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Executive Branch Notes
Entry ________
The President and Vice President
Qualifications for President
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35 years old
At least _______
Native
________________-born
American citizen
Resident of the U.S. for at least _______
14 years
Electing a President
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Presidents are elected every ________
years.
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Electoral College
They are elected by an indirect method called the _____________________________________.
The Electoral College is a “___________________-take-_________”
system.
winner
all
A candidate must get at least _________
270 of the _________
538 electoral votes to become president.
Term of Office
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Presidents serve four-year terms.
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The 22nd Amendment limits each president to ______
elected terms in office or a maximum of
10 years if he/she began during another president’s term.
______
The Vice President
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Electoral College
Elected with the president through the ________________________________________
system
same
Qualification for the office are the _______________
as those for the presidency
Senate
tie
Presides over the __________________
and votes in case of a _____________
dies
ill
If the president ___________,
is removed from office, becomes seriously ______________,
or
resigns
_______________________, the V.P. becomes president.
Presidential Succession
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Presidential Succession Act of 1947 indicates the line of succession after the V.P.
Speaker
If both the President and the V.P. die or leave office, the ____________________of
the
House
______________
becomes president.
25 th Amendment says that if the president dies or leaves office, the V.P. becomes
The ______
Senate
president and gets to choose another V.P. (Both the ___________________
and the
House
_________________
of Reps. must approve.)
The President’s Job
Constitutional Powers
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The Constitution gives the president the power to
Veto
o _____________
bills passed in Congress
special session
o Call Congress into _________________________________
armed forces
o Serve as Commander-in-Chief of the _____________________________
foreign
o Receive leaders and other officials of _______________________
countries
treaties
Senate
o Make __________________
with other countries (with ________________
approval)
agencies
judges
o Appoint heads of executive ___________________, federal court ________________,
ambassadors, and other top government officials (with Senate approval)
crimes
o Pardon or reduce the penalties against people convicted of federal ________________
The Constitution requires the president to give Congress information about the “____________
State
of the ___________________.”
Union
o He gives a speech to discuss the most important issues facing the nation
legislation
o He proposes new _________________________
he would like to see
Powers of the President
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Complete the worksheet, “The Many Hats of the President.”
Making Foreign Policy
Goals of American foreign policy
1.
2.
3.
4.
National security
_______________________________
– the ability to keep the country safe from attack or harm
International trade
________________________________________
Promoting _____________________
world
peace
democracy
Promoting ___________________________
around the world – which helps protect our own
national security
Roles of Congress and the president in foreign policy
U.S. Foreign Policy
Congress
President
Approving
____________________
treaties
Signing
_______________________
treaties
Approving
____________________
appointments
agreements
Making executive ____________________
aid
Setting aside money for foreign _________
ambassadors
Appointing ________________________
tariffs
Passing ____________________
agreements
Making trade ______________________
military
Using the _______________________
Presidential Advisors and Executive Agencies
The Cabinet
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advisors
A group of presidential ______________________
that includes the heads of top-level executive
departments.
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general
attorney
The head of the Department of Justice is called the ___________________
________________.
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secretaries
All of the other department heads are called ___________________________.
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related to their
Cabinet members advise the president on issues ______________________________________
department
________________________________________________.
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necessary
The cabinet meets whenever the president decides it’s _________________________________.
The Federal Bureaucracy
The Federal
Bureaucracy
independent agencies – departments of the federal government that perform specialized duties
regulatory group – type of independent agency that has the power to make rules and bring violators to
court
bureaucracy – the departments and agencies in the executive branch of the government