The President and the Executive Branch

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.

Electoral College

• a group of people named by each state legislature to select the President and Vice President

Electors

• people appointed to vote in presidential elections for the major candidates

270 Electors are required to win the Presidential election.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Won 4 terms as president

Twenty-second Amendment

• officially limited a president to two terms, or a maximum of 10 years as president.

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

Presidential Succession Act

• officially describes the line of succession after the vice president

Presidential Order of Succession

• Vice President• Speaker of the House• President Pro Tempore of the Senate • Secretary of State

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.

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

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.

Executive Order

• A rule or command that has the force of law.

Pardon

• A declaration of forgiveness and freedom from punishment.

Reprieve

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

Amnesty

• A pardon toward a group of people.

War Powers Resolution

• The president must tell Congress within 48 hours of when troops are sent into battle.

Foreign Policy

• A nations overall plan for dealing with other nations.

National Security

• The ability to keep a country safe from attack or harm.

Five main ways the President and Congress carry out America’s foreign policy

1. Create treaties and Executive agreements2. Appointing ambassadors3. Foreign aid4. International trade5. Military force

Treaties

• Formal agreements between the governments of two or more countries

Executive Agreements

• Agreements between the president and the leader of another country

Ambassadors

• Official representatives of a country’s government

Foreign Aid

• Money, food, military assistance or other supplies given to help other countries)

International Trade

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

Trade sanctions

• Efforts to punish another nation by imposing trade barriers

Embargo

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

Military Force

• When the president uses the military to carry out some foreign policy

Cabinet

• a group of presidential advisors that includes the heads of 15 top level executive departments

Spoils System

• a system of rewarding people with government jobs on the basis of their political support

Pendleton Act

• limits how many positions the new president can give to friends and backers