1. The President and the Executive Branch

3. Requirements to be President Must be at least 35 years old Native born American citizen Resident of the United States for at least 14 years.

4. Electoral College a group of people named by each state legislature to select the President and Vice President

6. Electors people appointed to vote in presidential elections for the major candidates

8. 270 Electors are required to win the Presidential election.

12. Franklin D. Roosevelt Won 4 terms as president

13. Twenty-second Amendment officially limited a president to two terms, or a maximum of 10 years as president.

17. William Henry Harrison was the first president to die in office and John Tyler became the first vice president to take over the presidents responsibilities

19. Presidential Succession Act officially describes the line of succession after the vice president

20. Presidential Order of Succession Vice President Speaker of the House President Pro Tempore of the Senate Secretary of State

21. Twenty-fifth Amendment States that if the president dies or leaves office, the vice president becomes the president, and selects the new vice president. The House of Representatives and the Senate must approve the new vice president chosen.

23. The presidents main job is to carry out laws passed by Congress.

25. State of the Union Address Yearly speech the president gives to Congress about the important issues facing America. Tells Congress of new programs he would like them to begin.

27. Executive Order A rule or command that has the force of law.

29. Pardon A declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment.

30. Reprieve An order to delay a persons punishment until a higher court can hear the case.

32. Amnesty A pardon toward a group of people.

33. War Powers Resolution The president must tell Congress within 48 hours of when troops are sent into battle.

34. Foreign Policy A nations overall plan for dealing with other nations.

35. National Security The ability to keep a country safe from attack or harm.

36. Five main ways the President and Congress carry out America’s foreign policy 1.Create treaties and Executive agreements 2.Appointing ambassadors 3.Foreign aid 4.International trade 5.Military force

37. Treaties Formal agreements between the governments of two or more countries

38. Executive Agreements Agreements between the president and the leader of another country

39. Ambassadors Official representatives of a country’s government

40. Foreign Aid Money, food, military assistance or other supplies given to help other countries)

41. International Trade Agreements with other countries about products that can be traded and the rules used in their trading.

42. Trade sanctions Efforts to punish another nation by imposing trade barriers

43. Embargo An agreement among a group of nations that prohibits them all from trading with a target nation

44. Military Force When the president uses the military to carry out some foreign policy

46. Cabinet a group of presidential advisors that includes the heads of 15 top level executive departments

47. Spoils System a system of rewarding people with government jobs on the basis of their political support

48. Pendleton Act limits how many positions the new president can give to friends and backers