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| US was the first country to have a President |
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| What was the Presidency a compromise of? |
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| Compromise between people who wanted a king and people who wanted a prime minister |
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| What is the purpose of the presidency? |
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| To prevent a hereditary aristocracy from running the country |
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| Requirements for Presidency written in constitution |
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- Must win majority of electoral college votes
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| Purpose of Electoral College |
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| to prevent the people from elected inexperienced and unqualified person to become president |
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| changed who becomes vice president |
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| Changed date of inaguration from March to January 22nd |
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| Limits President to 2 terms |
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| Gives Washington DC 3 electoral college votes |
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- President can remove himself voluntarily with a note or involuntarily by cabinet and VP
- If VP leaves before term is up, President can replace
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| When was the 25th amendment first considered? |
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- During Nixon and Reagan Presidency
- When Ford replaced Spiro Agnew
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| Formal Requirements to be President |
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- 35 years old
- Natural Born Citizen
- 14 year resident of US
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| Who was asked to become king of US after Revolution? |
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| Informal Requirements of being President |
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- White (Carter; Bush Sr.)(Least: JFK & Clinton)
- Race
- Gender
- Military Service: people with least wins
- Married
- Big state, Small Town
- elected experience
- likes to golf; has a dog
- college educated
- religion (not required!)
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| Who was our youngest president? |
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| First Divorced President? |
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| First President to Live in the white house |
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| First President with a Criminal Conviction |
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| The two presidents to be impeached |
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