Executive
Branch
Unit 4 Study Packet
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Period ________ Due Date ________
Lesson #1 Chapter 15 Section 1 and notes from class
1. Define Bureaucracy? What are some examples (list and explain using the triangle)
2. Explain the 3 features of a bureaucracy:
Hierarchical
Authority
Job
Specialization
Formalized
Rules
3. What are the benefits and challenges of a bureaucracy?
4. Why does the Executive Branch follow the bureaucratic structure?
Lesson #2 (Executive Job Description)
1) Explain the qualifications for being POTUS (President of the United States):
2) Roles of POTUS:
Role
Define/Explain
Chief of State
Chief Executive
Chief Administrator
Chief Diplomat
Commander in Chief
Chief Legislator
Party Chief
Chief Citizen
3) (A) List the top 7 people in order of succession (B) How is order determined?
(A)
1.
5.
2.
6.
3.
7.
4.
(B)
Lesson #2 (Amendments)
1) Explain the significance of the 16th, 20th, 22nd, and 25th Amendments.
16th Amendment
20th Amendment
22nd Amendment
25th Amendment
Lesson #3 (Presidential Powers)
1) Explain the various powers exercised by POTUS using examples from class and your
text.
Executive Powers
Military Powers
Diplomatic Powers
Judicial Powers
Legislative Powers
Lesson #4- Cabinet Departments and Agencies
1. Complete the following table using information from classroom discussion and your
textbook.
Head of Department
Department
Department of State
Department of Treasury
Department of Defense
Department of Justice
Department of Interior
Department of
Agriculture
Department of
Commerce
Department of Labor
Department of Health
and Human Services
Department of Housing
and Urban Development
Responsibilities
Department of
Transportation
Department of Energy
Department of Education
Department of Veteran
Affairs
Department of Homeland
Security
2. List 4 key Sub-Departments. What is the purpose of each and what main
department do they come from?
3. Choose 3 independent agencies. What purpose do they serve in enforcing
laws? Why are they independent?
Lesson #5- In-class- Recent Presidents- Leadership Style and Major
Events
President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
James Carter
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
William Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Leadership Style
Major Events
Unit 4 Vocabulary
1. Reprieve
2. Amnesty
3. Commutation
4. Pardon
5. Executive
Agreements
6. Executive Orders
7. Pocket Veto
8. Executive
Privilege
9. Power of
Recognition
10.Line-Item Veto
11.Bureaucracy