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NAME CLASS DATE Section 2: Guided Reading and Review Presidential Succession and the Vice Presidency CHAPTER 13 A. As You Read As you read Section 2, use the chart below to write the correct order of succession to the presidency. The Order of Succession to the Presidency 1. Vice ______________________________________________ President 2. Speaker ______________________________________________ of the House 3. president ______________________________________________ pro tempore of the Senate 4. secretary ______________________________________________ of state 5. secretary ______________________________________________ of the treasury Answer the following questions in the blanks provided. Possible answers below © Pearson Education, Inc. 6. How does the Constitution provide for situations in which the President is disabled? The ________ Twentyfifth Amendment states that the Vice President may temporarily assume duties of the presidency if the President so __________________________________________________________________________________ requests or if the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet inform Congress that such a move is necessary. 7. What duties are given to the Vice President by the Constitution? __________________________ The __________________________________________________________________________________ Vice President’s constitutional duties are to preside over the Senate and to help decide presidential disability. 8. How are Vice Presidents usually selected? ______________________________________________ Vice Presidents are usually chosen to “balance the ticket,” thus __________________________________________________________________________________ improving the presidential candidate’s chances of winning the election. 9. How can a vacancy in the vice presidency be filled?______________________________________ The Twenty-fifth Amendment states that the President __________________________________________________________________________________ nominates a new Vice President and that nomination must be confirmed by a majority vote of both houses. B. Reviewing Key Terms Write the definition of each term in the blank provided. 10. presidential succession ____________________________________________________________ the order in which lesser officials take over the duties of the presidency in case those __________________________________________________________________________________ above them die, resign, or are removed from office __________________________________________________________________________________ 11. balance the ticket__________________________________________________________________ presidential candidate chooses a running mate who can strengthen his or her chance of being __________________________________________________________________________________ elected by virtue of ideological, geographic, racial, ethnic, gender, or other characteristics __________________________________________________________________________________ Guided Reading and Review Chapter 13 63
NAME CLASS DATE CHAPTER 13 Section 3: Guided Reading and Review Presidential Selection: The Framers’ Plan A. As You Read As you read Section 3, answer the following questions on the lines provided. 1. What were three methods of presidential election discussed by the Framers? ____________ ______________________________________________________________________________ election by Congress, popular vote, and electoral college ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. How did the Framers arrange for the electors to choose the President and Vice President? They would meet in their States, each casting votes for two different presidential candidates. The person who won ______________________________________________________________________________ the largest number of votes would be President; the runner-up, Vice President. 3. Why did the Framers choose this method of electing the President? What kind of person did Framers did not want either congressional or popular election of the President. they envision as an elector? ______________________________________________________ They expected electors to be respectable, well-informed citizens. 4. How did the rise of political parties affect the electoral college? ______________________ Parties nominated not only presidential and vice-presidential candidates, but also candidates for the electoral college. It was understood ______________________________________________________________________________ that these electors would not be free agents but were pledged to vote for their parties’ ticket. 5. How did the election of 1800 lead to passage of the 12th Amendment? ________________ The election of 1800 ended in a tie between the two candidates of the Democratic-Republican party, Jefferson and Burr. Though the ______________________________________________________________________________ party clearly meant for Jefferson to be President, the election went through 36 ballots in the House before he was elected. The Twelfth Amendment ensured that this would never happen again by requiring electors to designate which vote was cast for President and which for Vice President. B. Reviewing Key Terms Use each key term below in a sentence that shows the meaning of the term. Possible answers below 6. presidential electors ____________________________________________________________ Today, presidential electors are pledged to vote for their parties’ candidates. ______________________________________________________________________________ 7. electoral college ________________________________________________________________ The Framers designed the electoral college in order to ensure that the President would be ______________________________________________________________________________ elected by knowledgeable people. © Pearson Education, Inc. 64 Chapter 13 Guided Reading and Review
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