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“The Presidency” Outline

Name ________________________

Presidential History

1. Name the Presidents that were assassinated while in office?

2. Name the Presidents that died of natural causes while in office?

3. Which President was the only President to

resign

from office?

4. Which President was the only President to serve

more than two

terms in office?

5. Which President was the only President to be elected to

two nonconsecutive

terms?

6. Which President was the first President to die in office?

7. Which of the major political parties never had a President to hold office?

8. Which President was the first Vice President to be

elected

to the Presidency?

9. Which President was the first Vice President to

assume

the Presidency?

10. Which President was the only President to

not

be elected President or Vice President?

11. Which President served the shortest term in office?

12. Which President was the only

bachelor

(not or never married) President?

13. Which President was impeached and was one vote away from being removed from office?

14. Which President was the only Roman Catholic to be President?

15. Which men have are a part of the two father-son combinations to hold the office of President?

16. Which Presidents were commanders-in-chief during World War II (1939-1945)?

17. Which Presidents were in office during the Great Depression (1929-1945)?

18. Which Presidents were commanders-in-chief during the Vietnam Conflict (1965-1972)?

19. Which President was the youngest person to be

elected

to the Presidency?

20. Which President was the youngest person to

assume

the Presidency?

21. Which President was the only President to also be a Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court?

22. Which state were four of the first five Presidents elected from?

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Discussion Questions

1. Which President defined the Presidency?

2. Which President set the precedent for only serving two terms?

3. Which President broke the two-term precedent?

4. What two major events caused that President to run for an unprecedented third and forth terms?

5. Which Amendments deals with Presidency? (2) Explain.

6. What benefits does the President receive? (8)

7. What are the Constitutional requirements for President? (3)

8. What other qualifications besides the Constitutional ones should a Presidential candidate posses? (5)

9. What is presidential succession? Which Presidents have died in office naturally? Which Presidents

were assassinated in office?

10. Why didn’t the Founders want the people to elect the President?

11. How is the President elected?

12. What determines the number of electoral votes that a state can give to a candidate?

13. What is unique about the Presidential elections of 1824, 1876, 1888, and 2000?

14. When there is a tie in the Electoral College, who then determines the winner of the Presidential

election?

15. What are the defined powers of the President in Article II, sections two and three?

16. Besides enforcing the laws, what are the other duties of the President? (7) Explain.

17. What limitations are there on the President’s power? (4)

18. What is the difference between treaties and executive agreements?

19. Which US Presidents have had high-ranking military backgrounds/careers? What is the President’s

role as commander-in-chief?

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The Presidents Movie Questions

Directions:

Answer any 70 questions on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Which President set the precedent to step down after two terms in office?

