Understanding the Executive Branch and Presidential Responsibilities
Explore the requirements, responsibilities, and key facts about the role of the President within the Executive Branch. Learn about the job requirements, responsibilities with laws, interactions with foreign countries, presidential helpers, checks and balances, and fascinating presidential facts.
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My Amazing Executive Branch/President s Project GRASON GARCIA MR.SEPPANEN 12/14/1
Requirements of the job To be president you must Be born in the United States You need to be 35 years old You need to have been in the U.S.A for 14 years
Responsibilities of the job - Laws The two things presidents must do with laws are Approve the laws from the Legislative Branch Use the tax money for what the Legislative Branch tells them to use it on.
The Presidents role with foreign countries The president s three main job with foreign countries: Meet with other president and discuss what is going on. Make peace treaties with other countries. Lead the head of their states defense system.
Presidential helpers The president has the Vice President and Cabinet members to help run the country. Members of the cabinet include: Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Education Department of Energy
Presidential checks An individual president can only get elected twice. The Legislative Branch can stop a presidents veto. The Legislative Branch can stop the president from hiring people. The Judicial Branch can can say no to the actions that the president does.
Presidential Facts I learned that Theodore Roosevelt s kids owned a zoo and in it was dogs, cats, guinea pigs, mice, rats, badgers, raccoons, parrots and a horse. I also learned that Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president at 6 foot 4 inches. I also learned that 2 presidents were orphans and they were Andrew Jackson, and Herbert Hoover. The last thing that I learned is the smallest president was James Madison at five feet four inches which is the size of an average American person!
What I learned about the Executive Branch and Presidents: I learned in the Executive Branch that in the Branch the members of the Branch are the cabinet members, the Vice President, and the president. Some of there main jobs are meeting with other world leaders, they make treaties with other countries, the president sometimes defends other states or countries from other countries. Did you know that the president in the army is called The Commander in Chief? Some people in the cabinet are the Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Housing and Urban Development.
References Our Government Packet So You Want To Be a President (Our Reading Street book) Ducksters
