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Executive Branch Civics

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So YOU want to be President 1. There are good and bad things about being president. List two of each from the video. Good

Bad

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a.

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2. What name is the most popular among past president? _______________________________ 3. Our presidents have come in all shapes and sizes, see if you can identify the president by clue given? Tallest (6’4”) _______________________________

Shortest___________________________________

Lightest (100 lbs) __________________________

Heaviest___________________________________

Oldest (69 years old) ______________________

Youngest (42)______________________________

4. This president is considered by many to be the worst president and gave government jobs to his corrupt friends________________________________________________________________________. 5. Many of our presidents have been good athletes, but what happened when Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton got together for a golf tournament? ______________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Thomas Jefferson was credited for creating two things, what were they? __________________________________________ & ______________________________________________ 7. How many of our presidents have been Generals in the military before they became president? ____________________________ 8. They say the vice president is “only a heartbeat away” from the presidency, but how many Vice Presidents have gone on to be president either by election or death? ____________________ 9. When it comes to religion all presidents have been either _____________________________ or ________________________________. 10. Every single president from George Washington to Barack Obama will have done what? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. What is one other thing you remembered/learned from the video about being President? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________