1. The President #1 The Basics

2. Approval Ratings 1.List 10 qualities that you think a successful president should have. 2.Who do you think has been the BEST president? Why? 3.Who has been the WORST ? Why? 4.Answer the 9 questions from the reading

3. Trivia Time! Don’t copy! 1.Who was the only divorced president? 2.Who was the youngest pres. to be elected into office? 3.Who was the oldest president to be elected into office? 4.Who was the only president to be elected to more than 2 terms? 5.Who was the tallest ?

4. Constitutional Qualifications 1.35 years old 2.Natural Born Citizen 3.14 years living in USA

5. Terms of Office G. Washington set precedent –2 Terms FDR broke tradition –Elected 4xs 22 nd Amendment (1951) –2 term limit –10 years max

6. Line of Succession 25 th Amendment (1967) Line of Succession: order in which president is replaced 1.VP 2.Speaker of the HR

7. 3.President Pro Tem of the S 4.Secretary of State 5.Secretary of Treasury 6.Secretary of Defense #18 – Secretary of Homeland Security

8. Disability of President 25 th Amendment If president is disabled (too sick to work), there are 2 options: 1.President writes a letter transferring power 2.VP and majority of Congress decide Pres is incapacitated *Temporary, Pres returns to power once he proves his ability to do so

9. Vice President “I am Vice President. In this I am nothing, but I may be everything” John Adams VP’s Constitutional duties: 1.Preside over the Senate (break ties) 2.Determine President’s disability

10. “ Balances the ticket ” provides something the President does not have, possibly demographic (age, gender, race, region, etc) or experience –Obama picked Biden largely due to his years of experience Why did McCain pick Sarah Palin? If there is a vacancy, Pres picks a replacement, must be approved by Congress

11. *Should presidents face term limits? *Should presidents be natural born citizens?

12. Timeline Tomorrow night @ 6pm: State of the Union address. For 10 points EC: –Summarize 5 key areas Education: more $ for schools, etc. –Reaction: Did you agree or disagree w/his message? Respond to 3 specific areas. (6-8 sentences) I don’t think we should give more money to schools when our country is broke…. Friday: Pres Quiz & Pres classwork due Finals: Per 1, 3, 5 next W, Per 2, 4, 6 - Th

14. POLLS! 1.What is happening to his approval ratings? 2.Why do you think this is happening? 3.What do you think will happen to his approval ratings in the near future?

15. Polls A.What do you see in this poll? What are the numbers? What do these numbers tell you about the current state of politics?

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