Mr. Lawrence
Am. Gov’t
Ch. 8 and 9 Presidency Study Guide
Ch. 8 Section #1: President and Vice President
1.) What are the four Duties of the President?
2.) What is the 22nd amendment, who caused it and what were some reasons for it being passed?
3.) What are the Qualifications for becoming President?
4.) Why is Money important for a Presidential candidate and were does this money come from?
5.) What is the 25th amendment? Why is it important?
6.) How have the duties of the Vice President changed in the past 60 years?
Mr. Lawrence
Am. Gov’t
Ch. 8 Section #2: Electing the President
7.) What was the original system for electing a president? What was wrong with this system?
8.) What is the Electoral College? What determines how many electoral votes a state gets?
9.) What part do political parties play in the election?
10.) What is the modern system for electing the president? What does “winner takes all” mean?
11.) What are some of the problems with today’s election process?
12.) What is a third party candidate?
Mr. Lawrence
Am. Gov’t
Ch. 8 Section #3: The Cabinet
13.) What is the President’s Cabinet? What is the Bureaucracy? Why are they necessary?
14.) What is the inner circle of the President’s Cabinet?
15.) Is the Cabinet and the Bureaucracy constitutional?
Ch.9 Section #1: Presidential Powers
16.) What are the three kinds of presidential power?
17.) Where are the Constitutional Powers Written?
18.) What is an informal power and what are the three kinds of informal powers?
Mr. Lawrence
Am. Gov’t
19.) What is mandate of the people? How do people communicate this to the president on a daily
basis?
20.) What kind of limits have been placed on the president’s power?
Ch. 9 Section #2: Roles of the Presidency
21.) What are the seven roles of the president and explain them?
Words to Know
Presidential Succession
Electors
Electoral College
Electoral Vote
Cabinet
Mandate
War Powers Act
Public Opinion
Impoundment
Executive Order
Reprieve
Pardon
Amnesty
Patronage
Executive Agreement
Mr. Lawrence
Am. Gov’t