The American President (B1 - B2)
Section outline
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Official Seal of the American President
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via Wikimedia CommonsThe President of the United States is probably the most powerful leader of the world. He has many duties, like signing bills and commanding the armed forces. The president's advisors get together in the Cabinet.
Congress and the Supreme Court control the president and his decisions.
America has had great presidents: George Washington, the first president of the newly formed United States, Abraham Lincoln who abolished slavery, Franklin D. Roosevelt who led America through World War II or John F. Kennedy , a popular president who was assassinated in Dallas.
A presidential election is held every four years. Americans do not choose their president directly. Instead, they vote for electors who get together in the Electoral College.
Words
- abolish = to do away with, ban
- advisor = a person who gives someone advice and tells them what is best to do
- armed forces = the people who protect a country, army, navy, marines etc...
- assassinate = to kill a famous or political figure
- bill = a document that will become a law
- duties = jobs and tasks
- elector = a representative from a state that elects the president
- Electoral College = place where all the electors get together and choose a president
- sign = to put your name on a document
- Supreme Court = the highest court in the country
- vote = to choose someone for an official position
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