1. Unit IV Lesson 5The Vice-President and the Cabinet

2. Essential Question:What are the qualifications tobe Vice-President of the UnitedStates?Under what circumstanceswould the Vice-Presidentbecome President?Who is the current Vice-President of the United States? 3. * Carry out(enforce)laws passedby Congress280 4. Cabinet The Vice-President and the 15 departmentsecretaries who advise the president and help enforcepublic policy (national laws and executive actions)Secretary ofTreasurySecretary ofDefenseSecretary ofEnergyAttorneyGeneralVicePresidentSecretary ofEducation 5. 2001 6. 200115CabinetDepartmentsWashingtonsCabinet 7. JohnAdamsGeorgeWashingtonJohn AdamsJeffersonHamiltonCabinetKnoxRandolphCabinet 8. Secretary 9. Article II Section 2The President shall nominateAmbassadors, Judges of theSupreme Court, and all otherofficers of the United States 10. AppointConfirmedHow Long?Article II Section 2With the Advice andConsent of the Senate 11. Cabinet secretaries serve at the discretion of the president(Secretaries stay in office until they quit, the president replacesthem, or a new president comes into office)Bush 20092013Secretary ofState 12. The cabinet consistsof the Vice-Presidentand the heads of howmany cabinetagencies? 13. Name acabinetdepartment 14. Who CREATESnew cabinetdepartments? 15. *With the exception of the Justice DepartmentWhat do you callsomeone whoLEADS a cabinetdepartment? 16. WhoNOMINATEScabinetsecretaries? 17. Who CONFIRMScabinetsecretaries? 18. How LONG docabinetsecretariesserve? 19. IncumbentVice-PresidentJoe BidenHow doyou becomeVice-President?Whatexactly doesthe Vice-PresidentDO?Democrat 20. Ticket Election of1800 21. BalancetheTicket 22. RunningMateYoung- OldBlack -WhiteMid-West-EastMale Female (oops)Moderate -LiberalOutsider -ExperiencedBalance the Ticket2008 23. Vice-PresidentJoe BidenHow doyou becomeVice-President?Whatexactly doesthe Vice-PresidentDO? 24. *PreambleArticle I - The Legislative BranchArticle II -- The Executive BranchArticle III -- The Judicial BranchArticle IV -- Concerning the StatesArticle V - Amendment ProcessArticle VI- Legal Status of theConstitutionArticle VII Signatures*Amendments 25. The Vice-President is President of the Senatebut only votes ifthere is a tieThe Vice President of theUnited States shall bePresident of the Senate, butshall have no vote, unlessthey be equally divided-Article I Section 3President 26. The Vice-President replaces the president if he or she isimpeached, dies, or resigns (quits)In case of the removal of thePresident from office or hisdeath or resignation, the Vice-President shall becomePresident-25th Amendment439Four were vice-presidents who took overafter a President died of natural causesFour assumed the office after aPresident was assassinatedOne became President after hispredecessor resigned from office 27. Vice-President?$400,000 28. The Vice-President isa lot like aboosterrocket; hesdamnimportant onthe way upand prettyuselessVaftiecre-PresidentLyndon Johnson3536 29. How are cabinet members chosen?A.By the President and confirmed by theU.S. House of RepresentativesB.By the President and confirmed by bothhouses of CongressC.By the President with no checks andbalancesD.By the President and confirmed by theU.S. Senate 30. Which of the following presidentialappointments does NOT require Senateconfirmation?A.Secretary of StateB.U.S. Ambassador to Great BritainC.National Security AdvisorD.Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 31. Which of the following is a constitutionalpower of the Vice-President?A.Presiding over cabinet meetings when thepresident is unavailableB.Casting a tie-breaking vote in the U.S.SenateC.Signing legislation when the president isout of the countryD.Enforcing executive orders andagreements of the president 32. Homework!!!Textbook Pages: 362-365Graphic Novel Pages:63, 135-136