Below is what was distributed along with an iPod touch. I wonder how it works/worked.
Chapter 14: Follow the chapter link from online textbook resource (found on blog) and select Go Online Activities.
Section 1: Growth of Presidential Power
Write an opinion on how the President's power has increased or decreased. Be sure to give several examples.
Section 2: President’s Appointing Power
Do Presidents have too many political appointees?
Write a brief response in which you either defend this argument or argue a different opinion.
Section 3: Executive Agreements
Use the figures in the paragraph to create bar charts showing the number of executive agreements and treaties made in the three time periods:
(1) the first 50 years since independence (1776–1826);
(2) from that early period, up to World War II (1827–1940); and
(3) recent decades (1940–1989).
Write a caption for your graphs that identifies the trends shown and the reasons for the trends.
During the first half-century of its independence, the United States was party to sixty treaties but to only twenty-seven published executive agreements. By the beginning of World War II, there had been concluded approximately 800 treaties and 1,200 executive agreements. In the period 1940-1989, the Nation entered into 759 treaties and into 13,016 published executive agreements. Cumulatively, in 1989, the United States was a party to 890 treaties and 5,117 executive agreements. To phrase it comparatively, in the first 50 years of its history, the United States concluded twice as many treaties as executive agreements. In the 50-year period from 1839 to 1889, a few more executive agreements than treaties were entered into. From 1889 to 1939, almost twice as many executive agreements as treaties were concluded. In the period since 1939, executive agreements have comprised more than 90% of the international agreements concluded.
Section 4: Presidential Veto Power
Read about the types of presidential vetoes and what actions Congress can take once the President vetoes a bill.
Create a flow chart that shows the steps in the veto process and the possible outcomes.
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