·  CEA

o  Defined

o  Duties

·  OMB

o  Defined

o  Duties

WHITE HOUSE STAFF:

·  Chief of staff

·  Press Secretary

PUBLIC APPROVAL

·  Ratings / expectations

·  Electoral Mandates (impact, if any)

·  Honeymoon period

·  Dealing with the press

·  Presidential Coattails (Congress)

LEGISLATION / TROUBLE

·  Vetoes

·  Pocket Vetoes

·  Line-item (President doesn’t have this)

·  Overrides

·  Impeachment

·  Removal from office

WAR POWERS RESOLUTION

·  Crisis management

MID TERM ELECTIONS

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING :

(In addition to stuff on other side of page)

·  Do I know the historical significance (politically and policy-wise) along with the professional backgrounds of:

o  Nixon,

o  LBJ,

o  TR,

o  Wilson,

o  Reagan,

o  Ford,

o  Truman,

o  FDR,

o  Harding,

o  Carter and

o  Eisenhower

·  Do I know the difference between:

o  A Pocket veto

o  A regular veto?

·  Do I know the difference between:

o  Impeachment

o  Removal from office?

·  Do I know the impact / influence of public approval ratings?

·  Do I know the nuances of the War Powers Resolution, and how it has been applied since its 1973 creation?

·  Do I know the difference between a cabinet position and the FBI, CIA, or IRS?