The Executive Branch

1. The Executive Branch

2. Monday, April 30th • Good morning/afternoon! • As you enter, please: • Sit in your NEW assigned seat • Front table – pick up your new Unit 4 Objectives/Info Summary and your Day #1 Get It, Got It Government and complete it

3. Testing Bell Schedule

4. Class Updates • Synergy • Unit 3 test scores are in Synergy • Working on Unit 3 papers and make-up work!

5. Classmate Compliments Reminder – due this Friday! How to score an easy ‘A’!

6. Class Updates • Unit 4 – Executive Branch Timing • Tuesday – Tutoring After School • Wednesday – Formative • Thursday – Tutoring After School • Friday - Summative

7. Important Dates & Info • Believe it or not, we’re almost done! • Tutoring – only four dates left to get your work done • Final Exams – May 16th & May 17th • Final Due Date – Friday May 11th • All make-up work • All vocabulary • Also, the date for our Unit 5 Summative and papers, so plan to be here! • Nothing accepted after this date!

8. Unit 4 – Executive Branch

10. Executive Branches at the Federal & State Levels

11. Opener – Wednesday, April 20th Presidents Rap

12. President’s Oath of Office “I do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States”

13. Article II of the Constitution The power of the executive branch is vested in the President, who also serves as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. The President appoints the Cabinet and oversees the various agencies and departments of the federal government.

14. Donald Trump 45th President, elected in 2016, inaugurated in 2017 Born in New York Businessman Republican The President of the United States

15. Constitutional Duties of the President - Enforce national/federal laws - Commanderinchief of the armed forces - Appoint top officials, federal judges, and ambassadors; - Meet with heads of foreign governments.

16. President’s Term and Salary • The 22ndAmendment limits to two terms. • Before this, GeorgeWashington set a precedent of two presidential terms. • FDR was the only president elected to more than 2 terms – he was elected 4 times. • Congress determines the president’s salary ($400,000 beginning in 2001); • Benefits are provided for presidents while inoffice and inretirement.

17. Salary $400,000(2001) $50,000 for expenses $100,000 for travel WhiteHouse 132 rooms and office Camp David Resort Medical & Dental Care SecretServiceprotectionforlife Pension Transportation Compensation

19. Benefits of the President • A nice house • The WhiteHouse was known as the "Executive Mansion." President Theodore Roosevelt officially gave the White House its current name in 1901. • There are: • 132 rooms, • 35 bathrooms, • 28 fireplaces, • 8 staircases, • 3 elevators and • 6 levels in the Residence.

20. The White House For recreation, the White House has a variety of facilities including a tennis court, jogging track, swimming pool, movie theater, putting green, and bowling lane.

21. Presidential Qualifications • The Constitution sets 3 requirements for the president: 1. a candidate must be a natural-born citizen 2. at least 35 years old 3. a resident of the United States for 14 years • Experience in government is an unwritten but important qualification.

22. What is a natural born citizen? • Anyone born inside the United States • Any one born outside the United States, both of whose parents are citizens of the U.S., as long as one parent has lived in the U.S. • Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year • Any one born in a U.S. possession, if one parent is a citizen and lived in the U.S. for at least one year • Any one found in the U.S. under the age of five, whose parentage cannot be determined, as long as proof of non-citizenship is not provided by age 21 • Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is an alien and as long as the other parent is a citizen of the U.S. who lived in the U.S. for at least five years (with military and diplomatic service included in this time)

23. Informal Qualifications • Mosthave shared similar characteristics, especially in the early years: • White males • Protestant • British ancestry • most attended college (only 9 did not) • had careers as lawyers (22 of 42) President John Adams

24. “Informal” Qualifications: • Evidence of change 1.) 1960: JFK became 1stCatholic President 2.) 1984: Dem. party nominated Geraldine Ferraro as the first female Vice-Presidential candidate 3. 2008: Barrack Obama elected as our first African-American President (2012 – elected to a second term) 4. 2016: Donald Trump elected with a background in business, platform of change

25. Qualifications and Characteristics • What do you consider the most important qualifications/characteristics for the office of president? Explain.

