Instructions: The following document will serve as notes about the Executive Branch and the Presidential Cabinet.
The Executive Branch Basics
Who is the head of the Executive Branch of Government in the United States?
What is the main duty of the Executive Branch of Government?
What are the minimum requirements to be President?
What term describes all of the agencies, people, and procedures that make up the Executive Branch of Government?
The 22nd Amendment made what change to the office of President of the United States?
The Presidential Cabinet
How many cabinet level positions (Presidential Advisers) were created in 1789 and what were they?
What are the 4 qualifications the president looks at when selecting advisers?
Define the term Vetting.
What are the 6 steps in the process of becoming an adviser to the president?
What are Independent Agencies and why do that not fall under the Jurisdiction of the Cabinet?
Position
Office Description
Secretary of State
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Homeland Security
Secretary of Interior
Attorney General
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Important Non-Cabinet Positions
White House Chief of Staff
US Ambassador to the United Nations
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator
Director of National Intelligence