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| What article of the Constitution describes the executive brach? |
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| What is executive branch? |
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-The President
-The cabinet
-National Security Council (NSC)
-Regulatory agencies (Federal Aviation Agency)
-All military forces |
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| What is the presidential term of office? |
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| How many terms can a president serve? |
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| What are the qualifications necessary to become president? |
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-At least 35 years of age
-A natural born citizen
-A resident of the US for at least 14 years |
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| What happens if a president dies in office? |
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| The vice President takes over |
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| What happens if a president becomes disabled and can't do his/her job? |
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If the president is disabled by surprise, the vice president takes over until the president is better
If the president know s/he will be disabled (a scheduled operation) s/he writes a letter to Congress notifying them that s/he will be disabled and the vice president will be in charge. |
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| What happens if the vice president believes the presidents is incapable of doing his job? |
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The vice president writes a letter to congress giving reasons why the president is unable to do the job.
the members of the cabinet sign the letter too
congress has to decide who is right, the president or the vice president. |
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| What if the president and vice president die at the same tim? |
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The line of succession
-The speaker of the house of representative
-president pro tempore of the senate
-the secretary of state
-other cabinet members |
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| What are the duties for the president? |
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Commander=in-chief
make treaties with 2/3 vote of the senate
nominate judges and ambassadors
give a state of the union report once a year
head of the executive branch-over 2 million employees |
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| What is the impeachment process for a president? |
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-it becomes known that the president may have committed a crime
-House of repersentatives holds hearing to see if there is enough evidence against the president for a trial
-the house votes to impeach the president will go on trial in the senate
- the senate holds the trial and then votes innocent or guilty
-if the president is found guilty s/he will have to leave office
-if the president is found innocent s/he will continue in office. |
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| How is a president elected to office? |
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-a person is chosen by a political party to run for the presidency
- the candidate campaigns for at least a year
-each state gets a number of electors that equal the number of representatives + 2 senators
-election day is the first tuesday after the first monday in november
-need 270 electoral votes to win |
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| how is a president elected to office? |
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-the candidate who wins at least 270 electoral votes wins the election
-if no one reaches 270 votes, the election is decided by a vote in the house of representatives-each state gets one vote
-the senate elects the vice president |
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| What happens at the inauguration? |
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-The inauguration happens on jan. 20
-the president is given the oath of office - by the chief justice of the supreme court
-the president gives an inaugural address giving his/her plans for his/her administration
-there are many parties and balls in the evening |
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