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The President and the Executive Branch

The President and the Executive Branch. Requirements to be President. Must be at least 35 years old Native born American citizen Resident of the United States for at least 14 years. Electoral College.

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The President and the Executive Branch

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  1. The President and the Executive Branch

  2. Requirements to be President • Must be at least 35 years old • Native born American citizen • Resident of the United States for at least 14 years.

  3. Electoral College • a group of people named by each state legislature to select the President and Vice President

  4. Electors • people appointed to vote in presidential elections for the major candidates

  5. 270 Electors are required to win the Presidential election.

  6. Each state officially gives their elector vote in December.

  7. Franklin D. Roosevelt • Won 4 terms as president

  8. Twenty-second Amendment • officially limited a president to two terms, or a maximum of 10 years as president.

  9. Presidents Pay • $400,000 plus expenses • Access to Camp David • Use of Air Force One

  10. Constitution Article I • states that the vice president will be the head of the Senate and vote if there is a tie

  11. William Henry Harrison was the first president to die in office and John Tyler became the first vice president to take over the presidents responsibilities

  12. Presidential Succession Act • officially describes the line of succession after the vice president

  13. Presidential Order of Succession • Vice President • Speaker of the House • President Pro Tempore of the Senate • Secretary of State

  14. Twenty-fifth Amendment • States that if the president dies or leaves office, the vice president becomes the president, and selects the new vice president. • The House of Representatives and the Senate must approve the new vice president chosen.

  15. The presidents main job is to carry out laws passed by Congress.

  16. State of the Union Address • Yearly speech the president gives to Congress about the important issues facing America. • Tells Congress of new programs he would like them to begin.

  17. Executive Order • A rule or command that has the force of law.

  18. Pardon • A declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment.

  19. Reprieve • An order to delay a persons punishment until a higher court can hear the case.

  20. Amnesty • A pardon toward a group of people.

  21. War Powers Resolution • The president must tell Congress within 48 hours of when troops are sent into battle.

  22. Other President Jobs • Legislative Leader (Proposes legislation for Congress to Act Upon) • Head of State (Meet with leaders from other countries) • Economic Leader (Plan a Federal Budget) • Party Leader (Leader of their political party)

  23. Foreign Policy • A nations overall plan for dealing with other nations.

  24. National Security • The ability to keep a country safe from attack or harm.

  25. Five main ways the president and Congress carry out foreign policy

  26. Creating Treaties and Executive Agreements • (Treaties are formal agreements between the governments of two or more countries) • (Executive agreements are agreements between the president and the leader of another country)

  27. Appointing Ambassadors • Ambassadors are official representatives of a country’s government

  28. Foreign Aid • Money, food, military assistance or other supplies given to help other countries)

  29. International Trade • The president makes agreements with other countries about products that can be traded and the rules used in their trading. • (Trade sanctions are efforts to punish another nation by imposing trade barriers) • (Embargo is an agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them all from trading with a target nation)

  30. Military Force • When the president uses the military to carry out some foreign policy

  31. Cabinet • a group of presidential advisors that includes the heads of 15 top level executive departments

  32. Federal Bureaucracy • the collective agencies and employees of the executive branch

  33. Independent Agencies • a federal board of commission that is not part of any cabinet department

  34. Government Corporations • owned and operated by the federal government

  35. Political Appointees • people appointed to a federal position by the president

  36. Civil Service Workers • people hired into a federal position

  37. Civil Service System • the practice of hiring government workers on the basis of open, competitive examinations and merit

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