1. The Executive Branch:
The President

2. Preview Activity:
Executive
What does this word
make you think of?

3. Testable Information Follow along and fill in your notes as we
discuss the
Executive Branch.

4. The Executive Branch:
The ________________ of the United States defines the structure and powers of the national government.
Constitution

5. The Executive Branch: Article ____ of the Constitution2
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6. The Executive Branch:
Headed by the ___________ of the United States, the chief executive officer of the nation.
President

7. ___________ laws of the land.
The Executive Branch:
___________ laws of the land.
executes
Enforce
Carry Out

8. Prepares the annual _________ for congressional action.
The Executive Branch:
Prepares the annual _________ for congressional action.
budget

9. Appoints _________ officers, ______________, and federal judges
The Executive Branch:
Appoints _________ officers, ______________, and federal judges
cabinet
Ambassadors

10. Administers the federal ______________
The Executive Branch:
Administers the federal ______________
(a bureau is an office, so Bureaucracy means all the government offices.)
Bureaucracy

11. The Executive Branch:
Presidential power is broad in both domestic and foreign affairs, but there are _______ on what the President can and cannot do.
limits

12. The executive branch plays a key role in the ________ making process.
(a policy is a plan or course of action, so policymaking means what will be done to resolve a problem or issue.)
policy

13. The Executive Branch:
The President cannot introduce laws into Congress, but he can influence public policy making by…

14. legislation State Union
The Executive Branch:
Proposing ____________, laws, in an annual speech to Congress.
This speech is called the ______ of the _______ Address
legislation
State
Union

15. Appealing directly to the _________
The Executive Branch:
Appealing directly to the _________
people

16. ____________ or ___________ legislation
The Executive Branch:
Approving
____________ or ___________ legislation
Vetoing

17. Appointing ___________ to carry out the laws.
The Executive Branch:
Appointing ___________ to carry out the laws.
officials

18. Processing Activity: Answer the processing activity questions on
your own.