The Presidency
Formal Qualifications
1. “_______________________” – born on American soil
2. At least _____ yrs old
3. Lived in the USA for at least _____ yrs
President’s Term
 ____ year term; limited to _________
 Cannot serve more than _____ yrs in office
 Until the ____________________ (1951), there were no term limits
o Presidents only served 2 terms ________________ since ______________
refused to seek a 3rd term
o ______ ran and was elected to ____ terms, but he died in office a yr into his 4th
term
Pay & Benefits
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Salary = _______________
___________ expense allowance to be spent ___________________________
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Suite of offices and large staff
Fleet of ____________________
____________________ and Marine One
_________________ – resort hideaway in the
mountains of Maryland
 Finest ______________________________ available
 Generous _________ and ___________________ funds
____________ Roles of the President: Come from the Constitution
 ________________ – _____________ head of the gov’t and the ___________
of all of the people of the nation
 _________________ – gives the immensely _________________________ in
both domestic & foreign affairs
 ___________________ – director of the __________, heading one of the largest
governmental machines in the world; “_________” to more than __________
civilians w/ a budget of ________________
 ___________________ – main architect of American ________________ and
nation’s chief ________________________________
 ___________________ – _____________ men and women in uniform & our
nation’s entire ______________ are under President’s ____________________
 _____________________ – main architect of __________________. Sets the
overall shape of the ______________________ with the __________________
address. It is often the Pres. that initiates, suggests, requests, insists, and demands that
Congress enact much of its ________________________.
_________________ Roles of the President
 ___________________ – leader of whichever ________________ that controls
the _______________________
 ___________________ – “_____________________________”; expected to
work for and represent the __________________ against the many private interests
Roles of the President: So What??
 President must play all of these roles ____________________ and none of them
can be played in isolation.
 The manner in which the President can play any role can have a ________________
on their _______________________.
o Ex: _______ and commander in chief role in ___________ was a disaster.
Prevented him from _________________________
o Ex: ______________________ so destroyed his image as ____________
& _______________ that he was forced to ___________
Presidential Succession
 Plan by which a _____________________. If a President _____, ___________
or is ____________ from office by impeachment, the _____________ to the office.
 ___________________ (1967) – formally made this so.
o Was merely a _________________ until then
o Also provides for VP to step into the presidency if
 The __________________________ that he is unable to
fulfill his duties
 The ________________________________ inform
_____________in writing that the Pres. is incapacitated
 _________________________________________
o Set the _______________________ following the VP
 _________________________
 __________________________
 Secretary of ______________
 Then each of the other __________________________ in the order
they were created.
Vice Presidency
Only _____ formal duties:
 Preside over the ___________________
 Help decide question of ______________________________
Chosen to help “____________________________”
 Pres. wants running mate that will ____________________________
 Balance out Pres. candidate’s ___________________(ex: ideology, geography,
racial, ethnic, gender, etc…)
Vacancy
 Also dealt with in ________________________
 President nominates a VP & is _____________________________________