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Civics Unit 5 - Executive Branch

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Article II of the Constitution
Establishes the Executive Branch, which is headed by the President of the United States.
President of the United States
The Chief Executive officer of the nation.
Executive Branch
Executes laws of the land and prepares the annual budget for Congressional action.
Appoints
The President also ____________ cabinet officers, ambassadors, and federal judges.
Bureaucracy
The Executive Branch administers the federal ____________________ (government agencies and departments)
Policy making
The executive branch influences _______________ in many ways.
Proposes
The President _______________ legislation in his annual State of the Union Address.
Appeals
The President also ________________ directly to the people when he does things such as making a statement on TV.
vetos
the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature)
officials
The President appoints _________________ who carry out the laws.
enforce and carry out
Cabinet departments, agencies and regulatory groups _____________________ and _______________ the laws of the United States.
Chief of State
Ceremonial head of government
Chief Executive
Head of the executive branch of government
Chief Legislator
Proposer of the legislative agenda
Commander in Chief
Head of the armed forces
Chief of Party
Leader of the political party that controls the executive branch.
Chief Citizen
Representative of all the people
Chief Diplomat
Architect of American foreign policy
increased
Presidential power has _______________ in the years since the Constitution was ratified.
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