Question

1. What are the three parts of the executive branch?

2. Which president used the slogan "The buck stops here"? What does it mean?

Answer 1

1. The executive branch carries out the laws made by Congress. The president is the leader of this branch of our government. To get the job done, the president needs help. This help comes from the three parts of the executive branch - the Executive Office of the President, the Cabinet, and the independent agencies.

2."The buck stops here" is a phrase that was popularized by U.S. President Harry S. Truman, who kept a sign with that phrase on his desk in the Oval Office.

The phrase refers to the notion that the President has to make the decisions and accept the ultimate responsibility for those decisions.

Answer 2

1) president, vice president, cabinet? 2) harry truman. it means that the presidents must create decisions and act on them by accepting responsibility for those decisions/actions.