The Executive Branch
Define the following:
Reprieve
Pardon
Cabinet
Executive Order
Bureaucracy
Pocket veto
Administration
Whistle blower
Section 13.2
Level of
Government
Title
Chief Executives
Qualifications
How are they
elected?
National
State
Local
Section 13.3
1. In what ways do you think presidents today are more powerful than in the past?
2. How did Abraham Lincoln change the presidency?
3. How did Theodore Roosevelt change the presidency?
4. How did Franklin D. Roosevelt change the presidency?
Section 13.4
What checks does the president have on the legislative and judicial branches?
How can they be
removed from
office?
Describe the roles of the modern president by completing a spoke diagram below. For each role, identify at
least 3 powers or responsibilities and crease a simple symbol.
Roles of
Modern
President
Section 13.5
Fill in the table below by summarizing the main function of each group in the executive branch. Include at
least two examples of individuals, departments, or agencies within each group.
White House Staff
The President
Executive Office of the
Executive Departments
President
Independent Agencies
Section 13.6
Create an analogy that evaluates the role and impact of government bureaucracies on the lives of
Americans by completing this statement: Government bureaucracies are like …
Use one of the options below to complete the statement in italics above. Then, illustrate your analogy with
a simple drawing. Write at least two statements to explain your analogy.
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an overbearing parent who controls your life.
An overloaded computer hard drive that keeps crashing
A well-oiled engine that keeps a car running
An emergency room doctor who saves lives
The Executive Branch – Part II
Analyze the various roles played by the President of the United States.
Role of President
Description of Role and Examples
Commander-in-Chief
Chief Executive
Chief Agenda Setter (Chief
policymaker)
Representative of the Nation
(Chief Citizen)
Chief of State
Foreign Policy leader (Chief
diplomat)
Party Leader
Chief manager of the
economy
In what ways does the president check the other branches?
How did George Washington change the presidency?
Significance of Role
How did Andrew Jackson change the presidency?
What does the 22nd Amendment say?
Qualifications for the Presidency
Age –
Citizenship –
ResidencyInformal Qualifications – Describe what Americans traditionally expect of their president concerning each
of the following:
1. Experience in politics:
2. Education:
3. Race, Gender and Wealth:
4. Religious affiliation:
How are some of these informal qualifications changing?
Read Article II of the U.S. Constitution and answer the following questions.
1. List 5 powers granted expressly to the president by the Constitution.
2. Discuss the powers given to the president by the Take Care Clause in Article II, Section 3. In what way
is this clause similar to the Necessary and Proper Clause in Article I, Section 8?
3. Compare the president’s powers relating to foreign policy in times of war and peace to those given to
Congress. Based on your analysis, which branch of government do you think has primary responsibility for
conducting foreign policy?
4. Identify one quality that you feel would help a modern president fill one or more of the roles defined in
the Constitution. Explain your answer.