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The Presidency
President and Vice President
Chapter 8 Section 1
Warm up
• Briefly discuss what you believe are
advantages or disadvantages to being
the President of the United States of
America?
• OR
• If you could be President of the United
States of America for a day or week
what specifically would you do to
change or improve life in the US or for
US citizens and why?
Name:
Date: April 9, 2012
Define 2 Terms (Pg. 213 or 219):
1)
2)
3) 22nd Amendment
I. Duties of the President
A. Commander in Chief
Then:
Washington – had a militia
of 15,000 volunteers
Now:
-President Obama oversees all four
major units of the military
-Makes deployment
decisions
-Manages the defense
budget of + $270 billion a year
B. Appointments
With consent of the Senate, the
President appoints:
1) Heads of Executive Departments
2) Federal Court Judges
3) Supreme Court Justices
C. Foreign Policy
1) Makes Treaties
2) Meets with other Heads of State
3) Hosts Foreign Officials
4) Appoints Ambassadors
to represent the U.S. in
other countries
D. Other Roles
1) Has the ability to pardon criminals
2) Shorten prison sentences (clemency)
3) Gives the State of the Union Address twice a
year
II. President’s Term and Salary
A. The Twenty-Second Amendment (1951)
Franklin D. Roosevelt served
for 4 terms in office. Many
believed this gave too much
executive power to one man.
The Twenty-Second Amendment
limits a President’s term to two
terms (8 years).
B. Salary and Benefits
Define: Compensation = Salary
1) Congress determines the President’s salary
2) In 1999, Congress raised the salary of the
president to $400,000
3) The President has a nontaxable travel
allowance up to $100,000 a year
4) Congress cannot increase or decrease the salary
during a president’s term
II. Salary and Benefits (Con’t)
5) Free Medical, Dental, and Health Care
6) Gets to live in the White House
-
132 room mansion
Swimming pool
Bowling alley
Movie theater
Tennis courts
- Basketball court
*Cooking, cleaning, and shopping are all taken care
of by the White House domestic staff
7) Pension - $148,400 a year
III. Presidential Qualifications
A. Requirements for U.S. Presidents
1) Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution
- Must be a natural-born U.S. citizen
- Must be at least 35 years old
- Must be a resident of the U.S. for
at least 14 years
(The requirements are the same for the Vice President)
B. Expectations
1. Political experience
(Only five had no
experience: Eisenhower)
2. Needs to have money
or access to money to
be elected
3. Should generally hold
moderate positions on major issues
C. Characteristics for Most Presidents
1) Most Presidents have come from Northern
European family backgrounds
2) Most have come from the Middle-Class;
some from the Upper-Class
3) White, (until 2008 President Barack Obama)
married, protestant, financially successful
4) Thus far, Presidents have only been male
IV. Presidential Succession
Twenty-Fifth Amendment:
The Vice President becomes
President if the President is
removed from office or dies
The President nominates a Vice President if
there is a vacancy (Congress has to
approve with a majority)
Lines of Succession to Presidency
1) Vice President
2) Speaker of the House
3) The President pro tempore of the
Senate
4) Secretary of State
5) Then the other 13 Department Heads in the order
of when Congress created them (pg. 217)
V. Vice President’s Duties
1) Presides over Senate (votes when
tie).
2) Acting President in case of disability
or other circumstances
3) Do what the President assigns them
to do
In-Class/Homework Questions
Section 1 Assessment (Page 219)
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Page 746 List Presidents #1-15 and write 3
facts about each President do not use date
of birth and death as facts.