Presidency Flashcards
what are the roles of presidentcy?
1) Commander-in-Chief
2) Chief Executive
3)Chief Legislator
4) Chief-of-state
Who helps the president carry out his duties?
Executive branch:
A department is presided over by a Secretary
All of these secretaries form the Cabinet
The original and most prestigious departments are?
1) State
2) Treasury - currency - print money
3) War (later renamed defense)
4) Justice (led by the Attorney General) - is head of the justice department
Executive Office of the President do what?
Staffed by the experts in numerous fields who are there to help the president carry out his duties
White house office is?
Composed of political appointees who work directly for the president and are most loyal to him
Chief-of-staff is?
(one of the 5th most powerful people in the U.S)
Supervises the White House staff and coordinates the president’s schedule
who or what is The Great communicators?
Create a grand vision for the future of America
Inspire the public to help make that vision a reality
Partisan polarization caused what?
has caused recent presidents to begin their administrations with lower approval ratings
Which 3 presidents are top 3:
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were the only ones that did what?
were the only two presidents to leave office with higher approval ratings than when they entered office