the presidency Flashcards
Identify the role of the president served in the following situation:
“President Joe Biden is hosting the first state dinner of his administration at the White House tonight, welcoming French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte. The first state dinner is taking place two years into his administration due to COVID delays.
“‘This dinner was inspired by the shared colors of our flags,’ First Lady Jill Biden shared during a media preview of the evening. ‘And our common values: liberty and democracy, equality and fellowship. These form the bedrock upon which our enduring friendship was built.’ On the tables, the floral arrangements will feature red roses, blue delphiniums, and white irises.
“The menu will feature American and French cuisines—including lobster, delicata squash ravioli, and crème fraîche ice cream. The American-made wines will be served in French-made wine glasses. The dinner, Dr. Biden said, is ‘an expression of welcome and friendship — a way to connect through a language that transcends words. And as each dish comes to the table, so, too, does the meaning behind it.’
“‘Our hope is that the end result will be a night that balances the beauty of our friendship with the seriousness of our purpose,’ Dr. Biden said. ‘And we hope that French citizens everywhere feel the warmth of our welcome.’”
Head of State
Identify the role of the president served in the following situation:
“President Joe Biden has formally approved the deployment of 3,000 US troops to Poland, Germany and Romania, the Pentagon announced Wednesday, in a move to bolster NATO countries in Eastern Europe with tens of thousands of Russian troops amassed along Ukraine’s border.
“The deployments to Eastern Europe, which were first reported by CNN, are a show of support to NATO allies feeling threatened by Russia’s military moves near Ukraine and the threat of an invasion, US officials said.
“Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the deployments included roughly 2,000 troops that would deploy from the United States to Poland and Germany. In addition, approximately 1,000 troops currently based in Germany were moving to Romania.
“Kirby said the moves, which would happen in the coming days, were not permanent and emphasized, ‘These forces are not going to fight in Ukraine.’
“The move is the most significant sign to date that the US is preparing for the prospect of Russian President Vladimir Putin launching an invasion of Ukraine, as Russia has shown no signs of de-escalating after several rounds of diplomatic talks with the US and NATO.
“Biden signed off on the additional troops following a meeting on Tuesday morning at the White House with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, an official said.
“Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told CNN’s Matthew Chance in an exclusive statement later Wednesday that the ‘US de facto is continuing to pump up tension in Europe.’ Peskov said the deployments are ‘the best proof that we, as Russia, have an obvious reason to be worried.’
“Biden told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Wednesday that the decision was ‘totally consistent’ with what the US has told Russia throughout discussions.
“’It’s totally consistent with what I told Putin in the beginning,’ Biden said in a brief exchange in the White House East Room. ‘As long as he’s acting aggressively, we’re going to make sure we reassure our NATO allies and Eastern Europe we’re there and Article V is a sacred obligation.’”
Commander-in-Chief
Identify the role of the president served in the following situation:
Heading into the midterm elections, the president campaigns for members of his party in order to try and help them win. In some districts in which the president is less popular, he stays away from them to allow the Senator or Congressman to run as someone more independent of him.
Political Party Leader
There are two way to become a citizen of the United States of America.
- ____ ____ - which means one was born in the United States of America or an American territory (except American Samoa.) This type of citizenship was granted by the Fourteenth Amendment which states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.”
- ____ - which means one was born a citizen of another country, immigrated to the United States, and subsequently went through the process to become an American citizen.
In the United States, the only political office one is constitutionally barred from holding if one is born a citizen of another country and then later becomes a citizen of the United States is the office of ____ of the United States.
natural, born, naturalization, president
Identify the role of the president served in the following situation:
“For Houston, the North American Free Trade Agreement transformed the city into a new U.S. center of global trade. For the three participant countries, it fundamentally changed commerce among their economies. And for Americans now remembering the former president, it was a critical moment when a U.S. leader made a difficult, highly controversial decision for the country’s long-term strategy.
“In knitting together the economies of North America, [President George H.W.] Bush culminated an ambitious global vision. Lowering trade barriers among countries would integrate the continent, foster competition and, eventually, build supply chains that could compete with other regions and emerging economic giants around the globe.
“Then, as now, free trade was a hard sell politically, requiring a deep commitment to the principles of openness, competition and economic alliances. For all the economic opportunity it would create, Bush surely knew, NAFTA would also result in job churn, losses and gains unequally and sometimes painfully apportioned across the economy.
“In standing up for NAFTA in an election year, Bush had to spend precious political capital. It made him vulnerable to many opponents, including the spirited anti-NAFTA Texan H. Ross Perot, and may have drawn enough ire to cost him a second term.
