Use this cite to help with Cabinet Departments and what they do:
http://www.makingthedifference.org/federalcareers/cabinetdepartments.shtml
Use this cite to help with Bureaucracy:
http://www.shmoop.com/federal-bureaucracy/
Use this cite to help with EOP:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop
Use this cite to help with requirements, amendments, and Presidential Succession Law:
usgovinfo.about.com
Questions:
Define the following words:
Foreign Policy Deterrence Bureaucracy
Electoral College Key Note Address Executive Article
Commander in Chief Gift Tax Entitlement
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1.) What are the roles of the Cabinet Departments in the Executive Branch? How many Cabinet Departments are there today?
2.) List all of the Cabinet Departments. What does each Department do? Who is the head of each one? (HINT: Secretary or Attorney General)
3.) What is a bureaucracy and what does it do?
4.) Who controls a Bureaucracy? What are some of the methods used to keep it under control?
5.) What does EOP stand for? When was it established and what is it?
6.) What are the requirements for a person to become President of the United States?
7.) What are the purposes of the 20th and 25th Amendments? What role do they play in the Executive Branch?
8.) What is the Presidential Succession Law of 1947? List the first 5 Offices in order that establish the Presidential List of Succession.
9.) Where does the Commander in Chief get his power? What powers does he hold?
10.) 1 Paragraph, summarize the FUNCTION (how it works) of the Electoral College System for electing the President. (http://people.howstuffworks.com/electoral-college.htm)
10.) 1 Paragraph, summarize the FUNCTION (how it works) of the Electoral College System for electing the President. (http://people.howstuffworks.com/electoral-college.htm)