26. Presidential Line-Ups! • Part One • Each of you will get a different ‘person’ who’s thinking about running for President of the United States of America. • Within your Quad, determine which ‘candidates’ qualify to run for President • Write your results, on your Activity Sheet • If they don’t qualify, make sure to write down why they don’t qualify

27. Presidential Line-Ups! • Part Two • NOW all the qualified ‘candidates’ should come up to the front of the class! • Let’s meet each of them and learn about their informal qualifications • Write down which two candidates you think should run for President and why you think they’re the best two candidates

28. Tuesday, May 1st • Good morning/afternoon! • As you enter, please: • Sit in your new assigned seat • Front table – pick up a Day #2 Get It, Got It Government and complete it using your Unit 4 Info Summary

29. Testing Bell Schedule

30. Classmate Compliments Reminder – due this Friday! How to score an easy ‘A’!

31. Class Updates • Last call for Native Son tickets for bonus points! • What’s Up with Testing? • If you anticipate being out of class for an AP test or any other kind of end-of-semester situation, please fill in the ‘What’s Up with Testing’ sheet on the whiteboard and I’ll

32. Class Updates • Unit 4 – Executive Branch Timing • Today – Tutoring After School • Wednesday – Formative • Thursday – Tutoring After School • Friday - Summative

33. Important Dates & Info • Believe it or not, we’re almost done! • Tutoring – only four dates left to get your work done • Final Exams – May 16th & May 17th • Final Due Date – Friday May 11th • All make-up work • All vocabulary • Also, the date for our Unit 5 Summative and papers, so plan to be here! • Nothing accepted after this date!

34. Crash Course Crash Course Presidential Powers #2

35. Crash Course https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l02sK5LovI https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2012/04/03/youre-invited-take-virtual-tour-white-house

36. The Executive Branch:The Presidency Presidential Succession

37. Presidential Succession: • 1841: William Henry Harrison became 1st President to die while in office • 23rd day in Office, complications from pneumonia • Vice President John Tyler set a tradition by declaring himself President • 1967:25th Amendment turned tradition into law; says if Presidency is vacant, the VPbecomesPresident and then appoints a new VP

38. Presidential Succession: 3.) 1985: Pres. Reagan was shot and during surgery VP George Bush became president for eight hours • Since ratified, 25th Amendment has been used three times: 1.) 1973: VP Spiro Agnew resigned; Pres. Nixon replaced him with Gerald Ford 2.) 1974: Pres. Nixon resigned and Gerald Ford became President

39. Presidential Succession: • In total - eight U.S. Presidents have died while in office: • 1841 – William Henry Harrison – died of pneumonia • 1850 – Zachary Taylor – died of typhoid fever after a heat stroke • 1865 – Abraham Lincoln – assassinated • 1881 – James Garfield – assassinated • 1901 – William McKinley – assassinated • 1923 – Warren Harding – died of a heart attack • 1945 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt – died of a cerebral hemorrhage • 1963 – John F. Kennedy - assassinated

40. Removal of President • The president and vice president may be removed from office upon conviction of impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors

41. Impeachment Process House of Reps- votes to press charges against president which if approved will take the president to trial Senate- holds the trial to impeach the president (need 2/3 majority to impeach)

42. Presidential Succession

43. Qualifications for Vice President • Same as the President • with the exception that he/she cannothave their primary residence in the same state as the President.

44. Mike Pence 48th Vice President of the United States Former Govenor of Indiana Republican The Vice President

45. The Vice President’s Role • Regular duties: • Presides over the Senate and votes in case of a tie • Helps decide if the President is disabled • Workload depends on the duties assigned by the President • Ultimate job – to assume presidency if the president is unconscious, dead or otherwise unable to perform the duties of the job

46. Benefits of the Vice President • Has a Nice House, too! Called “the House on Observatory Hill” in the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington. • Has an office in the Old Executive Office Building.

47. His role is determined by the President • Today, Vice President Pence is the President’s closestadvisor. • Takes part in cabinet meetings. • Is a member of the NationalSecurityCouncil.

48. Electing our President Electoral Process

49. Did You Know? • In the presidential election of 1992, • General election • Ross Perot 19.7M • George Bush 39.1M • Bill Clinton 44.9 M • Electoral College • Ross Perot 0 • George Bush 168 • Bill Clinton 370

50. Let’s Review the Process