The Office of President Vocabulary Practice Quiz

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  1. The order in which the office of President is to be filled if it becomes vacant before an election.
  2. Your answer:
    secession
    succeeding
    presidential electioneering
    presidential succession


  3. A vote cast by a member of the Electoral College
  4. Your answer:
    electoral vote
    franchise
    popular vote
    vote


  5. The official who runs or administers a government
  6. Your answer:
    minister
    chief executive
    chief of state
    commander in chief


  7. The people elected by the voters to represent them in the Electoral College
  8. Your answer:
    presidential selectors
    faithless electors
    popular voters
    electors


  9. Another name for the 20th Amendment. This changed the date the President and Vice President are sworn in from March 4th to January 20th, shortening the time period during which lawmakers who were not re-elected were, in effect, without substantial power.
  10. Your answer:
    lame deer
    lame moose
    lame duck
    lame goose


  11. A list of persons to be appointed or elected to office (often used to describe a list of people each political party selects to officially vote for President)
  12. Your answer:
    slate
    enabling order
    list of electors
    billing


  13. The symbolic leader of a nation - the single person who represents the people of a nation - is called this
  14. Your answer:
    chief of state
    speaker of the electoral college
    chief elector
    commander in chief


  15. The group of people who are elected to cast the official votes for President and Vice President.
  16. Your answer:
    House of Representatives
    Electoral College
    Representative Slate
    Popular Electors


  17. Although most presidential electors are "pledged" to vote for their state's preference, there have been occasions when these people have broken their pledge and voted for another presidential candidate.
  18. Your answer:
    popular electors
    electors
    faithless electors
    presidential electors



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