unit 3 Flashcards
qualification for president
- 35 years of age
- natural born citizen who has lived in the U.S. at least 14 years
presidential elections
Elected- the Tuesday following the first Monday in November
Inaugurated- January 20th
Order of Succession
- Vice President
- Speaker of the House
- President Pro-Tem (Tempore) of Senate
- Secretary of State
- Heads of Cabinets
Presidential Powers
- the chief legislative power- veto power
- pardoning- no limits and can pardon those who have committed a federal crime
- Chief of state
- commander in chief over military
- CEO of Executive Branch
- Chief diplomat in foreign relations
- Chief architect for needed legislation
- Grants pardons and reprieves sentences
Cabinet Departments
- State
- Treasury
- Defense
- Justice
- Education
- Energy
- Interior
- Agriculture
- Commerce
- Labor
- Health and Human Services
- Transportation
- Housing and Urban Affairs
- Veteran Affairs
- Homeland Security
Secretary of State
In charge of foreign affairs
Currently Marco Rubio
Dept. of Agriculture
- Inspection of Food and Drug Administration
- Food stamps
- Forest service
- Help Farmers
Dept. of Justice
- Headed By the Attorney General - Pam Bondi
- Attorney General is the nations chief lawyer
- Attorney General is in charge of prisons, FBI, drug enforcement, immigration and naturalization
What does the secretary of international affairs do
- Nat parks
-land reclamation (to claim the land) - Indian
- recycling
- protect wildlife
- oversees U.S. territories
-survey land (mineral deposits)
Dept. of Commerce
Headed by the Secretary of Commerce who is responsible for:
- Navigation
- fish stocking
- foreign trade
- census
- patents and trademarks
- national weather service
Dept. of Labor
Headed by the Secretary of Labor who is in charge of
- labor conditions
- safety of workers
- minimum wage
- overtime pay
- equal pay
- child labor
Dept. of Health and Human Services
Headed by Secretary of Health and Human Services who is responsible for:
- social security
- public health services
- center for disease control (CDC)
- FDA
- Medicare and Medicaid
Civil Service
- Government employees who are not part of the armed forces
- now called Federal Workers
