Roles of the president

Match the appropriate historical example to the correct role of the president. Franklin Roosevelt signs the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) into law on July 5, 1935.

• Legislative Leader

• Chief Diplomat

• Commander in Chief

• Party Leader

• Economic Leader

Match the appropriate historical example to the correct role of the president. Theodore Roosevelt’s mediation of the Treaty of Portsmouth is a treaty that formally ended the 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War.

• Chief Diplomat

• Party Leader

• Legislative Leader

• Head of State

• Economic Leader

Match the appropriate historical example to the correct role of the president. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law proclaiming Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday as a national holiday.

• Legislative Leader

• Chief Executive

• Party Leader

• Head of State

• Economic Leader

Match the appropriate historical example to the correct role of the president. President Lincoln met with Gen. George McClellan and other military officers at Antietam in 1862 during the Civil War to discuss war strategy.

• Commander in Chief

• Chief Diplomat

• Legislative Leader

• Head of State

• Economic Leader

Match the appropriate historical example to the correct role of the president. President Jimmy Carter meets with Iranian officials to negotiate the release of American hostages during the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1980.

• Chief Diplomat

• Commander in Chief

• Legislative Leader

• Party Leader

• Economic Leader

Match the appropriate historical example to the correct role of the president. President Barack Obama’s team drafts the first version of the bill the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) which is later introduced into the House by Representative Charles Rangel in 2009.

• Legislative Leader

• Chief Executive

• Economic Leader

• Party Leader

• Chief Diplomat

Match the appropriate historical example to the correct role of the president. The Eisenhowers met with Prince Phillip and Queen Elizabeth II from the United Kingdom to discuss issues in 1957.

• Chief Diplomat

• Head of State

• Legislative Leader

• Party Leader

• Economic Leader

Match the appropriate historical example to the correct role of the president. President Trump endorsed, or supported, Ted Budd for NC District 13 of the U.S. House of Representatives.

• Party Leader

• Chief Executive

• Head of State

• Legislative Leader

• Chief Diplomat

Match the appropriate historical example to the correct role of the president. President Buchanan received the first Japanese Envoy, or representative, in the East Room of the White House in 1860. This meeting opens up further trade relations with Japan.

• Chief Diplomat

• Head of State

• Commander in Chief

• Legislative Leader

• Economic Leader

Match the appropriate historical example to the correct role of the president. President Obama awards Tom Hanks the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work with environmental issues and with veterans affairs.

• Head of State

• Chief Executive

• Party Leader

• Legislative Leader

• Economic Leader