The US Senate Plays a Pivotal Role in the Selection of of Cabinet

question 46

Multiple Choice

The U.S. Senate plays a pivotal role in the selection of cabinet officers and federal judges. What is this role?

• A) The senate recommends all appointees to the president.
• B) Each senator must be consulted by the president during the confirmation process.
• C) The president is required to appoint any candidate recommended by the senate.
• D) The president chooses the appointee but the senate must confirm that appointment before the candidate assumes the office.
• E) The senate recommends the nominee and the president confirms the appointment.

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Definitions:

Loyalists

Colonists in America who remained loyal to the British Crown before and during the American Revolutionary War, opposing the revolution.

Independence

The state of being self-governing and autonomous, free from external control.

British Monarchy

The constitutional monarchy ruling over the United Kingdom and its overseas territories, with a history that stretches back over a thousand years.

Articles of Confederation

The first constitution of the United States, ratified in 1781, which created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government.