Presidential Roles Presidential Powers Vocabulary Other
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What is Head of State
President Obama acted in this presidential role when he awarded astronaut John Glenn with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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What is the appointment power.
A President uses THIS power when they choose a new Supreme Court Justice.
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What is a pardon.
This is a presidential order that releases a person from legal punishment.
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It takes THIS fraction of the Senate to approve treaties made by the President.
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What is Commander-in-Chief
On October 6th, 2019, President Donald Trump acted in THIS presidential role when he removed U.S. troops from Northern Syria.
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What are Ambassadors
Only the President has the power to appoint THESE officials who represent the nation and the President in diplomatic matters.
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What is an executive order.
This is a rule issued by the President that has the force of law.
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What is Chief Diplomat.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt acted in THIS presidential role when he met with the Prime Minister of Great Britain (Winston Churchill) and the Premier of the Soviet Union (Joseph Stalin) at the Yalta Conference on February 4th, 1945.
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What is Article II
THIS Article of the Constitution states that executive power is given to the President.
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What is a treaty.
This is a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries.
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What is Legislative Leader
In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson acted in THIS presidential role when he declared a "war on poverty" in his State of the Union address.
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What is the veto power.
THIS presidential power allows the President to deny laws passed by Congress.
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What is an executive agreement.
This is a legally binding pact between the President and the head of a foreign government that does not require Senate approval.
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What is Chief Executive
In 1969, President Richard Nixon acted in THIS presidential role when he fired his secretary of the interior for opposing his Vietnam policies.
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What is inherent power (not written in the Constitution).
President Thomas Jefferson used THIS type of power when he purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.
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What is re-authorization.
This is the act of passing the same legislation into law again.






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