Qualifications
In order to be president, a person must be at least this many years old.
What is 35 years old?
The power to recommend legislation through the State of the Union address, budget message and economic report.
What are legislative powers?
In this role the president is a living symbol of the nation; they celebrate national holidays, and stand for the highest values and ideals of the country.
What is Chief of State?
Handles America’s foreign policy
What is the State Department?
This executive order issued by President Lincoln freed enslaved Black people in America.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Presidents must be this type of citizen.
What is natural born?
The president has this judicial power: legal forgiveness of a crime.
What is pardon?
The president is in charge of the U.S. armed forces: the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines.
What is Commander in Chief?
This department is the largest employer when you total up the armed forces, National Guard reserves, and civilian employees.
What is the Department of Defense?
Executive orders may be issued more frequently when the country is experiencing this.
In order to win the presidency, a candidate needs at least this many Electoral votes.
What is 270?
The president may be the Commander-in-Chief, but the power to do this rests with the Congress.
What is declare war?
In this role, presidents may urge Congress to pass new laws or veto bills that they do not favor.
What is Chief Legislator?
This department was established by George W. Bush as a response to the 9/11 attacks.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
FDR issued around 3500 executive orders during these two periods of American history.
What are the Great Depression and World War II?
Presidential candidates must be a US resident for this number of years.
What is 14 years?
The president has the power to appoint cabinet members and federal judges, but this group can reject those appointments.
Who is the Senate?
This role requires that a president helps members of his political party get elected or appointed to office.
What is Party Chief?
This department protects and maintains public lands and parks.
What is the Department of the Interior?
This is a check on executive orders; they can be sent all the way to the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court.
What is judicial review?
FDR was elected to 4 terms which prompted this amendment limiting presidential terms to 2 terms.
What is the 26th Amendment?
Selecting judges is this type of presidential power.
What is judicial power?
Concerned with unemployment, high prices, taxes, business profits, and the general prosperity of the country.
What is Chief Guardian of the Economy?
This department supervises trade and promotes business.
What is the Department of Commerce?
Congress can do this to invalidate an executive order.
What is pass legislation?