Gerald Ford was a Congressman from Michigan and the House Minority Leader when he was appointed by President Nixon to replace Spiro Agnew as Vice President in 1973, after Agnew resigned. Nixon then resigned in 1974, elevating Ford to the office of President. This was the first time that something of this nature had happened and helped set a precedent for what happens it something prevents both the president and vice president from fulfilling their terms.

The constitution stipulates that the Senate must approve all treaties negotiated by the President. Granting of pardons, vetoing bills, and receiving foreign emissaries are solely the powers of the President.

The constitution lays out the powers and responsibilities of the office of the Vice-President. One of those is to cast the tie-breaking vote in case of a tie within the Senate.

In case the president commits crimes or fails in their duty as President, the constitution lays out the procedure to have the president removed from office. Trial in the House and then formal impeachment can be conducted by the Senate.

Part of the checks and balances, Congress has to power to override a presidential veto with a  majority vote in both Houses. This ensures that the President is checked in their authority.

If the Vice President must take over for the President in the case of death, the two-term limit does not apply to those years that they serve as President. Therefore, if the former Vice President ran and won the next two election cycles, they could legally serve more than 8 years.

This should have been a relatively simple question. The correct answer is a treaty. Note how the definition in the question includes a key fact: the “agreement” must be ratified by 2/3 of the Senate. Any time you see language to that effect, you should immediately think “treaty.”

This should have been a fairly simple question, except for one hiccup. One of the answers, “executive order,” might have caught some of you unawares—there is a vast difference in between an executive order and an executive agreement. Executive orders are beyond the scope of this question (although they’re covered in another). Executive agreement is the correct answer, as it clearly could not have been a treaty (the question specifically notes that NO ratification was required), and “congressional delegation” has no bearing on this whatsoever.

This is a relatively difficult question. The correct answer is “executive order.” An executive order is an order from the president directing a federal agency to take some form of action (or, alternatively, refrain from taking action). It has the force of law—because it is, in a sense, implementing law.

This should have been a very simple question. The president has a very modest role in terms of legislation, however, he may veto laws, convene congress for a special session, and must deliver a state of the union address from “time to time.” That said, modern presidents often come into the office with their own legislative agenda, which they push on Congress in various ways (generally involving the media).