2. Why didn’t George Washington like shaking hands?

3. Which President put down the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania personally?

4. Which President resided over the XYZ Affair in France?

5. What did the Aliens and Seditions Act forbid?

6. Which President was the first President to live in the White House?

7. Which two Presidents died on July 4, 1826?

8. Which two Presidents signed the Declaration of Independence?

9. Which President won the election of 1800?

10. Which political party did Thomas Jefferson belong?

11. How did Jefferson expand the powers of the Presidency?

12. What act marred the Jefferson’s second-term?

13. What is James Madison’s presidency remembered for?

14. What three positives came out of the War of 1812?

15. Which state were four of the first five Presidents elected from?

16. How did Monroe prolong the slavery problem in the US?

17. How did Monroe respond to the problems in Florida?

18. What was the Missouri Compromise?

19. What was the Monroe Doctrine?

20. Who was the author of the Monroe Doctrine?

21. In 1824, who won the popular vote for President?

22. Who determined the winner of the 1824 election?

23. Who was declared the winner of the 1824 election?

24. Whose presidency did John Quincy Adams try to revive?

25. What was wrong with Andrew Jackson’s marriage to Rachel Jackson?

26. What was Andrew Jackson’s nickname?

27. What did Andrew Jackson like to do with his Cabinet Secretaries?

28. What was the Trail of Tears?

29. Who did Andrew Jackson personally endorse for President in 1836?

30. How did Andrew Jackson ruin Martin Van Buren’s administration?

31. What was William H. Harrison’s campaign slogan in 1840?

32. Which three presidents occupied the White House in 1841?

33. What happened to William H. Harrison during his inaugural address?

34. Who assumed the presidency after Harrison’s death?

35. What happened to John Tyler’s political party affiliation with the Whigs?

36. What was James K. Polk’s ideology as President?

37. What war was fought during Polk’s administration?

38. What territories were acquired during Polk’s administration? (2)

39. What crisis was developing between the Northern and Southern states after the Mexican War?

40. What conspiracy surrounded Zachary Taylor’s death?

41. Who assumed the presidency after Taylor’s death?

42. Why did Fillmore sign the Compromise of 1850?

43. Who bullied Pierce into supporting the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

44. Who was the only President to never have been married?

45. What discredited Buchanan’s administration?

46. Who was elected President in 1860?

47. Why didn’t Buchanan act against South Carolina when it seceded?

48. What event dominated Lincoln’s presidency?

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51. How did Lincoln prepare himself for the Civil War intellectually?

52. What occasion did Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address?

53. What psychological problem did Lincoln suffer from?

54. What was Lincoln’s original goal for going to war with the Confederates?

55. What did Lincoln shift his war goals to include in 1863?

56. How did the Gettysburg Address begin?

57. What physical toll did Lincoln’s presidency have on him?

58. How did Lincoln feel about the Confederates after the war?

59. What happened to Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865?

60. What was Lincoln’s assassination a small part of on April 14, 1865?

61. Who assumed the presidency upon Lincoln’s assassination?

62. What would Andrew Johnson do with bills from Congress?

63. What ultimately resulted due to Johnson’s vetoes?

64. How was Grant a champion of the civil rights for Blacks?

65. What was wrong with Grant’s subordinates during his administrations?

66. Who won the popular vote in the 1876 Presidential Election?

67. What was the Compromise of 1877 or Hayes-Tilden Compromise?

68. What era in US history did Hayes’ election conclude?

69. Which Presidents occupied the White House in 1881?

70. What problem did James A. Garfield address when he came to the presidency?

71. Why was President Garfield assassinated?

72. Who assumed the presidency after Garfield’s assassination?

73. What was the Pendleton Act?

74. What cost Cleveland the 1888 Presidential Election?

75. Who won the popular vote in 1888 Presidential Election?

76. Who was Benjamin Harrison’s grandfather?

77. How did Harrison’s support of the McKinley tariff affect the nation?

78. How did Cleveland make history in 1892?

79. What candy bar is named after Grover Cleveland’s daughter?

80. What was the downfall of the Cleveland’s second term?

81. What major faction supported the McKinley administration?

82. What war was fought during the McKinley administration?

83. Who assumed the presidency upon McKinley’s assassination?

84. What was TR’s Square Deal?

85. How did TR combat big business or JP Morgan?

86. How did TR get the treaty with Panama for the Panama Canal Zone?

87. Who did TR nominate as his handpicked successor in 1908?

88. Why did TR run against Taft in 1912?

89. What was Wilson’s biggest accomplishment in his first-term?

90. What major event began in Europe in 1914?

91. What was Wilson’s stance and promise to the American people about the US’s role in World War I

during the 1916 Presidential Election?

92. Who was General John J. Pershing?

93. What role did the US Senate play in the Treaty of Versailles?

94. What did the stress of campaigning for the support of the League of Nations do to Wilson?

95. What ended the Harding presidency?

96. What was street in metro Detroit is named after the 30

th

President?

97. Who was President when the Great Depression began?

98. What was a Hooverville?

99. What did FDR promise the American people in 1932-3?

100. What physical handicap did FDR suffer from during his presidency?

101. What medium did FDR use to bring the presidency closer to the American people?

102. What were the three benefits of the Social Security Act?

103. Why did FDR break Washington’s two-term precedent?

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106. What ended FDR’s presidency?

