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1. The Presidency

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2. Great Expectations . . . Contradiction Americans want a president who is powerful and who can do good. Yet Americans do not like a concentration of power because they are individualistic and skeptical of authority.

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3. Who They Are Constitutional Requirements: Must be 35 years old Must be a natural-born citizen Must have resided in U.S. for 14 years

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4. Who They Have Been White, Male, Protestant . . . except All manner of professions, but mostly political ones (senators, governors, etc.)

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5. Matchthe President with Prior Occupations Franklin D. Roosevelt D Harry Truman G Dwight Eisenhower K

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6. Matchthe President with Prior Occupations John F. Kennedy L LyndonJohnson A Richard Nixon B

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7. Matchthe President with Prior Occupations Gerald Ford I Jimmy Carter H Ronald Reagan C

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8. Matchthe President with Prior Occupations George Herbert Walker Bush (“Poppy”) J William Jefferson Clinton (“Bubba”) M George Walker Bush (“Dubya”) E

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9. What about Obama? PunahouSchool in Hawaii Occidental . . . Columbia (Political Science) Director of a church-based community organization Harvard Law . . . 1st African-American president of the Law Review Constitutional Law professor at University of Chicago Illinois state legislator U.S. Senator

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10. How They Got There The Normal Road to the White House: Most presidents have been elected to office. The president serves a term of 4 years. Who is the only president to be elected more than twice?

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11. How They Got There The Normal Road to the White House: In 1951, the 22nd Amendment limited the number of elected terms to two . . . Or one if has served more than 2 years of another president’s term

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12. How They Got There Succession The vice president takes over if the president leaves office due to death, resignation, or removal. Under the 25th Amendment, the vice president becomes acting president if the vice president and president’s cabinet determine that the president is disabled.

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13. Who was seriously disabled for his last 1.5 years in office, but no one except a few knew? Woodrow Wilson

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14. How They May Leave Impeachment Impeachment is an accusation, requiring a majority vote in the House. Charges may be brought for “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” If impeached, the president is tried by the Senate with the Chief Justice presiding.

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15. How They May Leave Name the 2 Presidents Impeached Andrew Johnson William Jefferson Clinton

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16. How They May Leave Why Was Clinton impeached? Perjury Obstruction of Justice Abuse of Power

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17. How They May Leave Who is the only president to resign from office?

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18. Our four assassinated presidents were: Lincoln James Garfield JFK

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19. How They May Leave Who was the last president (other than JFK) to die in office? Who replaced him?

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20. Who was the only president not elected to be either president or vice-president? Gerald Ford Who was appointed to replace the VP . . . Spiro Agnew, who resigned after being charged with accepting bribes Ford became president after Nixon resigned

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21. National Security Serves as Commander in Chief of the armed forces Makes treaties with other nations (subject to agreement of 2/3 of Senate) Nominates ambassadors (subject to agreement of majority of Senate) Receives ambassadors – conferring diplomatic recognition on other governments

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22. Legislative Presents state of the union to Congress Recommends legislation to Congress Convenes both houses of Congress on extraordinary occasions Adjourns Congress if the House and Senate cannot agree on adjournment Vetoes legislation; which Congress can overrule with 2/3 vote of each house

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23. Administrative “Take care that the laws be faithfully executed” Nominates officials as provided for by Congress (w/agreement of majority of Senate) Requests written opinions of administrative officials Fills administrative vacancies during congressional recesses

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24. Judicial Grants reprieves and pardons for federal offenses (except impeachment) Nominates federal judges (needs confirmation by majority of the Senate)

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