American Government/History - Chapter 13 - The Presidency
Jus Sanguinis relates to the requirements one must met to run for president because it's the...
Law of the blood: president must be a direct relative of a natural U.S. born citizen
Jus Soli
Law of the soil: president must have been a U.S, resident for so and so years
What dose the constitution say bait nominating candidates for president?
Little to none
What are 5 fringe benefits a President receives?
Live in the White House, Belgian Malinois, Blair House, Camp David and the "lavishly fitted" Air Force 1
Direct Plan has the argument that it would...
NOT eliminate the possibility that the loser of the poplar vote could still win the electoral vote
Which reform has attracted attention/support of a number of nonpartisan political organizations and many others major newspapers AROUND THE COUNTRY?
National bound plan:
What are 3 formal qualifications a person must meet to be the President of the U.S.?
Natural born citizen of U.S., at least 35 years of age and have been 14 years a resident of the U.S.
Why did the Framers not want to have the President selected by popular vote?
Nearly all agreed that this would lead to tumult and disorder scattered over wide areas couldn't possibly know enough about the availed candidates to make a knowledgable decision
How many presidents have resigned? Name them.
Only 1: president Richard Nixon by Gerald Ford
How many times has the popular vote winner NOT won the election?
Only a handful of times I.e. Jackson whom was the ONLY man to do so
The main office used by the President is known as the...
Oval Office and is located in the West Wing which was added to the White House in the early 1950's by President William Howard Taft
The Proportional plan would yield an electoral vote in line with the...
POPULAR vote, at least in each state
Explain the "faithless elector":
Pledged a vote for one candidate but then voted for another a.k.a betrayal and back stabbing son of a gun
What are the 2 formal duities of a Vice President?
Preside over Senate and help determine presidential disability
What are the 2 ways in which Presidential disability can be determined?
President informs congress in writing or Vice President and a majority of the members of the cabinet inform congress in writing
23rd amendment
Presidential electors for the District of Columbia: no more than 3 electors
12th amendment
Presidential succession
What are 10 common characteristics that Presidents have shared historically?
Race, Gender, Previous Job, Education, Marriage, Age, Wealth, Residency, Region, Incumbent, Party Affiliation, appearance, having a sibling and finally being taller
Why did George H.W. Bush serve as President for 7 hours, 54 minutes in 1985? What made this possible?
Ronald Reagan declared himself disabled after surgery
20th amendment
Set the date for Inauguration Day
538 total but 270 votes are required to win which is
Simple majority in the Electoral college brainstormed by the Framers
Been in effect in 1960
The Direct Plan has...
What happens if there is a TIE or no majority when counting electoral votes?
The HoR decides election for President
Direct popular election:
The dangers/confusions of the present system would be eliminated, replaced by a SIMPLE and EASILY understood process
What is Air Force 1 and Marine 1?
The designation of any airplane that serves the President of the U.S. governemnt. Marine 1: the call sign of any U.S. Marine Corps aircraft carrying the President of the U.S.
Would the Direct Popular election reform put to great a load on the election process thus spur the ballot-box stuffing and other forms of voting fraud?
Yes it would
The White House underwent a complete renovation in the last half of the...
1950s under the administration of President Harry Truman
Thomas Jefferson was the...
1st to be sworn in Washington D.C.
Blair House is a series of...
4 interconnected townhouses located to the northwest of the White House, while the Residence Executive Office Building is located directly west of the West Wing
How many president have died in office of natural causes? Name them.
4 total: Warren G. Harding, George Washington, John Tyler and Grover Cleveland
How many presidents have been assassinated in office? Name them.
4 total: all by gunshot: Abraham Lincoln, James A Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy
Youngest to serve as President?
42: Theodore Roosevelt by Assassination
Who was the youngest to be elected?
43: JFK
How many electoral votes are there? How many are necessary to be elected President?
538 270 a.k.a. Simple Majority
Electoral college:
A group of people/electors chosen from each state and the District of Columbia to formally select the president and Vice President
What is significant about the elections ending in '00 from 1840-1960 (zero year curse)?
All of the presidents didn't make it out of office because they all died before leaving office
What is significant about the elections of 1824, 1876, 1888, 2000 and 2016?
All reveled the flaws of the electoral college; when the candidate who won the electoral college lost the national popular vote
What are 3 reasons for having a Presidential primary?
Allows party members to express preferences, select delegates and makes the selection process more democratic
Who is the only man to win the popular and electoral votes for President but NOT win the Presidency in that election?
Andrew Jackson
the Direct popular election reform had...
Argued that this reform would weaken the federal system because the states as a states would lose their role in the choice of a president
Flaws in the electoral college:
Began to appear in the system in 1796 with rise of political parties I.e. Hayes over Tilden in 1876: Alexander Hamilton
Why were the National conventions created?
Both major parties turn to this as a means of their nominating device
What are 4 safety features of the Presidential Limo?
