The PresidencyPresident and Vice President

Chapter 8 Section 1

Warm up

• Briefly discuss what you believe are advantages or disadvantages to being the President of the United States of America?

• OR

• If you could be President for a day or week what specifically would you do?

Name:

Date: January 5, 2011

Define 2 Terms (Pg. 213 or 219):

1)

2)

3) 22nd Amendment

I. Duties of the President

A. Commander in Chief Then: Washington – had a

militia of 15,000 volunteersNow:

-President Obama oversees all four major units of the military -Makes deployment

decisions -Manages the defense

budget of + $270 billion a year

B. Appointments

With consent of the Senate, the President appoints:

1) Heads of Executive Departments

2) Federal Court Judges

3) Supreme Court Justices

C. Foreign Policy

1) Makes Treaties

2) Meets with other Heads of State

3) Hosts Foreign Officials

4) Appoints Ambassadors to represent the U.S. in

other countries

D. Other Roles

1) Has the ability to pardon criminals

2) Shorten prison sentences (clemency)

3) Gives the State of the Union Address twice a year

II. President’s Term and Salary

A. The Twenty-Second Amendment (1951)

Franklin D. Roosevelt served for 4 terms in office. Many believed this gave too much executive power to one man.

The Twenty-Second Amendment limits a President’s term to two terms (8 years).

B. Salary and Benefits

Define: Compensation = Salary

1) Congress determines the President’s salary

2) In 1999, Congress raised the salary of the president to $400,000

3) The President has a nontaxable travel allowance up to $100,000 a year

4) Congress cannot increase or decrease the salary during a president’s term

II. Salary and Benefits (Con’t)

5) Free Medical, Dental, and Health Care

6) Gets to live in the White House - 132 room mansion - Swimming pool- Bowling alley - Movie theater- Tennis courts

- Basketball court*Cooking, cleaning, and shopping are all taken care of by the White House domestic staff

7) Pension - $148,400 a year

III. Presidential Qualifications

A. Requirements for U.S. Presidents

1) Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution

- Must be a natural-born U.S. citizen

- Must be at least 35 years old- Must be a resident of the U.S. for at least 14 years

(The requirements are the same for the Vice President)

B. Expectations

1. Political experience(Only five had no experience: Eisenhower)

2. Needs to have moneyor access to money to

be elected

3. Should generally hold moderate positions on major issues

C. Characteristics for Most Presidents

1) Most Presidents have come from Northern European family backgrounds

2) Most have come from the Middle-Class; some from the Upper-Class

3) White, (until 2008 President Barack Obama) married, protestant, financially successful

4) Thus far, Presidents have only been male

IV. Presidential Succession

Twenty-Fifth Amendment:The Vice President becomes

President if the President is removed from office or dies

The President nominates a Vice President if there is a vacancy (Congress has to approve with a majority)

Lines of Succession to Presidency

1) Vice President

2) Speaker of the House

3) The President pro tempore of the Senate

4) Secretary of State

5) Then the other 13 Department Heads in the order of when Congress created them (pg. 217)

V. Vice President’s Duties

1) Presides over Senate (votes when tie).

2) Acting President in case of disability or other circumstances

3) Do what the President assigns them to do

In-Class/Homework Questions

Section 1 Assessment (Page 219)1)3)4)5)

Page 746 List Presidents #1-15 and write 3 facts about each President do not use date of birth and death as facts.