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The Constitution gives the president the duty of appointing_________ to represent the US in foreign nations
ambassadors
The Constitution gives the president the duty of meeting with the
heads of state & hosting foreign officials
The Constitution gives the president the duty of
making __________with the advice & consent of the Senate,
treaties
Constitution gives the president the duty of appointing—with the ____________consent—heads of executive departments, federal court judges & other top officials,
Senate’s
The Constitution gives the president the duty of overseeing the nation’s armed forces as
commander in chief
George Washington served _____years as president
8
The president may also reduce a person’s
jail sentence or fine
The Constitution also gives the president the power to pardon people convicted of
federal crimes
The Constitution gives the president the duty of delivering a ______________to Congress each year.
State of the Union address
The Constitution gives the president the duty of
executing the _________of the United States
laws
The Constitution did not specify the amount of compensation, or salary, the president would receive. Currently the president receives__________ in salary
$400,000
22nd amendment allows a vp who takes over the presidency & serves 2 years or less of the former president’s term to serve 2 additional terms. Thus, a president may serve up to
10 years.
Concern over too much executive power led Congress to propose & the states to ratify the
22nd Amendment in 1951.
Franklin Roosevelt ran for
3rd & 4th terms.
Washington refused to run for
a 3rd term.
The Constitution requires that a president or a vp be
at least_________old
35 years
The Constitution requires that a president or a vp be a________________ of the United States,
natural-born citizen
Other benefits for the president include
free ____________ care
health
Other benefits for the president include the use of ___________a specially equipped jet
Air Force One
Other benefits that the president receives include______________
who guard the president & family
the Secret Service
The vp becomes acting president if the vp & a majority of the cabinet or another body authorized by law informs Congress that the president is
disabled.
If both the offices of president & vp become vacant at the same time, the next in line for the presidency is the
Speaker of the House.
The new amendment establishes the _________________& spells out what happens when the vp position becomes vacant.
order of succession to the presidency
After the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963-
Americans realized that the rules for presidential succession in the Constitution were not enough.
So they ratified the_________________
25th Amendment in 1967.
The Constitution requires that a president or a vp be
a resident of the US for at least _________ before taking office.
14 years