The Cabinet & Executive Departments

Task

Write the answers to these questions on a sheet of paper or on your ipad so you can take a picture or screenshot your answers and upload them to Google Classroom in the assignment labeled "The Cabinet: Independent Research". 

Go to this link to answer questions 1-3

1. What is the Role of the President's Cabinet?

2. What were the first three executive departments, established during George Washington's first year in the presidency? 

3. Is the President's cabinet a an expressed or implied power in the Constitution? 

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5. Which branch of government determines the number and scope of executive departments? 

6. What are the requirements for who can serve on the president's Cabinet?

7. Which House of Congress confirms the President's Cabinet nominations? 

8. What are the 15 executive agencies whose heads are on the Cabinet?

 To answer question 9, give your opinion based on the information that you researched. 

9. Why are the President's Cabinet and Executive Departments important to help the President carry out the laws of the United States? (at least 3 sentences).