“Nevertheless, NAFTA’s signing was not a first, but a final, act for an era of economic opening. The deal was the natural extension of the Reagan-Bush view on global commerce and the United States’ role within it. At the height of ‘Japanaphobia’ in 1986, Reagan opened the Uruguay Trade Round of the GATT (Global Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) negotiations, leading to the creation of the World Trade Organization. Two years later, Reagan signed the US-Canada Free Trade Agreement, the essential precursor to NAFTA — and the most significant U.S. step toward open trade in forty years.
“A year after Bush signed the agreement, and after making alterations that addressed labor and environmental concerns, President Bill Clinton signed NAFTA into law on Dec. 8, 1993.
“And then: nothing happened.
“Or rather, nothing much happened quickly because, despite the sometimes-hyperbolic rhetoric of trade, reorganizing industries and economies takes time. Building new plants takes time, moving workers and relocating firms takes time, growing ports, roads and airports takes time. Certainly, dropping tariffs has some notable immediate effects for commodities and some finished goods, but the real impact of a sweeping trilateral trade deal eases in slowly. In the process, new trade hubs and centers are built, and cities are transformed, none more so than post-NAFTA Houston.
“Houston was a global city before NAFTA owing to its oil, gas and petrochemicals industries, and because of the Port of Houston. But in the 1990s, trade exploded in ways that humbled prior metrics as growth boomed across China, India, and a newly-opened Eastern Europe. Remarkably, Houston kept pace, creating new manufacturing jobs and a mountain of finance and professional services jobs to orchestrate the new trade flowing through North America and across the world.
“Today, at the onset of a new, more global era, few people could have envisioned the scale of change in this city. When Bush signed the NAFTA agreement in 1992, Houston’s economy employed 1.8 million people. Today it employs just over 3 million people. NAFTA and the transformation it stoked supported Houston’s growth, perhaps easiest to see at the Port of Houston, which is now the nation’s second largest exporter after New York City. For the United States, trade with NAFTA partners has grown to more than three times its level in 1993 at over $1 trillion annually, nearly double the level of our trade with China.
“The North American trading bloc, meanwhile, has new and increased relevance as NAFTA buoys each of its three nation’s economies in competition with China.
“In his latest book, The Fifth Risk, author Michael Lewis warns that one of our nation’s least appreciated challenges is ‘the risk a society runs when it falls into the habit of responding to long-term risks with short-term solutions.’ Avoiding that risk requires facing tough choices, bold thinking and acting for the future. Whatever history ultimately writes about NAFTA, it is plain that Bush was willing to pay a price for his belief in it — and that he was right about the agreement’s power to grow and transform Houston over the long haul.”
Chief Diplomat
In the event that the president dies, resigns, or is unable to fulfill the duties of the presidency the Constitution and Congressional legislation have established a presidential line of succession. Please list, in order, those who would become president if all of those above him/her in the line of succession were likewise unable to fulfill the role of President of the United States.
Vice President, Speaker of the House, President pro tempore, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of Homeland Security
Identify the role of the president served in the following situation:
The president directs the Executive Branch’s Office of Legislative Affairs to draft a proposed Balanced Budget Amendment to the United States Constitution that would require the federal government to not spend more than it takes in tax revenue. It would give the president the power to exercise his discretion on where to cut spending in order to reduce expenditures to no more (and no less than) current tax revenues unless there was a national emergency declared by the President and approved by Congress.
He then hands it to the Speaker of the House and asks him to submit it for a vote.
Chief Legislator
What does it mean for the president to be the political party leader?
The president leads their political party (democrat/republican) during presidential elections.
What does it mean for the president to be the head of state?
The head of state is a ceremonial role. The president, being the head of state, is the highest representative of his state and symbolizes unity and integrity of the state at home and abroad.
What does it mean for the president to be the commander-in-chief?
The president has control over the military.
What does it mean for the president to be the chief legislator?
They can recommend legislation and veto legislation.
What does it mean for the president to be the chief diplomat?
The president is the head of foreign policy and appoints ambassadors.
What section of the Constitution gives the president the authority to “appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls . . . and all other officers of the United States whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for and which shall be established by law”?
Article II Section 2
What happened on Martyrs Day?
20 Panamanians were killed because they protested for the torn Panama flag in the Canal Zone and overwhelmed the police.
Which president wanted to construct the Panama Canal?
Theodore Roosevelt
