Unit 9: The Executive Branch
9.5: The Roles of the President and the Administration
Match the roles with the recent examples:
Roles:
1.
Chief Executive - F
2.
World Leader - E
3.
Commander-in-Chief - I
4.
Chief Citizen - G
5.
Party Leader - B
6.
Economic Leader - A
7.
Chief Legislator - D
8.
Chief of State - H
9.
Chief Diplomat - C
Description:
Examples:
A.
Bush tax cuts in 2005
B.
Obama campaigning for Senator Harry Reid’s reelection
C.
Obama reaching out to Iran to talk about their nuclear weapons
D.
Obama pushing for the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
E.
Clinton hosting and helping to negotiate the Camp David Accords (peace between Israel and
the PLO)
F.
Obama ordering his attorney general to sue the state of Arizona over their immigration law
G.
Obama trying to quit smoking
H.
Obama hosting a party at the White House for the visiting queen of Jordan
I.
Obama ordering the mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden
Other Terms:
executive order – has the power of law without being a law; technically they are an order to
enforce an existing law, but courts have granted presidents wide leeway with these
executive agreements – pact made by a president directly with the head of a foreign government,
binding with the force of law without having to be ratified; like a treaty without being a treaty
executive privilege – the right of a president to refuse to disclose info
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