Government Unit 5 The Executive Branch

Level I
1. Be able to define the following terms:

Veto Cabinet Bureaucracy Pardon

Fiscal Policy
Foreign Policy Treaty Domestic Policy Deficit
National Debt
Public Opinion Executive Orders Proclamations Appointments
War Powers Act
Amnesty Executive Privilege Impoundment Receipts Outlays
Entitlement program Income Tax Excise Tax Foreign Aid Sanctions
Alliance Covert Operations Political Coercion Bias Margin of
Error
National Security Directive Discretionary Social Security
Medicare
Medicaid

2. Be able to identify which article of the Constitution created the Executive Branch.

3. Be able to outline the duties, responsibilities, requirements, terms, roles, and benefits
that belong to the President.

4. Be able to arrange the line of succession into the proper order.

5. Be able to name each Cabinet department and describe its responsibilities.

6. Be able to list the powers this branch has over the other branches of the federal
government.

7. Be able to describe the powers of the Presidency, both officially and unofficially.

8. Be able to list factors to consider when looking at public opinion polls.

9. Be able to identify the top expenditures and revenues for the federal government.

10.Be able to outline the issues associated with creating Public Policy (Fiscal, Domestic,
and Foreign).

11.Be able to state the priorities of US Foreign Policy.

Level II

12.Be able to name the actual people in each leadership position in the Line of Succession.

13.Be able to name the “Secretaries” of several Cabinet-level departments.

14.Be able to find examples of the President fulfilling several of the roles of the Presidency.

15.Be able to identify how the bureaucracy affects your daily life.

16.Be able to analyze and create public opinion polls.

17.Be able to assess the advantages and disadvantages of the powers of the President.

18.Be able to evaluate Public Policy decisions.

19.Be able to list ways that the US participates in the International Community.