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Our Standards Today Today's State Standard GC.23 Evaluate various explanations for actions or events through textual evidence to analyze the scope of presidential power and decision-making related to significant examples, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, passage of Great Society legislation, War Powers Act, Gulf War, and intervention in Bosnia. (H, P) GC.24 Identify and explain powers that the Constitution gives to the President and Congress in the area of foreign affairs. (P)

Our objectives today Identify the President's many roles. Understand the formal qualifications necessary to become President. Discuss issues involving the length of the President's term. Describe the President's pay and benefits. Understand the President's powers.

P O T U S P resident O f T he U nited S tates

whitehouse.gov

Did You Know A video about presidential facts. Did you know????

Our objectives today Identify the President's many roles. Understand the formal qualifications necessary to become President. Discuss issues involving the length of the President's term. Describe the President's pay and benefits. Understand the President's powers.

The President's Many Roles 1) Chief of State 2) Chief Executive 3) Chief Administrator 4) Chief Diplomat 5) Commander in Chief 6) Chief Legislator 7) Chief of Party 8) Chief Citizen

President as Chief of State

Chief Executive

Chief Administrator

Chief Diplomat

Commander in Chief

Chief Legislator

Chief of Party

Chief Citizen

The George Bush Library at Texas A&M The George Bush Library at Texas A&M describes each role: _of_Pres.pdf

Our objectives today Identify the President's many roles. Understand the formal qualifications necessary to become President. Discuss issues involving the length of the President's term. Describe the President's pay and benefits.

Our objectives today Identify the President's many roles. Understand the formal qualifications necessary to become President. Discuss issues involving the length of the President's term. Describe the President's pay and benefits.

Constitution States the Qualifications of President Article II of the Constitution:

Formal Qualifications to be President 1) Be a natural born U.S. Citizen 2) Be at least 35 years of age 3) Been a resident of the United States for at least 14 years

Ted Cruz

Can Ted Cruz be President? What does 'Naturally Born' mean? al-born-president/index.html

Our objectives today Identify the President's many roles. Understand the formal qualifications necessary to become President. Discuss issues involving the length of the President's term. Describe the President's pay and benefits.

No More FDRs

Our objectives today Identify the President's many roles. Understand the formal qualifications necessary to become President. Discuss issues involving the length of the President's term. Describe the President's pay and benefits.

POTUS Salary Effective January 1, 2001, the annual salary of the President of the United States was increased to $400,000 per year, including a $50,000 expense allowance. The president's salary is set by Congress, and under Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, may not be increased or reduced during his or her current term of office. The increase was approved as part of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act (Public Law ), passed in the closing days of the 106th Congress.

POTUS Benefits presidential-perks.htm#page=0

Our objectives today Identify the President's many roles. Understand the formal qualifications necessary to become President. Discuss issues involving the length of the President's term. Describe the President's pay and benefits. Describe the President's Powers

Vacation Days? How many vacation days does the President get? politics/wp/2013/08/09/watch-which-u-s- president-took-the-most-vacation-time/

Retirement Perks After leaving office? to-be-president/

Wealth of Presidents What was the wealth of our Presidents? 010/05/the-net-worth-of-the-us-presidents- from-washington-to-obama/57020/

Our objectives today Identify the President's many roles. Understand the formal qualifications necessary to become President. Discuss issues involving the length of the President's term. Describe the President's pay and benefits. Understand the President's powers.

Our Standards Today Today's State Standard GC.23 Evaluate various explanations for actions or events through textual evidence to analyze the scope of presidential power and decision-making related to significant examples, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, passage of Great Society legislation, War Powers Act, Gulf War, and intervention in Bosnia. (H, P) GC.24 Identify and explain powers that the Constitution gives to the President and Congress in the area of foreign affairs. (P)

Cuban Missile Crisis

October 1962 We almost had the war to end all wars! SY DKERhc

Great Society Legislation

LBJ Made some Speeches 1964 at University of Michigan: society-speech 1965: State of the Union Address odc8

Primary Source The Speech: /features/primary-resources/lbj-michigan/

What did the Great Society Involve? srv/special/national/great-society-at-50/ Civil Rights War on PovertyEducation HealthArts and MediaEnvironment Housing and Urban Development Consumer Protection Immigration

Nixon

War Powers Act

1973 – Vietnam (Cambodia!) Congress has to approve any military action by the President: powers-act-1973

Gulf War

Operation Desert Storm Iraq Invades Kuwait -of-Gulf-War.htm

Bosnia

Genocide Killing of many because they are different: M2o

Bosnia Did everyone just watch? _bSs Why didn’t someone do something??? miZQ

Enough Was Enough? Clinton was being forced to act: Srebrenica was the last straw. Clinton Spoke on the Issue:

Our Constitution Sets the Rules sforpol.htm Article II Article II of the Constitution says the president has the power to: make treaties with other countries (with consent of the Senate), appoint ambassadors to other countries (with consent of the Senate) and receive ambassadors from other countries Article II also establishes the president as commander-in-chief of the military, which gives him or her a lot of control over how the United States interacts with the world. As Carl von Clausewitz said, "War is the continuation of diplomacy by other means."

Our Standards Today Today's State Standard GC.23 Evaluate various explanations for actions or events through textual evidence to analyze the scope of presidential power and decision-making related to significant examples, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, passage of Great Society legislation, War Powers Act, Gulf War, and intervention in Bosnia. (H, P) GC.24 Identify and explain powers that the Constitution gives to the President and Congress in the area of foreign affairs. (P)

Our objectives today Identify the President's many roles. Understand the formal qualifications necessary to become President. Discuss issues involving the length of the President's term. Describe the President's pay and benefits. Understand the President's powers.

What Did We Learn Today? On a separate sheet of paper, answer these questions for me to take up and review. Assessment Questions Explain the President's Roles as Chief of State. What are the formal qualifications to become President? What was the purpose of the 22 nd Amendment? What is the salary of our President? Understand the President's powers.