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America and Arizona Government for Elementary Teachers

America and Arizona Government for Elementary Teachers. Presentation 8: The Presidency. Presentation Objectives. AEPA Objectives 0011 Understand the structure, organization, and operation of the federal government. AZ Social Studies Standard, Strand 3 Concept 2: Structure of Government.

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America and Arizona Government for Elementary Teachers

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  1. America and Arizona Government for Elementary Teachers Presentation 8: The Presidency

  2. Presentation Objectives AEPA Objectives 0011 Understand the structure, organization, and operation of the federal government. AZ Social Studies Standard, Strand 3 Concept 2: Structure of Government

  3. Who is the best president?

  4. The Job Description How many roles do you play in a given day?

  5. The Job Description: Presidential Roles • Head of State • World Leader • Party Leader • National Leader • CEO of the Executive Branch

  6. Head of State

  7. World Leader

  8. Party Leader

  9. National Leader

  10. CEO of Executive Branch

  11. CEO of Executive Branch President is at the top of a pyramid of power But at the bottom of a funnel of information

  12. White House

  13. CEO of Executive Branch • White House staff • Growth of White House Staff • Franklin D. Roosevelt: 47 • Harry Truman: 200 • Nixon: 555 • Ronald Regan: 600 • Bush Jr.: around 500 • Obama: 487

  14. Executive Office of the President

  15. Cabinet

  16. The Bureaucracy

  17. The authority to do the job • Formal powers • Implied powers • Informal powers

  18. Formal Powers

  19. Implied Powers

  20. Informal Powers

  21. History of the Presidency • Modest Beginning • The presidency was seen as a check on the congress. • Washington as exemplar • President as executor/clerk of Congress • Nation was small, minor power

  22. Exceptionally Strong Early Presidents Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln James A. Polk

  23. 20th Century Transformation • Theodore Roosevelt • Saw the office as a “bully pulpit” • Broke monopolies and trusts

  24. 20th Century Transformation • Woodrow Wilson • Restructured economy • US as world leader

  25. 20th Century Transformation • Franklin Roosevelt • New Deal programs • Increased size of government • US global leadership • Personalized the office with Fireside Chats • 1st 100 days • Set the standard for modern presidents

  26. What makes a president successful? • Relationship with Congress • Congress has given power to president • Congress has limited power of the president • The president needs Congress • Divided government or not • Vetoes as a measure of influence • Control of the Party

  27. Control of Party and Congressional Gridlock

  28. Presidential Approval

  29. Conclusion

  30. This Presentation This presentation is courtesy of Brian Dille, Professor of Political Science at Mesa Community College.

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