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| How many presidents have been assassinated? |
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| Four - Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, John F. Kennedy |
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| Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln? |
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| John Wilkes Booth on April 4, 1865. |
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| Who assassinated James Garfield? |
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| Charles Guiteau on July 2, 1881. |
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| Who assassinated William McKinley? |
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| Leon Czolgosz on September 6, 1901. |
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| Who assassinated John F. Kennedy? |
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| What is the Presidential Football? |
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| The Nuclear Football (also called the President's Emergency Satchel, The Button, The Red Button, The Black Box or just The Football) is a specially outfitted black briefcase used by the President of the United States of America to authorize the use of nuclear weapons. The nuclear launch codes are kept on the Presidents person and are changed daily. |
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| Who was the first President to be the target of an assassination attempt? |
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| Describe the attack on Andrew Jackson. |
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| Jackson was crossing the Capitol Rotunda after the funeral of South Carolina Representative Warren R. Davis when Richard Lawrence approached Jackson. Lawrence aimed two pistols at Jackson, which both misfired. Jackson then attacked Lawrence with his cane, prompting his aides to restrain him. Others present, including David Crockett, restrained and disarmed Lawrence, who was clearly deranged. |
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| What is the Presidential line of succession? |
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| President, Vice-President, Speaker of the House, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of the Defense |
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| What is the Twenty-Fifth Amendment? |
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| The Twenty-fifth Amendment explicitly states that when the Presidency is vacant, then the Vice President becomes President. This provision applied at the time Gerald Ford succeeded to the Presidency. In case of a Vice Presidential vacancy, the Amendment permits the President to appoint, with the approval of both Houses of Congress a new Vice President. Furthermore, the Amendment provides that the President, or the Vice President and Cabinet can declare the President unable to discharge his duties, the Vice President becomes Acting President. If the declaration is done by the Vice President and Cabinet, the Amendment permits the President to take control back, unless the Vice President and Cabinet challenge the President and two-thirds of both Houses vote to sustain the findings of the Vice President and Cabinet. If the declaration is done by the President, he may take control back without risk of being overridden by the Congress. |
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| What are the requirements of a President? |
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| A Presidential candidate must: be a natural-born citizen of the United States; be at least thirty-five years old; have been a permanent resident in the United States for at least fourteen years. |
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| What are the informal powers of a President? |
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| Moral builder, Comforter, Agenda builder, Educator |
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| What are the formal powers of a President? |
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| Commander-in-chief, gives state of the union address, receives foreign dignitaries, can declare war with congress, make peace treatis, pardon, sign and veto bills & appoint major officers |
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| What is involved in an impeachment and removal? |
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| Article Two, Section 4 of the Constitution states that the President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other High crimes and misdemeanors. The Constitution also allows for involuntary removal from office. The President, Vice-President, Cabinet Secretaries, and other executive officers, as well as judges, may be impeached by the House of Representatives and tried in the Senate. If any officer is convicted after being impeached, he or she is immediately removed from office. Along with removal from office, the Senate may choose to bar the removed official from holding any federal office in the future. No other punishments may be inflicted pursuant to the impeachment proceeding, but the convicted party remains liable to trial and punishment in the courts for civil and criminal charges. |
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| What is the Secret Service? |
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| The Secret Service has primary jurisdiction over the prevention and investigation of counterfeiting of U.S. currency and U.S. treasury bonds notes, as well as protection of the President, Vice President, President-elect, Vice President-elect, past Presidents and their spouses (except when the spouse re-marries), certain candidates for the offices of President and Vice President (mostly within 120 days of a general presidential election), children and grandchildren of current and former presidents until age 16, visiting foreign heads of state and government along with their spouses (all called "protectees"), other individuals as designated per Executive Order of the President, and National Special Security Events, when designated as such by the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. It also tracks suspicious people and investigates a wide variety of financial fraud crimes and identity theft and provides forensics assistance for some local crimes. The United States Secret Service Uniformed Division (UD) assists in the protection of foreign embassies, the United States Naval Observatory and the White House within Washington, D.C. |
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| A formal decision to reject a bill passed by Congress |
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| Describe assassination attempt on Ford |
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| Ford faced two assassination attempts during his presidency, occurring within three weeks of each other: First, while in Sacramento, California on September 5, 1975, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, pointed a Colt 45-caliber handgun at Ford. Second, Sara Jane Moore, standing in a crowd of onlookers across the street, pointed her pistol at him. Just before she fired, former Marine Oliver Sipple grabbed at the gun and deflected her shot; one person was injured. Moore was later sentenced to life in prison. She was paroled from prison on December 31, 2007, having served 32 years. |
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| Describe assassination attempt on Reagan |
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| On March 30, 1981, Reagan, along with his press secretary James Brady and two others, was shot by a would-be assassin, John Hinckley, Jr. Missing Reagan’s heart by less than one inch, the bullet instead pierced his left lung. He began coughing up blood in the limousine and was rushed to George Washington University Hospital, where it was determined that his lung had collapsed; he endured emergency surgery to remove the bullet. In the operating room, Reagan joked to the surgeons, "I hope you're all Republicans!" Though they were not, Joseph Giordano replied, "Today, Mr. President, we're all Republicans." |
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| What are the measures of a President? |
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| Peace, Prosperity, Honesty |
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| What is the significance of a spoke? |
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| To see the president you have to go through the Chief of Staff of the Whitehouse |
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| You can go directly to see the president |
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| What is a congressional-executive agreement? |
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| A formal agreement between the U.S. president and the leaders of other nations that requires approval by both houses of Congress. NAFTa is an example of one such agreement. |
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| It is when the president leaves a bill alone. In the last ten days they are in session if doesn't touch the bill. By doing this Congress cannot override his veto. |
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| What is the State of the Union Address? |
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| The president’s annual statement to Congress and the nation, usually presented in January. |
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| What are the three provisions of the War Powers Resolution? |
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| 1) After a declaration of war by Congress - 2) By specific statutory authorization - 3) In a national emergency created by an attack on the United States or its armed forces. |
