Directions: It is your task to briefly summarize the history behind presidential succession up to the present day. Travel to this presidential succession page for your information.

Provisions:

• Write a paragraph (in your own words) that summarizes the history behind the order of presidential succession and how it has changed from 1792 to the present. Items that need to be present in your summary: Presidential Succession Act of 1792, what Congress did in 1886, The Presidential Succession Act of 1947, and the 25th Amendment.
  
• Construct a two column chart that lists the various positions and order of succession on the left, the current people in these positions on the right (2003).
  
• Discussion Question:
  

• What determines the order of the various Cabinet positions listed for presidential order of succession?
  
• In the event of a major governmental catastrophe, who could potentially be America's first Japanese president? (Hint: browse the biographical links associated with each person's name).