The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments — the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Attorney General.
In order of succession to the Presidency:
Vice President of the United States
Joseph R. Biden
Department of State
Secretary John Kerry
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Department of the Treasury
Secretary Jack Lew
treasury.gov
Department of Defense
Secretary Ashton Carter
defense.gov
Department of Justice
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch
usdoj.gov
Department of the Interior
Secretary Sally Jewell
doi.gov
Department of Agriculture
Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack
usda.gov
Department of Commerce
Secretary Penny Pritzker
commerce.gov
Department of Labor
Secretary Thomas E. Perez
dol.gov
Department of Health and Human Services
Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell
hhs.gov
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary Julián Castro
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Department of Transportation
Secretary Anthony Foxx
dot.gov
Department of Energy
Secretary Ernest Moniz
energy.gov
Department of Education
Secretary John King
ed.gov
Department of Veterans Affairs
Secretary Robert McDonald
va.gov
Department of Homeland Security
Secretary Jeh Johnson
dhs.gov
The following positions have the status of Cabinet-rank:
White House Chief of Staff
Denis McDonough
Environmental Protection Agency
Administrator Gina McCarthy
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Office of Management & Budget
Director Shaun L.S. Donovan
whitehouse.gov/omb
United States Trade Representative
Ambassador Michael Froman
ustr.gov
United States Mission to the United Nations
Ambassador Samantha Power
usun.state.gov
Council of Economic Advisers
Chairman Jason Furman
whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cea
Small Business Administration
Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet
sba.gov
Settlers encouraged assimilation because they didnt want to just force them off of their land they wanted to have alternate ideas and it didnt really work although some did assimilate.
One advantage of the "<span>gold standard"</span> was that the government could only issue currency if it had gold in the treasury to back it.
Answer:
It brought slavery to life for many Northerners. It did not necessarily make these people devoted abolitionists, but the book began to move more and more Northerners to consider ending the institution of slavery.
Explanation:
In 1862, Stowe met President Abraham Lincoln while she was visiting Washington, DC.
Answer:
The 19th amendment .
Explanation:
Beginning in the 1800s women organized petitions to win the right to vote, but it took them a lot of time to accomplish their purpose. By 1916, the suffrage organizations were united wanting the constitutional amendment to be a success. President Wilson changed his position to support an amendment in 1918 and On May 21, 1919, the House of Representatives passed the amendment and after two weeks the Senate also passed the amendment. The amendment was passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote.
