Succession Research

Speaker of the House

John Boehner is speaker of the house and is next in power to the vice President. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1977, for Xavier University. On January 5, 2011 he swore in the 112th Congress as the 53rd Speaker of the House. The house under the new majority is working to make the legislative process more open and to ensure the priorities of the American are reflected in the priorities of lawmakers. his goal is to remove government barriars to private-sector job creation and economic growth, cutting government spending, reforming Congress, and rebuilding the bonds of trust between the American people and their representatives in Washington.

 

Vice President

Joe Binden is the first person in line for president if the president dies.  Vice president was US Constitution.
He votes in the senate when there is a tie vote while the Senate has added supermajority rules that have diminished this Constitutional power, in important circumstances the Vice President retains the ability to affect legislation.  He graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse Law School and served on the New Castle County Council. Then, at age 29, he became one of the youngest people ever elected to the United States Senate. As a Senator from Delaware for 36 years, Senator Biden established himself as a leader on some of our nation's most important domestic and international challenges

The Role of the Presidency

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States

 The President has the power to do things becuase he is head of the government but he also has to go through Congress and the senate before anything can become offical. he has the power top  appiont new people to federal executive, diplomatic, regulatory, and judicial officers, and concluding treaties with foreign powers with the help of senate.

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/national/president.html

That the President is head of the executive branch and has a large part in making laws. he approves laws that congree makes or bills that the senate approves. he is alo head of the military and can send troops to where he want them to be.

http://www2.smumn.edu/deptpages/~instructtech/institutional_planning/role_president.htm

The President is the primary sponsor and initiator of the strategic planning effort. He provides leadership to executive, direction and  strategic planning effort to do things right, meeting and communicating regularly with both internal and external constituents. The President is the chief spokesman articulating the value and importance of strategic planning.

http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/agencies/a/presbrief.htm

Article II, section 1, of the U.S. Constitution provides that "[t]he executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, . . . together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term..."

  the President is the person who is incharge of everything for making law to sending the military overseas.

Economy Assignment

Capitalism is a country that is free to do what they want like start a business or work at a job, that person like or want to do with their life.Socailism is where the government runs things to made it strong, and share everything that the country does.Communism is where the government does everything and the people have to do what they say and what they will do with their lives.
Capitalism is good because people are allowed to do what they want with their life and its not chosen for them, but it also can be bad because the economy jumps around alot. Socalism is could be good because of the strong economy that it makes, but it can be bad because no one can move up because everyone is equal. Commusnism could be good because everyone is doing stuff ,but could be bad because you reciece things even if you don't do anything to earn it when other people do.

Ch 22 Foreign Governments Your Blog Due 3-15-11 .

1.  Pick two countries in Chapter 22 and provide an in depth paragraph on their government and how it operates.
i pick Japan and Great Britian because they are similiar yet different.
Great Britian is a monarchy country but yet the have democracy becuase they have a queen. the people vote for parliament and vote on diiferent things. Japan is a free country since World War II and they vote for the people that they want to run their country. They also have a Constitution that was written with the US.


2. What are some of the similarities of the countries that are in Chapter 22?
The are countries that have a Constitution and have a government system that is good for them.

3. What are some of the differences of the countries that are in Chapter 22?
The way the coutry does things different like Britian Parliament face each other and debate thing to the other partry aginast them.

4. Which country in Chapter 22 do you believe has the strongest government and why?
Great Britian because it still has the same government today and is still running strong.

5. In what ways does the U.S. government relate to the methods of governments listed in Chapter 22?

Because the US government helped influene a lot of the goverenments that you see in chapter 22.

similarities and differences between the government of Great Britain and the U.S.

One of the differences is that we have a house of repersentives and they have a house of commons. Another difference is that they still have a monarchary that is voted for.

A similarity is that we both have elections to vote who we want to repsent the people.
Another similarity is they have two house like we do but they are called house of commons and house of lords, we are house of the senate and house of repersentives

Ch 6 Test

1.  Provide a paragraph on an important issue of your choice from Section 1:
   An important issue in secton1 is extending suffrage: the five stages. The right to vote has changed over time because of many things, like religious test are not required any more, protect the right to vote for any citizen of any race or color, we can not denie anyone because of sex, African Americans get a full role in electoral  process, the right to vote when people turn 18.

2.  Provide a paragraph on an important issue of your choice from Section 2:
    An important issue in section 2 is literacy, because of peoples ability to read or not can determine the way they vote. literacy is  important because you need to be able to read because if you can't people can take advantage on how you vote, like the will tell you things but if you can't read you don't know that what they say is the truth because its not write in front of you and you just list to what they say, although it might not be true.

3.  Provide a paragraph on an important issue of your choice from Section 3:
   The fifteenth Amendment is a issue that is important to the voting and civil rights. the fifteenth amendment gave the right to vote to anyone of any race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It made it so that everyone got the chance to vote for who they wanted and what the wanted to see happen in America or their state.

4.  Provide a paragraph on an important issue of your choice from Section 4:
    An important issue is people who do not vote. Why people not vote because they don't think that there vote will count or it doesn't matter if i vote, those are the ideas that people have so they don't go and vote. I think that it is important to vote because if you don't the person that you want may not win or the law that you want may not pass. that is why it is important to vote and it helps the country move on the next thing faster.

5. Explain voter apathy and what can be done to help it:
voter apathy is when people can vote but chose not to because the don't think that it will help at all so the just don't can about it. we need to show how important it is to vote because it has an impact on the elections if people don't then people aren't happy about what happens.


6. Explain the qualifications for registering to vote:

You must be of the age of 18 or older.
You must be an American citizen.
you must be a legal resident in state you are in.

Federalism Assignment

 

1.  What does Federalism mean by definition and what does Federalism mean to you?

• federalism is a system of government in which a written constitution divided the powers of government.
• feeralism is where the government has divided powers between each system

2.  List and describe the three powers of the National Government.

• expressed powers- the power to lay and collect taxes, coin money, protect the country
• implied powers- the necessary and proper clause, that congress has the power to do things.
• inherent powers- a soveregin state within the world community 

3.  Explain the division of powers and why it is important?

• to keep one side of the governmetn from getting to powerful so that we stay at peace in our country

4.  What is the Supremacy Clause and what is its function?

• joins the national government and states into a single government

5.  Find a site on the Internet that deals with Federalism.  Take 10 minutes and review that site.  Provide the link and provide some of the useful information that you found to help you better understand what Federalism is and how it works. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CB4QFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usconstitution.net%2Fconsttop_fedr.html&ei=vOrGTNDzKYmVnAeBs_WBAQ&usg=AFQjCNFp7N2o8C8C7QjC6MIENKqI1HwEsg&sig2=XqTgjjrpfx4sgrt5aVze9w