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| What is a Line Item Veto? |
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| You veto one part of the bill and leave the other part of the bill alone. This was ruled unconstitutional because the president had gained legislative powers. |
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| A decision by the president not to spend money appropriated by Congress, now prohibited under federal law. |
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| What one measurement of a president can be easily identified? |
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| Prosperity - by retail sales, wholesale sales, imports/exports, housing starts, construction starts |
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| Presidents that stretch their power to almost breaking the law. |
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| Presidents that dot every “i” and cross every “t”. |
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| What eight Presidents have died in office? |
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| W. Harrison, Taylor, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, F.D.R., J.F.K., Harding |
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| Locations of the nation’s capital |
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| New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. |
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| What is the history of the White House? |
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| Burned by the British in the War of 1812, Architectural structure redesigned in 40’s, Jackie Kennedy remodeled it completely and paid for it by charging for tours. |
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| What was the original role of the Secret Service? |
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| It was designed to find counterfeit money |
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| Describe the assassination attempt on Truman |
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| He was shot at while he and his wife were staying at the Blair House across from the Whitehouse |
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| Who do scholars and historians claim to be the greatest president? |
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| Who does the public claim to be the greatest president? |
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| Who are the presidents that are considered the most popular? |
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| Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Andrew Jackson, Reagan, F.D.R. |
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| What are the Chief of Staff’s responsibilities? |
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| He is the presidents right arm, his manager, he sets his scheduling and makes him look his best. |
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| What is the Executive branch of the U.S. government? |
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| It enforces the law and consists of the President and his delegates |
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| What is the Legislative branch of the U.S. government? |
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| It makes the laws and consists of Congress: House of Representatives & Senate. |
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| What is the Judicial branch of the U.S. government? |
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| It interprets the laws and consists of the Federal Courts: Supreme Court, Circuit Court & District Courts |
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| What was the original purpose of the CIA? |
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| The CIA was formed for the purpose of gathering information on foreign countries |
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| What are the Executive Agencies? |
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| The Office of Management & Budget, they put a price tag on bills and the budget |
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| Who was killed by Sirhan Sirhan? |
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| Describe the style of F.D.R. |
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| Had a brain trust, he believed that arguing was important and after hearing them would make informed decisions. |
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| Describe the style of Truman |
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| Accountability & Decision making |
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| Describe the style of Eisenhower |
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| Ran Whitehouse with military efficiency |
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| Describe the style of Kennedy |
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| Read over 3,000 words a minute, had a command of facts, personal charm, youth & humor |
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| Describe the style of Johnson |
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| Carrot & Stick/Punish & Reward, Coalition builder |
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| Describe the style of Nixon |
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| Mistrust, kept lists of people he didn’t trust |
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| Describe the style of Carter |
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| Hard working, set goals, tried to do too much, left things undone |
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| Describe the style of Reagan |
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| Delegating, laid back, teflon president |
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| Describe the style of Bush |
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| Grand Paradox, foreign policy-bold/economic policy-soft |
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| Describe the style of Clinton |
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| Poll watcher, studied statistics, he knew voters but had no moral compass |
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| How does Impeachment work? |
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| The president is formally charged by the House which needs a 1/2 + 1 majority for it to pass. Then it goes to the Senate where they vote for punishment and/or removal and a 2/3 majority is needed. |
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| Who presides over Supreme Court trials? |
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| The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court |
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| What were the impeachment charges against Johnson? |
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| What were the impeachment charges against Clinton? |
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| Perjury & Obstruction of Justice |
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| Who was the first president to reside at the White House? |
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| What is the Presidential Honeymoon period? |
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| The Presidential “honeymoon” is the 90 day period after a President is inaugurated when the opposition party refrains from attack. |
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| Why was the Presidential Protection Division of the Secret Service formed? |
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| It was formed because three presidents were assassinated in a 35 year period. |
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| What do Alexander Hamilton and Henry Kissinger have in common? |
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| They both might have been president had the not been born outside of the U.S. |
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| Which President was nick-named “Old Hickory”? |
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| Which president had a food fight at his inauguration? |
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| Why did J.F.K. go to Dallas, Texas where he was shot? |
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| He was in Texas not only to drum up support for the upcoming election, but also to help with a fight between several Texas Democrats. |
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| Why is the Vice-President so important? |
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| Because there is a good chance that, he/she might end up being president at any time. History shows an 18-20% chance that the president will die in office. |
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| What was U.S. v. Nixon about? |
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| The largest case in Supreme Court history. Nixon tried to claim executive privilege to keep from handing over the Watergate tapes. He failed and the tapes were turned over which would have lead to an Impeachment if he had not have resigned before it could happen. |
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| Who attempted to veto the War Powers Resolution? |
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| The scandall involving Richard Nixon, his staff and loyalists. 5 men broke into the DNC headquarters at the Watergate office complex. The break-in was authorized by Nixon's staff and loyalists. The break-in was mostly due in part to Nixon's paranoia that people were out to get him. |
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| When is the State of the Union address given? |
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