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Understanding Government
The Executive Branch
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History
8th Grade
01/30/2006

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Term
The second basic principle of the Consitution is that it divides the separation of powers into 3 distinct _________.
Definition
branches
Term
under the executie office of the president there are how many cabinet departments
Definition
14
Term
How many people does the white house employ
Definition
400
Term
the vice president constitutionally ____ ____ ____ on the floor of the senate
Definition
breaks the tie
Term
the secretary of state ranks ______ in line for the presidency
Definition
5th
Term
The secretary of the interior administers how many acres of federal lands and national parks?
Definition
500 million
Term
The secretary of energy oversees the nation's _______ needs
Definition
fuel
Term
The CIA's primary function is to protect national security outside of _______ _________
Definition
American borders
Term
Lyndon Baines Johnson said that " A President's hardest task is not to do what is right but to ______ what is right"
Definition
know
Term
Executive order #9066 made by Franklin Roosevelt called for the internment of ______________=_____________
Definition
Japanese-Americans
Term
In 1957 President Eisenhower sent troops to ________ _________, Arkansas.
Definition
Little Rock
Term
The President alone decides when and if to use _________ __________.
Definition
nuclear weapons
Term
A famous sign on Harry Truman's desk said that "The ___ Stops Here"
Definition
Buck
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