The President of the
United States
Roles of the President
• Our president has many different
roles. The following slides will help
you gain a better understanding of
these roles.
Commander in Chief
• In this role he must appoint top military
officials.
• This is people who he feels will protect our
country and help maintain peace.
Commander in Chief
• As commander in chief the president must
protect our country during war and keep it
strong during peacetime.
• He shares responsibilities with congress on
deciding to go to war
Chief Executive
• he enforces federal
laws, treaties, and
federal court rulings
• develops federal
policies
• prepares the national
budget
• appoints federal
officials
Chief of State
• The president has a
role as being chief of
state
• In this role he shows
his American pride by
attending
celebrations, or
throwing out the first
pitch of a baseball
game
Also as chief of state the president is
responsible for greeting other foreign
leaders as they arrive in the United
States
Foreign Policy Leader
• In this role the president decides on how
much money our country will donate to aid
for other countries
Foreign Policy Leader
• Also as foreign policy
leader the president
appoints
ambassadors and
sign treaties
Party Leader
• As party leader the president tries to convince his party
and the competing party to choose his ideas and policies
and vote for them
Party Leader cont’d
• Also as party leader he works very hard to
keep his party in control of both the House
and the Senate.
• This control may help his party win
elections and get bills passed.
Representative of the Nation
• As our nation’s leader the president is the
person who represents our nation.
• He shows his confidence in dealing with
problems to help the people of our country feel
confident and safe.
Chief Agenda Setter
• The president delivers
a state of the union
address several times
during the year
• At this address he
proposes to the
country his agenda
for the year or time
period he is
discussing
Chief Agenda Setter
• The president will describe in his
speeches which topics he feels the
American people and lawmakers should
support.
• These topics may include:
– Social Security
– Education
– Homeland Security
Who can become president of
the United States?
• You must be a citizen of the United States
• You must be at least 35 years old
• You must have been a citizen of the United
States for at least 14 years
How long can you be President?
• No one can be elected to this office more
than twice
• This means if you have won two elections
then you may not run for a third
• The next election will have new
candidates competing for the presidency
• If you are placed into this office from for
example the death of a president, and you
serve in his place two or more years you
can not serve but one more term
• The following site is a helpful website that
will help guide your studying while learning
about the president of the United States.
• http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.as
Extra Credit
• After learning these facts about the president.
Please complete the following word find at this
website for 3 extra points on your test.
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/pre
The president is very important!
Bibliography
Qualifications for the office of President. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
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US Presidents Word Find. Retrieved 1 March 2006.
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