Unit 2 - The Presidency - Myrtil

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Across
  1. 2. The list of programs a president hopes to enact while in office.
  2. 4. The events and scandal surrounding a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972 and the subsequent cover-up of White House involvement, leading to the eventual resignation of President Nixon under the threat of impeachment.
  3. 6. A rule issued by the president that has the force of law.
  4. 7. Caused by nation's growth and power of US on the world stage, not change in Constitution.
  5. 10. Charges against a president approved by a majority of the House of Representatives.
  6. 11. Personnel who run the White House and advise the President. Includes the Chief of Staff and Press Secretary.
  7. 13. A public office or position of authority that provides its occupant with an outstanding opportunity to speak out on any issue.
  8. 15. A three-member body appointed by the president to advise the president on economic policy.
  9. 17. Role of the President in which he addresses sudden needs in response to disasters.
  10. 19. Limits the president to two terms.
  11. 20. The office that prepares the president's annual budget proposal, reviews the budget and programs of the executive departments, supplies economic forecasts, and conducts detailed analyses of proposed bills and agency rules.
  12. 21. Appoint federal court judges.
Down
  1. 1. Most limited to the ceremonial activities, greet dignitaries, attend important events, no official government position, but most are active on single issues.
  2. 3. Group of officials who head government departments and advise the President.
  3. 5. President's power to kill a bill, if Congress is not in session, by not signing it for 10 days.
  4. 8. An office created in 1947 to coordinate the president's foreign and military policy advisers.
  5. 9. Presidential Succession; Vice Presidential Vacancy; Presidential Inability.
  6. 12. An endorsement by voters. Presidents sometimes argue they have been given a mandate to carry out policy proposals.
  7. 14. A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.
  8. 16. Policy advisers and for important diplomacy.
  9. 18. Short-term patriotic increase in president's popularity and power during times of serious international crisis or war (e.g. Bush after 9/11).