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The Presidency MatchUp

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Click on a top box, then click on its match below. Or, drag a top box and drop it onto the correct match. Match all pairs before clicking ‘Check’.

Commander
National security
Honeymoon
State
Veto
Four
Congress
Vice president
Thirty-five
Cabinet
Senate
Who is a 'heartbeat away from the presidency'?
The president can ______  legislation, but this can be overturned by Congress repassing the bill with a two-thirds majority.
Minimum age for a president.
Unlike the position of head of government in the UK, the US president is also head of ______.
The vice president's only explicit role in the Constitution is to accept to be the president of the ______.    
Although this is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, probably the greatest responsibility of the president is to defend the United States against internal and external threats.
The president's first year in office is often described as a ______ period – he/she gets an easier ride from Congress and the media, and has an opportunity to push reforms through.
Number of years in a presidential term.
Under the key constitutional principle of the separation of powers, no member of the executive rranch can be a member of ______.    
What is the name of the institution which developed soon after the Constitution was written and which mainly consists of the heads of the various departments?
The Constitution puts the president in charge of the military with his/her position as ______ -in-chief.

This is your 1st attempt! You get 3 marks for each one you get right. Good luck!

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