1. The Executive Branch
Unit 6

2. The President’s Job Description
Unit 6, Notes 1
The President’s Job Description

3. Roles of the President
The president must ________ many roles at the same _______
Chief of State
President represents the _________ and performs many __________________ roles
Symbol of US to both _______ and _________
Serves as host to ________, queens and other _______________
Gives national awards and ____________
Both __________ and rules – not only figurehead

4. Chief Executive Sees that laws of ____________ are carried ________
Can issue executive orders to ______________ laws
Jobs of executive branch = make appointments, ___________

5. Chief Administrator Directs federal ___________
Head of machine “____________________”
__________ people to enforce laws
Many federal ___________ and departments

6. Chief Diplomat Nation’s _______________ to the world
Makes decisions about US _________ with rest of world
Can negotiate __________, executive _______________
(_________ with foreign countries)
Recognize foreign _______________

7. Commander-in-Chief Head of __________ armed forces
Shares war powers with _____________
Responsible for _________ military decisions
_____________ and the ______________
Can use _________ to enforce things in nation
Decide to send in __________ during ______________ era

8. Chief Legislator Architect of nation’s ___________ policy
Sets __________ for Congress
___________ of ____________
Initiates, ____________/requests legislation

9. Chief of Party ____________ ranking member of ___________ party
Can gain a lot for them or __________
Give _____________ to help member get elected

10. Chief Citizen ___________________ of _______
Model of _______________ citizens

11. Formal Qualifications
35 __________ old
____________ born citizen
14 ____________ resident in U.S.

12. Terms 4 year ___________ for 1 re-election 22 Amendment
Limits to _____ terms
Only _________ to serve two terms before _______

13. Pay and Benefits Base salary of _________
Year
Salary
Salary in 2010
1789
$25,000
$566,000
1873
$50,000
$865,000
1909
$75,000
$1,714,000
1949
$100,000
$906,000
1969
$200,000
$1,175,000
Base salary of _________
$100,000 for travel expenses and __________ for entertainment
Access to Air _________ One, Presidential State Car, Camp __________
____________ annually during retirement
Secret Service __________ for 10 years after presidency

14. Unit 6, Notes 2
The vice president “I am Vice President. In this I am nothing, but I may be everything.” - John Adams

15. Vice President
The most ____________ job of the Vice President is that of a “____________-in-____________”
Presidential succession = ___________ by which a presidential _________ is filled
If pres. _________, resigns, or is removed from office, the VP takes over the ________________
The __________ Amendment states this

16. Presidential Succession
Know presidential ___________ through the first cabinet office!
P. 359
This was set by ____________ in the Presidential _______________ Act of 1947

17. Presidential Disability
A president can __________ turn over presidential duties to the VP if he become “_______________”
EX: President going into ___________, can turn over ________ while he is out to VP
Congress can also ___________ Pres. to be disabled, and can turn _________ over to VP

18. IMPORTANCE OF THE OFFICE
According to the Constitution, it is not very ___________
VP is only given 2 ____________ duties – preside over ___________, and help decide question of presidential ___________
Many past VP ________ about how _______________ a job it was
Today we see VPs __________ a more active ____________ role

19. BALANCE THE TICKET
When choosing a VP ___________ mate, presidential candidates tend to pick someone who will “____________ the _________”
Someone who can _____________ his chance of being elected because of certain ______________, geographic, _________, ethnic, or gender characteristic

20. Vice Presidential Vacancy
If office of VP becomes ________, president has power to appoint someone to ________ spot
Both houses of Congress must _________ the ______________
VP is the only office in the ___________ branch that the president cannot ________

21. Vice Presidents Who Succeeded to the Presidency
Successor
Reason for Succession
John __________
Death of William Henry Harrison – 1841
Millard Fillmore
Death of Zachary ____________ – 1850
Andrew Johnson
Death of Abraham Lincoln – 1865
Chester A. ________
Death of James Garfield – 1881
Theodore Roosevelt
Death of William McKinley – 1901
Calvin Coolidge
Death of Warren __________ – 1923
Harry ___________
Death of Franklin Roosevelt – 1945
Lyndon Johnson
Death of John ______________ – 1963
Gerald Ford
Resignation of Richard Nixon – 1974

22. Unit 6, Notes 3
The Bureaucracy

23. Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy = __________, complex administrative structure that handles everyday _____________ of government
EX: everything from ________ service to __________ affairs 
3 Advantages:
Hierarchical ____________ = built like a ____________ with a chain of command
Few at _______ in __________ of many at ____________
___________ action – higher rank, greater decision making power
Job specialization = ______________; each person focuses on one ______

24. Divided into three main parts:
Executive Office of the President (EOP) – all the __________ that closely advise the _______________
Includes White House Office
National Security Council – advise pres. on matters of _________ and international security = includes __________ of CIA, FBI, _______________ of Joint Chiefs of Staff, NS advisor, etc.
Cabinet Departments – also __________ the president
Independent Agencies – created by _____________, but operate __________ the departments (usually because they don’t fit in a ____________ department
EX: ___________
EX: Social ___________________ Administration

25. Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
___________ the federal ___________
____________ expenditures and receipts of federal income
Monitors spending of funds that Congress _______________
Helps pres. with _____________ orders he sends to Congress that deal with _______________
EX: $10 million for _____________ relief

26. Executive Departments
Much of the work done by ____________ branch is done by Executive Departments
Units of federal ____________________, each of them built around some ___________ field
Originally the government only had __________, but as size and ______________ of federal gov. has increased have added more departments
Each dept. is headed by a ______________
Except the Dept. Of Justice which is headed by the _______________ general
The dept. heads serve in the _______________
They are the _________ between their dept. and the ______________
Each dept. is made of many ____________ who do most of the work
They _____________ in certain areas that pertain to the department

27. Departments
The Department of ___________ is the oldest and most _______________
Dept. of Defense ____________
Dept of Homeland Security is ______________ (2002)
There are ______ Executive Departments
See chart p for descriptions and agencies in that dept.

28. Cabinet Informal _____________ body for the president
Not required in _________________, but it has become a _________
President appoints ___________ of the Dept. (secretaries) and ____________ must approve
Party and __________________ are the biggest influence on who is chosen
2 ___________ jobs of cabinet members
Administrative __________ of their depts.
____________ the president
Obama’s Cabinet:
Secretary of State – _________________________
Secretary of _________ – Robert Gates