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I Limited presidential power in the early republic A Worries of the Founders I Limited presidential power in the early republic A Worries of the Founders B Examples of limited powers ID: 554723

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Evolution of Presidential PowerSlide2

I. Limited presidential power in the early republic

A. Worries of the Founders

Slide3

I. Limited presidential power in the early republic

A. Worries of the Founders

B. Examples of limited powersSlide4

Examples of limited powers:

Early on, the President and national government had little to do.

There was little interaction between the President and Congress. The President generally didn't initiate legislation.

The veto was almost never used.

The legislature was, by far, the strongest branch of government.Slide5

*Up until FDR's New Deal in the 1930s the President was just a negative force, providing resistance to Congress, not a source of initiative and leadership.Slide6

II. Sources of expansion of presidential power:

A. America's involvement in foreign

affairs increased.Slide7

II. Sources of expansion of presidential power:

A. America's involvement in foreign

affairs increased.

B. The President's ability to shape

public opinion increased.Slide8

II. Sources of expansion of presidential power:

A. America's involvement in foreign

affairs increased.

B. The President's ability to shape

public opinion increased.

C. The position as head of the

executive branch took on more

meaning as the size of the national

government increased.Slide9

D. Presidents began to claim

"inherent powers." Slide10

III. Growth of the Executive Branch

A. CabinetSlide11

III. Growth of the Executive Branch

A. Cabinet

B. White House StaffSlide12
Slide13

III. Growth of the Executive Branch

A. Cabinet

B. White House Staff

C. Executive Office of the PresidentSlide14