Presidential Facts

Please answer the following questions on the handout I gave you.

Turn in when you are finished.

USE THE LINKS LISTED TO FIND THE INFORMATION.


1. How many Presidents have been killed while in office? Name them.


2. William Howard Taft said the position he held after the Presidency was his greatest honor.
What was that position?


3. The President's salary is set by Congress. Use the info in the linked chart to answer the following inquiries.

a. In what year(s) did the Vice President get a raise, but the President did not?


b. How much more is the current President being paid than George Washington earned?


4. The President is part of the Executive branch. Who are the President's advisors?


5. Article II of the US Constitution sets out the qualifications and powers of the executive.
There are 3 qualifications to be elected President of the United States of America. Interactive Constitution

a. Write them.





6. Which Presidents did not live in the White House?


7. You should know that the Vice President becomes the President if the President dies in office or resigns.
But who takes office if the Vice President cannot complete his/her term in office?  Who is the fourth person in line?



8. Did you know that two people served as President and Vice President, who were NOT elected to the office?


Who became President, without being elected to the post and without being first elected to the Vice Presidency?
Explain what happened that lead to the person becoming the President.


9. The Presidential Oath binds the president-elect to protect something.

What must the President protect?


10. When you are 18 years old, you will be permitted to vote in elections in the United States.
But you will not actually elect the president. Who does?