Unit IV Lesson 5

The Vice-President and the Cabinet

Essential Question:•What are the qualifications to

be Vice-President of the United

States?

•Under what circumstances

would the Vice-President

become President?

•Who is the current Vice-

President of the United States?

* Carry out

(enforce)

laws passed

by Congress

280

2014

Secretary of

Treasury

Secretary of

Defense

Secretary of

Energy

Attorney

General

Cabinet – The Vice-President and the 15 department

“secretaries” who advise the president and help enforce

“public policy” (national laws and executive orders)

Vice

President

Secretary of

Education

Washington

Departments

Secretaries

Jefferson

Hamilton Knox

Randolph

Cabinet

Congress

Secretary

“Appropriates”

“The President shall nominate

Ambassadors, Judges of the

Supreme Court, and all other

officers of the United States ”

Article II Section 2

How Long?“With the Advice and

Consent of the Senate”

Article II Section 2

“Appoint”

“Confirm”

Cabinet secretaries serve “at the discretion of the president”

(They stay in office until they quit, they’re impeached, or a

president replaces them)

2009Bush2009-

2013John Kerry

Cabinet

The cabinet consists of the Vice-President and the heads of how

many cabinet agencies?

Name a cabinet department

“Department of…”

Who creates new cabinet

departments?

What do you call someone who

LEADS a cabinet department?

*With the exception of the Justice Department

Who NOMINATES

cabinet secretaries?

Who CONFIRMScabinet

secretaries?

How LONG do cabinet

secretaries serve?

Who are cabinet secretaries MOSTdirectly responsible

to?(Who is their boss?)

Joe Biden

Vice-President

Joe Biden

“How does one

BECOME Vice-

President?”Democrat

“Incumbent”

“Running Mate”-A presidential

nominee's pick for

Vice-President if he

wins the election

Election of

1800

“Balance

the

Ticket”

“Running

Mate”

Young- OldBlack -White

Mid-West-EastMale – Female (oops!)

Moderate -LiberalOutsider -Experienced

“Balance the Ticket”

2008

Vice-President

Joe Biden

“What exactly does

the Vice-President

DO?”

“How do

you become

Vice-

President?”

*Preamble

Article I - The Legislative Branch

Article II -- The Executive Branch

Article III -- The Judicial Branch

Article IV -- Concerning the States

Article V - Amendment Process

Article VI- Legal Status of the Constitution

Article VII – Signatures

*Amendments

The Vice-President is “President of the Senate”…but only votes if

there is a tie

“The Vice President of the

United States shall be

President of the Senate, but

shall have no vote, unless

they be equally divided”-Article I Section 3

“President”

The Vice-President replaces the president if he is: 1) Impeached,

2) Dies, 3) Resigns (quits), or 4) Is Temporarily Incapacitated

“In case of the removal of the

President from office or his

death or resignation, the Vice-

President shall become

President”-25th Amendment

Four were vice-presidents who took over

after a President died of natural causes

Four assumed the office after a

President was assassinated

One became President after his

predecessor resigned from office

439

George H.W.

Bush

Vice-

President

?

$400,000

Which of the following is NOT a cabinet

department of the President?

A.Education

B.Defense

C.State

D.Counterterrorism

How are cabinet members chosen?

A.By the President and confirmed by the

U.S. House of Representatives

B.By the President and confirmed by both

houses of Congress

C.By the President with no checks and

balances

D.By the President and confirmed by the

U.S. Senate

Which of the following presidential

appointments does NOT require Senate

confirmation?

A.Secretary of State

B.U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain

C.National Security Advisor

D.Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Cabinet Secretaries are MOST directly

responsible to:

A.The President

B.The House of Representatives

C.The Senate

D.The States

Which of the following is a constitutionalpower of the Vice-President?

A.Presiding over cabinet meetings when the president is unavailable

B.Casting a tie-breaking vote in the U.S. Senate

C.Signing legislation when the president is out of the country

D.Enforcing executive orders and agreements of the president