https://padlet.com/gingerjacke/w1vdpp6dl93u The Commander in Chief en-us 2016-12-07 01:06:01 UTC 2016-12-07 01:48:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png gingerjacke https://padlet.com/gingerjacke/w1vdpp6dl93u/wish/142189571 The President is the leader of our military and has the power to go to congress and ask for a formal declaration or war and or deploy troops for 60 days.
"President Theodore Roosevelt sent the American troops on the USS Nashville to support Panamanian rebels in their revolution for independence from Colombia."(Chapter 9, Lesson 3, Page 2)]]> 2016-12-07 01:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gingerjacke/w1vdpp6dl93u/wish/142189571 gingerjacke https://padlet.com/gingerjacke/w1vdpp6dl93u/wish/142189879 The President has the power to make treaties that are approved by congress, and make Executive Agreements. This allows the United States to interact with different governments around the world.]]> 2016-12-07 01:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gingerjacke/w1vdpp6dl93u/wish/142189879 gingerjacke https://padlet.com/gingerjacke/w1vdpp6dl93u/wish/142190158 For a bill to be passed and turned into a law the president has to sign the bill, the president can veto the bill and stop that bill from turning into law. Even if the president veto's a bill it can be passed with a majority vote, this rarely happens.]]> 2016-12-07 01:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gingerjacke/w1vdpp6dl93u/wish/142190158 gingerjacke https://padlet.com/gingerjacke/w1vdpp6dl93u/wish/142190490 Because the President is the Commander and Chief and the Chief Diplomat he has the power to talk to governments in ways that individuals in congress cannot this allows him to make decisions that can help American without having a parties agenda or dealing with being blocked by red tape. With Executive Agreements the President can shape America without Congress.]]> 2016-12-07 01:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gingerjacke/w1vdpp6dl93u/wish/142190490