Presidential Terms
This amendment stopped others from following in FDR's unprecedented footsteps.
The 22nd Amendment
America's first president set the precedents of the presidency.
George Washington
Elected to the Senate in 1972, this president ran for president three times before winning the nomination...and the presidency.
Joe Biden
Describe the two constitutional presidencies.
•Founders: limited but important role of the president in comparison to the legislature
•Wilson: the president as a leader on policy
Demagoguery, Representation, Independence, Separation of Powers
A public entertainer, this man used his television persona to win the 2016 presidential election.
Donald Trump
This amendment keeps us from having a "President Biden" and "Vice President Trump"
The 12th Amendment
This president expanded the power of the veto, utilizing it not only in times he found congressional acts unconstitutional, but also when he politically opposed them.
Andrew Jackson
This president is the only one to never serve in elected office prior to the presidency.
Donald Trump
Describe the four constitutional insurgencies.
•The Turning Points
•The Jeffersonian Insurgency
•The Jacksonian Insurgency
•The Progressive Movement
•The Conservative Insurgency
This president can carry a tune and nowadays has a producer job at Netflix
Barack Obama
This is the term presidents since Teddy have used to describe the informal presidential power of using the public role to give speeches to sway public (and congressional) opinion.
Bully Pulpit
This president, ranked the best in history (no not a recent one), spent his tenure expanding the powers of the commander in chief to deal with an internal crisis but largely let Congress and his cabinet deal with other domestic and international issues.
Abraham Lincoln
This president served as America’s 33rd president and presided over the end of WWII, the beginning of the Cold War and NATO, and carries on the legacy of his four-term predecessor.
Harry S Truman
Compare the leadership in times of crisis of Abraham Lincoln vs. FDR
Various examples from the Civil War and WWII and the Great Depression
The Comeback Kid, this president used his saxophone skills to be seen as the young, cool candidate compared to his older, "duller" opponent.
Bill Clinton
During the conservative insurgency the theory of the ____________, the idea that the president should have few checks on how they manage the government, takes hold.
Unitary Executive
This president, privately concerned about his use of executive power, chose to dramatically expand the size of the US and let the voters "ratify" his decision in the 1804.
Thomas Jefferson
This president served as America’s 37th president and his personality led to poor decisions, secret military engagements, and ultimately cost him the presidency amid criminal activates of his subordinates.
Richard Nixon
Explain the three forms of presidential competence.
•How to manage the presidency?
•Self-Reliance
•Minimalism
•Strategic Competence
He liked jelly beans and played George Gipp in "Knute Rockne--All American"
Ronald Reagan
Which presidents led during a presidential refounding, a turning point in American history where their decisions in office shaped the power of the presidency moving forward.
Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, FDR
Presidential historians rank this man as THE WORST president in American history (no it wasn't a recent one) as his inaction contributed to secession and civil war.
James Buchanan
This president served as America's 41st president and led the US through the final days of the Cold War, Desert Storm, and reached new heights in public approval. Yet he lost reelection amid a recession and broken promises about the economy.
George HW Bush
Explain the four categories of presidential character that we JUST discussed.
•Barber’s Four Types of Presidents
•Active-Positive
•Passive-Positive
•Active-Negative
•Passive-Negative
This American president played college football for the team that Dr. Martin despises. And was mocked by Chevy Chase on SNL.
Gerald Ford