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AP Government
Chapter 12: The Presidency: The Leadership Branch
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1. Summarize the problems of going to war with Iraq according to the author’s of
the text.
THE STRUCTURE AND POWER OF THE PRESIDENCY
2. List the role’s of the president.
3. Explain the uniqueness of the United States form of government.
4. List the three requirements for becoming President of the Estados Unidos.
5. Explain the problem with the original casting of ballots of President and Vice
President, and the solution to the problem.
6. List and describe each of the three main presidential powers.
AP Government
Chapter 12: The Presidency: The Leadership Branch
7. List and describe the additional powers of the President/executive.
8. List the line of presidential succession that is listed in the book.
CONTROVERSIES IN PRESIDENTIAL POWER.
9. Explain why Abraham Lincoln believed the Constitution gave the power to
declare war to Congress, and not the Executive.
10. Why do many presidents feel they are in a better situation to be in charge of the
military fully.
11. Explain the War Powers Resolution and its importance in U.S. History.
AP Government
Chapter 12: The Presidency: The Leadership Branch
12. Explain the United States’ practice of spending/budgeting. How has presidential
power curbed this in history?
13. Explain what the “modern presidency” means.
MANAGINg THE PRESIDENCY
14. Explain the significance of the White House staff, and describe the three models
in which a president may run his staff.
15. Explain the Presidential Cabinet’s significance.
THE PRESIDENT’S JOB.
16. Explain the significance of the president as 1) crisis manager 2) morale builder
3) agenda setter 4) persuader.
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Chapter 12: The Presidency: The Leadership Branch
17. Describe the major reasons the book suggests as why Bush won the 2004
election.
CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENCY
18. Differentiate between expressed, implied, inherent and emergency powers of the
executive branch.
19. List and describe three ways the Constitution looks to make the legislative and
executive branches compete.