Role Of Presidency

Take 15mins and research the internet on the role of the presidency.
Then copy and past four links of the research you found.
Provide a paragraph summary of each link that you found.

1.  http://www.sparknotes.com/us-government-and-politics/american-government/the-presidency/section3.rhtml         The presidents roles are Chief of State, Chief Executive, Commander in Chief,  Chief Diplomat, Chief Legislature, and Superpolitician. 

2. http://www.ehow.com/list_6877044_presidential-roles-duties.html     The presidential oath is to support and defend the Constitution. The President need to make over 1,000 appointments including cabinet members, Supreme Court Justices, and federal agencies. The president is the head of the military and makes the decisions about how they should fight.

3. http://odysseyk12.org/hs/teachers/moses/agnew/unit03/presentations/lesson20/l20_t02.htm   The president is the head of choosing party leaders at the national committee level and becoming the goodwill ambassador for the party by building relationships with state and local party leaders. He makes many speeches and taveling around the world.

4. http://odysseyk12.org/hs/teachers/moses/agnew/unit03/presentations/lesson20/l20_t01.htm    The presidents have taken a greater role in budget development, and the role of Chief Financial Officer. He  handles national crisises.As Head of State, the president attends state dinners, acts as the ceremonial leader of the nation, and meets with foreign leaders in Washington, D.C. The president represents the people of the United States at official functions, such as funerals or weddings of important foreign officials, treaty signings, and goodwill trips abroad.

Chief of State	Acts as the symbolic leader of the country
Chief Executive	Executes the laws, appoints key federal officials, grants pardons and reprieves
Commander in Chief	Runs the armed forces
Chief Diplomat	Negotiates with other countries
Chief Legislator	Signs or vetoes legislation, introduces legislation, works with Congress on the budget
Superpolitician

Chap. 23

With the help of your textbook and Ch 23, please explain the differences among capitalism, socialism and communism.   Then explain the pros and cons that each hold. 

Capitalism:   It is a free enterprise system that is characterized by private or corporate ownership of capitol goods and investments that is determined by private decision than by state conrol.  There are private ownership, individual initiative, profit and competition.  The pro and cons determines on the profit or investments on the buiseness.

Socialism:  It is an economic and political philosophy based on the idea that the benifits of economicactivity, wealth should be distributed throughout the society.  Has public ownership by which goods and servies are produced and distributed. They want political equality nationalization, welfare, taxation and planned economy. The cons are that the countries have a tendency to develop too many layers of bureaucracy and to complex. The pros say that is more better than capitalism because it evens their inequalites.

Communism:  It is the collective or state ownership of land and other productive property. They have central planning that sets prices and decides how goods and services will be distributed. It has the role of the communist party, central planning, collectivization and state ownership. The cons are that the fall of the soviet union fell and countries are not having enough growth in agriculture. The pros are that farms were brought together in a commune but then fell.

Chap. 22

  Pick two countries in Chapter 22 and provide an in depth paragraph on their government and how it operates.


2. What are some of the similarities of the countries that are in Chapter 22?
       Mexico has three branches of government just like the U.S does, including the president, congress and the court system. Japan has a constitution that has kind of have same freedoms as us and Japan is a parliamentary democracy just like Great Britain. The emperor serves as a symbol of the state but has no power to govern.

3. What are some of the differences of the countries that are in Chapter 22?
        Great Britain is a monarchy and has an unwritten constitution. They have a House of Commons that have rows that face eachother talking and sometimes yelling at one another. The prime minister decides when a general election will be held..  Japans parliament is called the National Diet which is the highest organ of state power.  They have a upper and lower house. Japan is a unitary state.

4. Which country in Chapter 22 do you believe has the strongest government and why?
        I really dont know..its hard to remember what their government does, so i am just going to say a country. I would say Mexico because they have the same three branches as we do. They have one leader, like us, and that is the president, who has the power to propose amendments to the constitution. Mexico has many powers and have a lot of people to decide things and elect.

5. In what ways does the U.S. government relate to the methods of governments listed in Chapter 22?
         Some of them..mostly, have three branches of governement. The president, congress and the court system.They have many elections and the U.S. decide cases on primary parliamentary legislation and common law. They all don't uphold a constitution or the bill of rights. They all have the power to legislate on local matters and to levy taxes.