1.What 3 qualifications for the U.S. Presidency are listed in the Constitution?
2.How does the Electoral College work?
3.What is a presidential elector?
4.How many years is a presidential term?
5.A candidate must win how many electoral votes to win a presidential election?
Please write down question (10); Please skip three lines per question; Please have planner out and on your table.
6. What is the maximum number of years that a president can serve in office?
7. What happens if a president dies or leaves office?
8. What did Presidential Succession Act do?
9. What was the purpose of the 25th Amendment?
10.Who was the first Jewish vice president candidate?
Please write down question (10); Please skip three lines per question; Please have planner out and on your table.
Name the qualifications for being president Explain how a president is electedList the order of presidential succession
Ch. 6 test – Thursday, November 1st
Election Day is November 6th!!!
Ch. 7-1 quiz will be on Tuesday, November 6th
Bell ringer
Qualifications for being President
Review for Ch. 6 test
HWK – Review for Ch. 6 test on Thursday
-------- is the top Political job in country;Most important job in
The world
----- ------- was Our first president …
Constitution states only-- rules about becoming
The president …
At least ---- years old;Native-born American
citizen; Resident of the US for 14 years
All presidents have beenWhite males, Protestant
(except one), collegeEducated (most), and many were ------- …
John F. Kennedy wasThe first ------- to
Become president Opening door for ….
Geraldine Ferraro in------ was first womenTo be nominated as a
VP candidate
Geraldine Ferraro in------ was first womenTo be nominated as a
VP candidate
In 1988, ------------- ran a close
Second in the DemocraticPrimary for President
1. How many electoral votes did the state of California have?
2. Which candidate won the election? 3. How many electoral votes did the
winning candidate receive?4. Which candidate won the popular
vote?5. What was the difference in the
popular vote between winning and losing?
Use chart map on page 170 to answer; Please write the questions (5); Please have planner out and on your table.
Name the qualifications for being president Explain how a president is electedList the order of presidential succession
Ch. 6 test – Thursday, November 1st
Election Day is November 6th!!!
Ch. 7-1 quiz will be on Tuesday, November 6th
Bell ringer
Electing a POTUS
Chapter 6 test
HWK – GR 7-1
______ take place every_____ years in years
Evenly divisible by the number 4
Constitution does not provideFor ________; instead itCreated the _______
(indirect method of electing )
Each state has as many electoralVotes as ______ and _______ combined
For total of ___ Electoral votes
Winner take all system; To Become _____ a candidate has to win ___ Electoral votes
Elections take place in _____.But technically the Electoral
College meets in ______ toDeclare an _________
Copy questions (5). Use pages 654-658 to answer; please have planner out and on your table
1.Which President of the United States once was a rancher?
2.Which POTUS hails from the great state of Vermont? (2)
3.Which POTUS had no Vice President serve with him? (4)
4.Which POTUS did not belong to any political party?
5.Who was the POTUS 100 years ago? 200 years ago?
Name the qualifications for being president Explain how a president is electedList the order of presidential succession
Election Day is November 6th!!!
Ch. 7-1 quiz will be on Tuesday, November 6th
Bell ringer
POTUS Succession
Eight vocabulary terms you should know
Outline Terms of Office
Term of Office (167)1. Presidents serve _____ year terms2. Generally a President served no more than 2 terms in office like ________3. FDR won 4 terms but ______ Amendment now Limits a president to 2 terms (max 10 years)
Salary and Benefits (167-68)1. President receives _______ per year plus expenses (travel and security)2. Lives and works in the __________3. Staff of _______ there to take of President and his/her family
Other Benefits (168)1. President has use of ________in Maryland2. Camp David serves as a retreat and a place to Host __________3. For travel, President has use of special cars, Helicopters and even __________
1. The vice president is elected with the president through the _____.
2. The qualifications for the vice president are the same as those for the ______.
3. Article I states that vice president shall preside over the ______.
4. If president _____, is removed from office, becomes seriously ill or resigns, vice president becomes president.
5. _____ vice presidents have become president due to the death or resignation of a president.
Copy the statement; read page 168-169 to answer; please have planners on your table for me to sign.
Name the qualifications for being president Explain how a president is electedList the order of presidential succession
oQuiz on Ch. 7, Section 1 will be tomorrow
oElection day is tomorrow!!!
oProgress Reports go home on November 27
Bell ringer
POTUS Succession
Eight review questions you should know …
3 Column Chart – Duties of the POTUS
1841 _______, 1st president to die
In office; ______ assumesPresidency & sets precedent
In _____, Congress passes The Presidential _____ Act
Which indicates the line afterThe Vice President
In _____, Congress passes The Presidential _____ Act
Which indicates the line afterThe Vice President
In _____, Congress passes The Presidential _____ Act
Which indicates the line afterThe Vice President
In _____, Congress passes The Presidential _____ Act
Which indicates the line afterThe Vice President
In _____, Congress passes The Presidential _____ Act
Which indicates the line afterThe Vice President
25th Amendment says that ifA _____ dies or leaves office
The ______ becomes the President; New President names VP
Who counts the Electoral votes And declares a
Winner as the next President?
Who was ourNation’s first
Vice president?
Which amendmentAddresses
Presidential Succession?
Which vice presidentReplaced a presidentWhen that president
Resigned?
Article I of theConstitution gives the
Vice president the Authority to do
What?
If both presidentAnd vice president Both die or leave
Office, who is next In line of succession?
Which presidentWas elected for
Four terms?
Who was the First presidentTo die in office?
Who counts the Electoral votes And declares a
Winner as the next President?
Who was ourNation’s first
Vice president?
Which amendmentAddresses
Presidential Succession?
Which vice presidentReplaced a presidentWhen that president
Resigned?
Article I of theConstitution gives the
Vice president the Authority to do
What?
If both presidentAnd vice president Both die or leave
Office, who is next In line of succession?
Which presidentWas elected for
Four terms?
Who was the First presidentTo die in office?
Roles of the President
Commander in Chief
Legislative Leader(173)
Commander in chief Of Armed forces
“C” gives Cong. powerTo declare war but Only “P” can send troops Into Battle
“P” has sent troops Into action more than 150 Times since 1789
1973 War Powers Act
