ecutive Branch Study Guide Key Define: - Electorate - Treaty - people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election. - International agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations - Signed by president but approved by Senate - State of the Union - Speech by the president given to both chambers of Congress - Gives a summary of the country - Bureaucracy - Large, complex administrative structure that handles the everyday business of an organization - Independent Agency - Additional agency outside of cabinet departments, with specialized functions - NASA, SSA, epa - Try to be bipartisan and out of politics, - Independent regulatory commission, - Has an economic focus - FCC, FRB, SEC - government corporation - USPS, amtrak - Department - Agencies of cabinet level rank - All of the cabinet departments Hierarchical Authority - Organization that is structured like a pyramid, with a chain of command running from the top down to its base - - Job Specialization - Each person has certain duties and responsibilities - Division of labor - Executive order - rule or order issued by the president to the executive branch of the government and having the force of law. - Law without the legislative branch Know - 8 roles of the president - Duties, examples, responsibilities - Chief Citizen - Representative of people of the USA - Visit locations of natural disasters - Chief of State - Acts as the ceremonial face of the nation - Has power in domestic and foreign affairs - Hands out medals - Chief Executive - Boss of the federal government departments/organization - Holding cabinet meetings - Commander in Chief - In charge of armed forces - Visits military bases - Economic Chief - Expected to help economy run smoothly - Meet with economic advisors - Meet with business leaders - Chief Legislator - Main architect of nation’s public policy - Signs or vetoes laws - Chief Diplomat - Conducts foreign policy - Meets with government officials - Chief of Party - Help to get members of party elected - Leader of the party - Speaking at rally for senate nominee - Formal qualifications of the President - 35 years old - Natural Born Citizen - Live in US for 14 years - Salary of the President - $400,000 - May not be changed during term - $50,000 expense allowance - Presidential Terms - Number allowed and amendment that established this - 2 terms - 22nd Amendment - What caused this? - FDR had been elected to 4 terms - Presidential Succession - Amendment number - 25 - Presidential disability - VP and Cabinet decide on president ability - First 5 people in order of succession - VP - Speaker of the House - President Pro Tempore - Secretary of State - Secretary of the Treasury - War Powers Resolution - Purpose - To limit the president’s war making powers after Vietnam - Check the powers of the president - 3 provisions - Must report scope of action to Congress within 48 hours - Must commit to ending in 60 days - Congress can withdraw troops at anytime - Examples of Undeclared Wars - Vietnam - Korea - Iraq - Foreign Policy - Goals: National security, promote peace, spread democracy, promote trade, provide aid - Treaties and Groups - NA TO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization - Peaceful relations in atlantic nations post WW2 - Military alliance - USMCA - United States Mexico Canada Agreement - Promote free trade in North America - UN - United Nations - Keep future nations out of war - Maintain peace and security - Job of the Vice President - Formal responsibilities - Be the President of the Senate - Take over/decide the case of Presidential Disability - Cabinet departments - What are they? Executive departments, top advisors to the president - ** Review what they deal with and what they do - - - Who must approve cabinet appointments? - Senate Features of a Bureaucracy - Hierarchical authority - Structured like a pyramid - Chain of command running from few at the top to many at the bottom - Job specialization - Everyone in the hierarchy has certain duties and responsibilities - Formalized rules - Work gets done according to a number of established procedures Checks and Balances of Executive branch - Purpose of Executive Orders - To push through agenda and policies without waiting for Congress - Must relate to how the executive branch operates or be a power of the president - Helps the president address a wide range of issue

Brown v. Board of Education

A landmark Supreme Court case in 1954 that declared separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.

1954

The year the Brown v. Board of Education ruling was issued.

Separate educational facilities

Schools and educational institutions that keep students apart based on race.

Inherently unequal

A legal principle stating that conditions or circumstances cannot be equal if they are segregated.