Wars Power Act By Cheyenne Yazzie

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  1. 4. Which president was an early critic of the War Powers Act?
  2. 6. charged with directing the armed forces
  3. 10. A congressional resolution designed to limit the U.S. president's ability to initiate or escalate military actions abroad.
  4. 12. The law stipulates that Presidents are required to end foreign military actions after how many days?
  5. 13. Nixon argued that the resolution "would attempt to take away, by a mere _________, authorities which the President has properly exercise under the Constitution for almost 200 years."
  6. 15. Who crafted the War Powers Act as a means of reasserting Congressional authority over foreign wars?
  7. 16. which president committed U.S. troops to the Korean War as part of a United Nations "police action."
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  1. 1. The Congress is responsible to notify whenever military forces are introduced to hostile situations within how many hours?
  2. 2. In the U.S. Constitution, the power to make war is shared by the ______ and legislative branches.
  3. 3. The War Powers Resolution was enacted in _______ 1973.
  4. 5. Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon have overseen the long and controversial undeclared conflict during what war?
  5. 7. One of the _______ challenges to the War Powers Act came in what year?
  6. 8. Critics argue the _____ has failed to create a better coordination between the executive and legislative branches.
  7. 9. Due to the War Powers Act's contentious history, there have occasionally been calls for the resolution to be _______.
  8. 11. who is vested with the power to "declared war" and "raise and support armies."
  9. 14. charge of the military