Bellwork: Day 1Bellwork: Day 1

1) The President can declare war if America's national security is threatened.

2) The President has the right to withhold certain information from Congress if he thinks it would endanger America.

3) The power of the vice-presidency has been increasing since the early 1990s.

4) No president has ever made it to the highest office without being elected to either the Presidency or the vice-presidency

5) The president is one of the highest paid members of American society.

6) No president has ever been elected to more than two terms

This is the last Bellwork sheet you’llever have. Does it make you sad?

Paraphrase each statement on your paper and decide whether it is true or false.

Assignment 5:Assignment 5:The Roles of the The Roles of the PresidentPresident

Role: Chief of State

•Acts as example for and symbol of the United States

•Represents America at special occasions and ceremonies.

•Kings and Queens are heads of state.•Awarding medals and speechmaking are

examples of this role.

Role: Chief Executive•Acts as boss of federal government

workers in 14 executive departments.•These departments help the President

carry out, enforce, or execute the law.•The president chooses cabinet members

to advise and assist him.•Example: Holding cabinet meetings and

appointing federal officials.

The Chief Executive

•The Offices of the Executive Branch are found in the White House and other federal buildings in Washington D.C.

Role: Chief Diplomat

•Conducts foreign policy by directing the actions of American ambassadors.

•Signs treaties and trade agreements with leaders of other nations.

Role: Commander-In-Chief• In charge of US

Armed Forces.

• President decides where armed forces are to be stationed, weapons to be used.

• Secretary of Defense under President.

• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs is the top military commander under President.

Role: Chief Legislator

•Congress has the power to make laws.•President can propose bills and must sign

bills into law.•He often calls members of Congress to

lobby for his agenda.•Presents his agenda to Congress in the

annual State of the Union address.

Role: Chief Legislator

•President Reagan before a joint-session of Congress.

Role: Chief of the Party

•Presidents help members of their party get elected or appointed to office.

•They make campaign speeches needed for re-election.

•Head of fund-raising for the party.

Chief Guardian of the Economy

•Monitors▫unemployment,▫Inflation, taxation,

business,▫and general welfare of

the nation.▫He does not control the

economy, but he gets credit if it goes well.

FoldableROLE HEADLINE SUMMARY PICTURE

Chief Executive

Commander in Chief

Chief Legislator

Chief Diplomat

Chief of State

Chief of Party

Chief of Economy

Headline: write a newspaper headline that would show that role of the president being used

Summary: explain how your newspaper headline relates to the role (look at your notes)

Picture: draw a picture that might be in the newspaper to go along with your headline

Quiz1) What is the term for the group of party officials

who submit the official vote for the president depending on the popular vote of a state during a presidential election?

2) Which president set the example for limiting the number of terms a president should serve to two?

3) What is the title for the highest military officer of the United States Armed Forces?

4) When the President is raising funds for fellow Democrats or Republicans, making campaign speeches to help get them re-elected, which role of the Presidency is being fulfilled?

5) Unemployment, inflation, and the budget deficit are areas of concern for the President when s/he is primarily acting in which role?

6) One role of the chief legislator is to report to Congress annually on the health and well-being of the nation, and to outline his/her legislative agenda for the year. What is the term given to this event?

7) Which role of the President is greatly restricted by the power of the Senate to ratify all treaties and trade agreements developed by the President?

8) At right is a graphic from the White House Web Page that outlines all of the programs that President Clinton has suggested to Congress. Which role of the President does this image and its content best represent?

9) The Executive department heads must manage their own departments in order to help the President enforce laws passed by Congress. What is the other important job carried out by the heads of the Executive Departments?

10) This image also comes from the White House Web Site If one visits the link, one will be able to read a speech given at the closing ceremony of the 50th anniversary of the UN. Which presidential role best fits this occasion? 

11) The United States maintains a large number of troops in the war-torn nation of Bosnia to act as UN peace keepers there. Which role of the President allows him/her to direct this US force?  

13) The following is the opening lines of a speech by President Clinton

after the Oklahoma city bombing in 1995. Which role of the presidency is he fulfilling with these words?  

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Governor Keating and Mrs. Keating, Reverend Graham, to the families of those who have been lost and wounded, to the people of Oklahoma City, who have endured so much, and the people of this wonderful state, to all of you who are here as our fellow Americans.

I am honored to be here today to represent the American people.

14) This image shows President Clinton, King Hussein of Jordan and Prime Minister Rabin of Israel agreeing to peace in the Middle East. Which role of the Presidency is Clinton demonstrating in this image (choose the best answer!) 

15)    This photo shows President Johnson signing the Civil Rights Bill in 1964. This law outlawed discrimination on the basis of race in America. Johnson worked hard to have this bill passed through Congress. In which role was he participating when this historic photo was taken?