107. Who assumed the presidency after FDR’s death?

108. What decision did Truman make on using the Atomic Bomb?

109. What was the new struggle after the end of World War II?

110. What was Truman’s Cold War policy against Communism after World War II?

111. How did Truman address the segregation problem in the US?

112. What war was Truman forced to intervene in during 1950?

113. Who did Truman support in Vietnam?

114. What person did the Democrats and Republicans seek for the presidency in 1952?

115.What piece of infrastructure was directly responsible due to Eisenhower?

116.How did Eisenhower feel about segregation?

117.Who was the youngest person elected to the presidency?

118. What was the Bay of Pigs?

119. How did JFK respond during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

120. What event changed JFK’s attitude towards civil rights?

121. When (month day, year) and where (city, state) was JFK assassinated?

122. Who assumed the presidency upon JFK’s assassination?

123. What was the Johnson Treatment?

124. What was LBJ’s Great Society?

125. What was LBJ’s major disappointment?

126. What was Nixon obsessed with?

127. How did Nixon avoid impeachment?

128. Who assumed the presidency upon Nixon’s resignation?

129. How did Ford finally eliminate the Nixon problem?

130. What was Jimmy Carter’s biggest problem with Washington, D.C.?

131. What were the Camp David Accords?

132. Who was the oldest person elected to the presidency?

133. What was George Bush’s campaign promise in 1988?

134. Why did George Bush go to war with Iraq in 1990?

135. How did Bush lose the 1992 election?

136. What accomplishment did Clinton achieve since Jackson?

137. How did Congress react to the Monica Lewinsky affair?

138. Who won the popular vote in the 2000 election?

139. What happened on September 11, 2001?

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Presidency Review Sheet

Name ________________________

All answers must be placed on a separate sheet of paper.

1. What two major events caused President Franklin D. Roosevelt to run for unprecedented third and forth terms? 2. What two amendments to the Constitution deal directly with the office of the President?

3. What are the benefits afforded to the president?

4. What are the Constitutional requirements for the Presidency? 5. Why didn’t the Founders want the people to elect the President? 6. How is the President elected?

7. What determines the number of electoral votes that a state can give to a candidate? 8. What was unique about the Presidential elections of 1824, 1876, 1888, and 2000?

9. When there is a tie in the Electoral College, who then determines the winner of the Presidential election? 10. What are the defined powers of the President in Article II, sections two and three?

11. Besides enforcing the laws, which of the following is a duty of the President? 12. What are the limitations on a President’s power?

13. What is the difference between a treaty and an executive agreement? 14. Which US Presidents have had high-ranking military careers?

15. Besides using the military for conducting war and ensuring national security, what other ways can the President use the military?

16. Which presidents were assassinated while in office?

17. Which presidents died of natural causes while in office? 18. Which President was the only President to resign from office?

19. Which President was the only President to serve more than two terms in office? 20. Which President was the only President to be elected to two nonconsecutive terms? 21. Which President was the first President to die in office?

22. Name the only major political party never to have a president to hold office? 23. Which President was the first Vice President to be elected to the Presidency? 24. Which President was the first Vice President to assume the Presidency?

25. Which President was the only President to not be elected President or even Vice President? 26. Which President served the shortest term in office?

27. Which President was the only bachelor President?

28. Which President was impeached and was one vote away from being removed from office? 29. Which President was the only Roman Catholic to be President?

30. Name the two father-son combinations to hold the office of President?

31. Which Presidents were commanders-in-chief during World War II (1939-1945)? 32. Which Presidents were in office during the Great Depression (1929-1945)?

33. Which Presidents were commanders-in-chief during the Vietnam Conflict (1965-1973)? 34. Which President was the youngest person to be elected to the Presidency?

35. Which President was the youngest person to assume the Presidency?

36. Which President was the only President to also be a Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court? 37. Which state were four of the first five Presidents elected from?

