Roles of the President
The president is in charge of the military.
What is the role of the president as Commander in Chief?
14 years
How long must you have lived in the U.S. before becoming president?
To carry out and enforce laws.
What is the purpose of the executive branch?
This department manages the military and wars overseas.
What is the Department of Defense?
The president is elected by whoever wins the most votes in the election- true or false.
What is false?
The president can voice opinions about bills and sign bills into law.
What is the role of the president as Legislative Leader?
35 years old.
What is the minimum age to become president?
The U.S. Constitution, Article II
Which document and part of that document created the executive branch?
This department manages and protects the nation’s public lands.
What is the Department of the Interior?
Through the Electoral College, where electors from each state vote based on the popular vote in their state.
What is the process of how a president is chosed?
The president interacts with leaders from other countries and builds alliances.
What is the role of the president as Head of Foreign Policy?
All of these are qualifications to become president EXCEPT:
You must have been born a U.S. citizen, You must have either military or government experience, You must meet the age requirement, You must have lived in the U.S. for a set amount of time
What is- You must have either military or government experience?
The group of people who advise the president on various topics.
What is the Cabinet?
This department works with farmers and regulates farm products
What is the Department of Agriculture?
The total number of terms someone can be elected president.
What is two terms?
The president performs ceremonial duties, welcomes visitors and gives the State of the Union Address in this role.
What is Head of State?
This person is the third in line to become president if something were to happen to the sitting president and vice president.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
This part of the Executive branch receives the most funding of any other part.
What is Social Security OR the Department of Health and Human Services?
The official title of the leader of each department. For example, Anthony Blinken is the "____________ of State."
What is Secretary?
This is the exact number of electoral college votes a president needs to win their race
What is 270 electoral college votes?
This president had the highest approval rating in recent history, for a moment.
Who is George W. Bush
Of these three men, this one was the youngest to be elected president: Barak Obama, Theodore Roosevelt or John F. Kennedy
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
(Age 42)
This is one power the head of the executive branch does have: select supreme court justices, Decide if laws are constitutional, vote on laws
What is select supreme court justices?
The president nominates the leaders of each department, but this group must confirm the nomination.
What is the Senate?
This formula is how electoral college votes are determined for each state.
What is: the number of senators + the number of representatives from that state