Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Executive Branch
- The President
- 2 terms for 4 years
- Must be 35 years of age
- Must be a resident of the united states for at least 14 years
- Our current president is Obama
- Head of the executive branch
- Appoints who he wants in the Cabinet
- The Cabinet
- The
President
chooses
who's in his
cabinet
- body made
up of heads
from the 15
departments
- This cabinet meets
almost every 2
months to discuss
things for an hour to
an hour and a half
and they discuss
important things
taking place at the
given time
- Departments
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Defense
- Department of Education
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health and
Human Services
- Department of
Homeland Security
- Department of Housing
and Urban Development
- Department of the
Interior
- Department of
Justice
- Department of
Labor
- Department of
State
- Department of
Transportation
- Department of Treasury
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- The Vice President
- Helps the President of the United States
- Is next in line if something happens to the President
- He must be prepared for if
something happens to him, this
is his primary duty
- He serves as the President of the U.S. Senate
- He is voted by the Electoral College, along with the President