- The first President to serve more than two terms was
Your answer:
George Washington
Grover Cleveland
Thomas Jefferson
Franklin Roosevelt
- Under the Constitution, which of the following would disqualify a person from holding the office of President?
Your answer:
that person is Catholic
that person is Hispanic
that person is 33 years old
that person was born in the United States
- Which government officials are able to bring impeachment charges against a President?
Your answer:
members of the Supreme Court
any federal prosecutor
members of the House of Representatives
members of the Senate
- Under the Constitution, the Vice President's main formal duty is to
Your answer:
balance the ticket in a presidential campaign
act as President of the Senate
conduct cabinet meetings
represent the nation abroad
- What portion of the electoral vote does a candidate need to win election as President?
Your answer:
a plurality
two-thirds
a majority
three -fourths
- The original intent behind the Electoral College was to
Your answer:
preserve the two-party system
promote pure, direct democracy
allow independent-minded electors to decide who would be President
act as a congressional check the power of the President
- Which amendment to the Constitution required electors to cast separate ballots for President and Vice President?
Your answer:
Twelfth
Seventeenth
Thirteenth
Nineteenth
- Which of the following shows the official line of presidential succession?
Your answer:
Speaker of the House, president pro tempore of the Senate, Secretary of State
Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Treasury
president pro tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House, Secretary of Defense
the 12th Amendment left presidential succession up to the president currently in office, with Congressional approval
- A President is elected to
Your answer:
one four-year term
a two-year term with the possibility of reelection
one six-year term
a four-year term with the possibility of reelection
- Which of the following is true of most Presidents?
Your answer:
They were Protestants
They were married
They were born and raised in small towns or rural areas in large states
All of these are true of most Presidents.
- The number of presidential electors to which each state is entitled equals
Your answer:
the number of representatives it sends to the House
the number of state legislators it has
one one-thousandth of its population
the total number of senators and representatives it has in Congress
- Critics charge that the electoral college violates the principle of "one person, one vote" because
Your answer:
large states are overrepresented
states with large urban populations are overrepresented
suburban areas are overrepresented
small states are overrepresented
- The electoral system encourages candidates to campaign
Your answer:
only in large states
only in small and medium-sized states
in all the states
in the eastern states
- Under the direct vote plan,
Your answer:
the President would be elected by a nationwide popular vote
the President would be elected by a joint session of Congress
the candidate with a plurality of the popular vote would win all of the states electoral votes
electors would be chosen by popular vote
- Once a President has been impeached, he or she is "tried" in front of a "jury" composed of the
Your answer:
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Senate
Cabinet
- Slates of presidential electors are chosen
Your answer:
by members of political parties
by Congress, in joint session
by state legislatures
by direct primaries
- The only President ever to resign from office was
Your answer:
Richard Nixon
Warren G. Harding
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
- The President is inaugurated, or takes office, on
Your answer:
July 4
January 3
March 4
January 20
- The symbolic head of a nation is known as the
Your answer:
chief of state
chief executive
monarch
prime minister
- A Presidential candidate must win at least how many electoral votes to win the presidency?
Your answer:
210
155
270
435