Executive Branch

L.N.1.1.1 Identify and/or analyze the author’s intended purpose of a text.

LITERATURE KEYSTONE DO NOW

  Do-Now: Summarize the powers of the president, as prescribed by Article II Section 1

Article. II.Section. 1.The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as followsEach State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

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L.N.1.1.1 Identify and/or analyze the author’s intended purpose of a text.

LITERATURE KEYSTONE DO NOW

  Do-Now: Summarize the powers of the president, as prescribed by Article II Section 1

Article. II.Section. 1.The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as followsEach State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

Executive Branch - Review

Presidential powers

Identify the most important presidential power. Explain your reasoning based on the

constitution.

Qualifications to be President

Job Benefits

President and Religion…

Vice President

Succession…

Chapter 6 – Executive Branch• Read Article II from the Constitution - identify components of the executive branch and function

• Read Chapter 6-1 - identify vocabulary from the chapter