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The Executive Branch – The Presidency
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The Presidency Chapter 7 Section 1 CLUES – Don’t be caught “clueless!”
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#1 Normal term of office for president
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Fun Fact Presidents who had no children of their own George Washington James Madison Andrew Jackson James Polk James Buchanan
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#2 He carried out the duties of President while Reagan underwent surgery
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#3 This group counts the electoral votes
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#4 The number of times the 25 th amendment has been used
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#5 The month the electors cast their votes for president
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#6 The top 5 positions to follow the president if he is unable to fulfill his term (in order)
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#7 Number of electoral votes needed to win an election
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#8 First female vice- presidential candidate and the year
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Fun Fact Presidents who were only children None
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#9 First president to die in office
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#10 Total number of electors
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#11 First Catholic president and year elected
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#12 Number of presidents who died while in office
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#13 This determines the number of electoral votes for each state
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#14 The 3 qualifications for becoming president
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Fun Fact Presidents who owned slaves George Washington Thomas Jefferson James Madison Andrew Jackson John Tyler James Polk Zachary Taylor Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant
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#15 The number of presidents who became president while they were the vice president
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#16 The indirect method of electing the president
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#17 The first President of the U.S.
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#18 They preside over the Senate and vote in case of a tie
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#19 First Jewish candidate for vice president and the year
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#20 The official jet of the president
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#21 33 rd president of the U.S. (1945-1953)
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#22 The state where Camp David is located
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#23 The salary of the president
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#24 African American who was a close Democratic candidate for president in 1988
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#25 The amendment limiting the president to 2 terms or maximum of 10 years
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#26 (not in section) End of Section 1 8 Presidents who died in office and the year they died; also mark with an asterisk (*) if they were assassinated
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Fun Fact First president to place a Christmas tree in the White House in 1856 Franklin Pierce
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Fun Fact This president banned Christmas trees in his household because he opposed the cutting down of evergreen trees Theodore Roosevelt (His children would smuggle small trees into their bedroom, out of sight.)
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The Presidency Chapter 7 Section 2 CLUES
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#27 This Article deals with the President and the Executive Branch
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#28 The 5 times Congress has declared war
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#29 This president gave an executive order to integrate the armed forces (1948)
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Fun Fact Who was the only president to win an Emmy award? Ronald Reagan
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#30 The main job of the President
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#31 The law that says the President notify Congress within 48 hours of sending troops into battle
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#32 The President can make treaties with other countries with their approval
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#33 Two places where the president has sent troops without the Congress declaring war
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#34 This has the authority to make laws
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Fun Fact Which two presidents graduated from West Point Military Academy? Ulysses S. Grant (1843) Dwight D. Eisenhower (1915)
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#35 The only person who can order troops into battle
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#36 The president’s speech to Congress is called this
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#37 The 5 branches of the armed forces
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#38 The 7 main powers and duties of the president
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#39 Two ceremonial functions of the president
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#40 The president appoints these to the Supreme Court
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Fun Fact What president’s campaign slogan was, “Not Just Peanuts?” Jimmy Carter, owner of a Georgia peanut farmer
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#41 President serving from 1901-1909 (2 terms)
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#42 President serving from 1909-1913 (1 term)
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#43 President serving from 1913-1921 (2 terms)
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#44 President serving from 1921-1923 (2 years)
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#45 President serving from 1923-1929 (6 years)
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#46 President serving from 1929-1933 (1 term)
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Fun Fact Who was the first president to appear on television? F.D. Roosevelt
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The Presidency Chapter 7 Section 3 CLUES
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#47 The basic goal of American foreign policy
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#48 City and State of Condoleezza Rice, the Secretary of State
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#49 Rice was the first woman to head this agency
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Fun Fact Who was the first president to have his wife elected to the U.S. Senate? Bill Clinton
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#50 4 key goals of American foreign policy
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#51 This can create markets for American products and jobs for American workers
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#52 He said, “The State Department wants to solve everything with words, and the generals, with guns.”
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#53 Tax on imported goods is called this
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#54 Two ways to punish other nations in international trade
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Fun Fact Who was the first president to have been divorced? Ronald Reagan
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#55 They can spend money for defense
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#56 What does NAFTA stand for?
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#57 The 4 executive agencies help President Bush carry out foreign policy
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#58 Nations that agree to support each other in case of attack are called this
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#59 This is a defense treaty between the U.S., Canada, and European nations
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#60 What does WTO stand for?
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Fun Fact Who was the first president to be born a citizen of the United States? Martin Van Buren
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#61 A treaty can be approved by the Senate by this kind of vote
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#62 This caused Congress to regain some of its power in the late 1960s and early 1970s
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#63 The five foreign policy tools the president uses against international terrorism
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#64 This represents foreign aid
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#65 They must approve of ambassadors
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#66 The program created to help Western Europe rebuild after WWII
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Fun Fact Who was the first president to use a telephone? James Garfield
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The Presidency Chapter 7 Section 4 CLUES
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#67 The year President Bush signed the Homeland Security Act
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#68 Give department and year to the department that supervises trade, promotes U.S. tourism and business
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#69 Give department and year to the department that manages and protects the nation’s public lands and natural resources
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Fun Fact Who was the first president to ride in an automobile? Theodore Roosevelt
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#70 Give department and year to the department that is concerned with the working conditions and wages of U.S. workers
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#71 Give the department and year to the department that manages the nation’s highways, railroads, airlines, and sea traffic
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#72 The # of departments in the cabinet
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#73 What is the EOP?
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Fun Fact Who was the first president to accept no salary as President? George Washington
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#74 The Pendleton Act did this
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#75 What does the CIA stand for?
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#76 The most powerful person in the White House Office
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#77 The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff comes from this group
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#78 This person provides the public with news about and from the president
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#79 With which president did the EOP begin?
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Fun Fact Who was the first president to be born in a log cabin? Andrew Jackson
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#80 Former Vice President Al Gore advised Clinton on these issues
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#81 The head of the Department of Justice is known as this
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#82 These four cabinet positions were the first under George Washington
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#83 The last department created before the Department of Homeland Security
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#84 This group must approve the head of each department
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Fun Fact Who was the first president to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.? Thomas Jefferson
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#85 The area that former first lady Hillary Clinton worked to improve
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#86 This operates the U.S. space program
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Fun Fact What was the annual salary paid to all presidents from Washington through the first term of U.S. Grant? $25,000.00
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The Executive Branch – The Presidency
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