Bullet Resistant Glass, Run Flat tires, Interior Body Armor and Bomb-Proof under carriage
Who is usually selected to be the keynote speaker on opening night at a party convention?
By one of the parties most accomplished orators
National bound plan:
Calls upon each state's law making body to amend that states election laws to provide that all of the state's electoral votes are awarded to the winner of the NATIONAL popular vote and to enter into an INTERSTATE compact the agreement among the states to elect the president by NATIONAL popular vote
What role dose the president fulfill when he acts as head of the government, which employees 3 million people a year and spends nearly 3 trillion dollars a year?
Chief Administrator
What role dose the president meet when he uses his power to enforce the law of the land?
Chief Executive
Who swears the president in and where?
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the U.S. Supreme Court
By representing all of the people of the U.S., the president fulfills what role?
Chief of State
What role dose the president serve as the ceremonial head of the U.S. Government?
Chief of State
What role dose the president serve as the leader of the millitary?
Commander in Chief
Who sets the residents salary and what is it today?
Congress. Today it's $40,000
DIRECT PLAN results would depend very much on how the...
Congressional DISTRICTS were Drawn in EACH state!
As chief diplomat, what dose the President do?
Construct/plan/draw out the main architect of American foreign policy and our nation's Chief spokesman to the rest of the world
25th amendment
Death, Disability, Resignation and Removal of President
What are the 4 ways a President can no longer be president, according to the 25th amendment?
Death, Resignation, or is removed from office by impeachment and the Vice President then succeeds to the office
Who was first president sworn in, where did this occur and why?
George Washington @ NYC in 1789 because the White House wasn't yet completed
Who are the Presidents elected to two terms since the passage of the 22nd amendment?
Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and finally Barack Obama
Which two of these won 3 OE MORE electoral votes for President?
Hayes over Tilden and Jackson and Hayes in 1876
Who are the only 3 men to win 3 OR MORE popular votes for President?
Hayes over Tilden in 1876, Harrison over Cleveland in 1888, Bush over Gore in 2000
When dose the Presidential Inauguration occur and why?
January 20th at Capital Hill in Washington D.C.
When are the electoral ballots counted and whom counts them?
January 6th: the president of the senate counts
First VP
John Adams
As creator and director of more legislation than any other branch, the leader of the executive branch is also known as...
the Chief Administrator
Who are the first 4 people (name and job title) to succeed the Presidency?
Vice President: Mike Pence, Speaker of the House: Paul Ryan, President Pro Tempore: Orrin Hatch and finally the Secretary of State: Rex W. Tillerson
Do away with the winner-take-all issue
Direct Plan would
Electorates are included in the...
Direct popular election:
The current president is the 45th president which is also
Donald Trump
Who is the oldest person to be elected President?
Donald Trump
Describe a National Convention:
Each party officially selects its presidential and Vice presidential candidates: normally around August, each session varies and includes heated battles and high tensions
Proportional Plan:
Each presidential candidate would receive the same share of a states electoral vote as he or she received in the states POPULAR vote!
How many Presidential electors dose each state receive and how many dose Kansas have?
Each state gets a number of electors EQUAL to the combined total of its senate membership, TWO FOR EACH STATE which means Kansas has 6 presidential electors
Constitution sets the electors to meet in their respective states in their state capital on the Monday after the second Wednesday in December where they each cast their electoral vote
Electoral college is where the
Each state awarded these kinds of votes based on senators and representatives with to held on the and day everywhere in the U.S. which is Tuesday after the first Monday in November every fourth year
Electoral votes
District Plan:
Electors would be chosen in each state in the same easy as members of congress
What are four potential problems a.k.a flaws with the election process we discussed?
Ever present threat that the winner of the popular vote will NOT win the presidency, the war the electoral toes are distributed among the states, winner take all format and finally the popular vote winner failing to win the presidency
FDR
First president to break George Washington's "no 3rd ten precedent"
What are 2 problems with having the House pick a president?
The voting in such cases in by states, NOT individual members, if the Representatives from a state were so divided that NO candidate was favored by a majority that state would lose its vote and finally the condition requires a majority of the states for election in the house
What happens in the election of 1796?
Thomas Jefferson lost to Adams in the electoral balloting thus Jefferson became Adams V.P.
What happened in the election of 1800?
Tie of Jefferson and Aaron Burr; marked the introduction of party nominations for the presidency and V.P. for their parties presidential ticket and finally the automatic casting of electoral votes
Electoral college: HoR choses the elector if their is no majority
True
When dose the popular vote for President occur?
Tuesday after first Monday in November in even numbered years
When dose the official balloting take place? (electors) Where?
Tuesday after the first Monday in November: throughout the U.S.A.
What are the 3 most commonly held jobs or positions prior to becoming president?
Vice President, Governors and Senators followed by Cabinet Members, Military Leaders, House of Representatives and so on and so forth
They're many critics of this plan whom worry about its effect on the two PARTY system
the Proportional Plan
This plan would cure the winner-take-all issue and eliminate faithless electors
the Proportional Plan