38. Which president defined the Presidency?

39. Which President set the precedent for only serving two terms? 40. Which President broke the two-term precedent?

41. Who was the oldest person elected to the presidency? 42. Who was the first African American president? 43. Name the three presidents during 1881. 44. Name the three presidents during 1841.

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The Presidency of the United States

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Presidency Guide

Historical Tidbits

George Washington established many of the precedents and defined the presidency for future US Presidents.

Franklin D. Roosevelt broke his two-term precedent because of the enormous problems of the Great Depression and

World War II. Grover Cleveland was the only President to serve nonconsecutive terms. William H. Harrison was

the first President to die in office. Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, and FDR also died while in office.

Abraham Lincoln was the first President to be assassinated while in office and James A. Garfield, William

McKinley, and John F. Kennedy were also assassinated while in office. William H. Harrison served the shortest

time in office just over 30 days. His Vice President John Tyler became the first VP to assume the presidency upon a President’s death. John Adams was the first VP to be elected President. He served as George Washington’s VP.

Gerald R. Ford was the only President from Michigan and was the only President to serve as President that was never

elected President or VP. He assumed the presidency after the resignation of Richard M. Nixon following the Watergate Scandal. Richard M. Nixon was the only President to resign the presidency. He was avoiding the impeachment from the House of Reps. Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson were the only Presidents to be impeached.

Andrew Johnson was one vote away in the Senate from being removed from the presidency. Theodore Roosevelt

was the youngest President when he assumed the presidency after William McKinley’s assassination. John F.

Kennedy was the only Roman Catholic President and the youngest President elected while Ronald Regan was the

oldest person elected President. Four of the first five Presidents were elected from Virginia (Washington, Jefferson,

Madison and Monroe). John Adams and John Quincy Adams were the first father and son to serve as President.

George Bush and George W. Bush are the second father and son to serve as President. The only President to never

marry or to be a bachelor was James Buchanan. There have been several different political parties in the US throughout its history, however, the only political parties to have Presidents serve were the: Federalists, Whigs, Democrats, Democratic-Republicans, and Republicans. The only President to serve as a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was William H. Taft. Wars have shaped this nations history. The Commanders-in-Chief during World War II was FDR and Harry STruman and during the Vietnam War was Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon. Several Presidents had high-ranking military careers including: Washington, Andrew Jackson, W.H. Harrison,

Taylor, U.S. Grant, James A. Garfield, and Dwight Eisenhower. Herbert Hoover had the distinction of being

President at the onset of the Great Depression and FDR helped to guide the US out of it after the 1932 election. In the elections of: 1824, 1876, 1888 and 2000 the winners of the Electoral College lost the popular vote. Barack Obama is the first African American elected to the presidency.

The office of the President of the United States of America

The 25th_{Amendment (1967)}_{clearly defined the Presidential Line of Succession}_{and the}₂₂nd₍₁₉₅₁₎_{limited the} number of terms that a President could serve to two.

The benefits of the presidency are: a salary, expense account, White House, domestic staff, medical, health, and dental care free of charge, use of Air Force I, a retirement pension, and secret service protection for the rest of their life.

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The Electoral College and not the popular vote elect the President. The Founders believed that the people were not educated enough to elect their leader. States have electoral votes and that number is determined by the number of US Senators and US Representatives that a state has in the US Congress. The House of Representatives pick when there is not a majority in the Electoral College the winner.

The President’s main job is to enforce the laws of the United States. Besides enforcing laws the President’s other duties include: Command-in-Chief of the armed forces, appoints department secretaries, ambassadors, Supreme Court Justices, makes treaties with other nations, pardons, delivers the State of the Union address to Congress, can call Congress into special sessions, meets with heads of state, commissions military officers, and ensures that the laws Congress passes are faithfully executed.

The following are limits on Presidential leadership: Congress, Federal courts, the Bureaucracy, and Public Opinion.

Informal Sources of Power are: ideas and actions of past Presidents, Congress, and Use of Mass Media.