1. Key terms on page 335
   
2. How/when did the length of a president's terms in office come to be limited to two?
   
3. Which officials (in terms of offices that they fill) make up a president's cabinet?  Can a member of the cabinet serve in any other position within the government at the same time? 
   
4. Which official serves as the president's most important advisor?
   
5. The power that the Vice President will have at his disposal is determined by whom/what? 
   
6. How likely is a presidential veto to be overridden? 
   
7. Approximately how many people work for the various executive agencies/bureaucracies of the federal government?
8. What powers does a president possess and where are they discussed in the Constitution? 
   
9. Be able to describe how presidential power has increased from the traditional era to the modern era, both through inherent power and delegated power (including examples of each). 
   
10. What is the War Powers Resolution, and how has it impacted presidential power in terms of war making capabilities?
11. How important are the members of the cabinet in terms of advising the president as compared to members of the White House staff?  
    

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