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A) Before the convention began B) Near the end of the convention C) At the very beginning of the convention D) In the middle of the convention
A) The entire group of delegates B) A five-member committee on Executive Power C) A three-member committee on Constitutional Law D) An eleven-member committee on Leftover Business
A) The President shall appoint the Senate's leader B) The Senate shall choose its own President C) The Vice President would lead the Senate automatically D) The House of Representatives would choose the Senate's leader
A) The Chief Justice B) The Senate's presiding officer C) The Secretary of State D) The Speaker of the House
A) September 1 B) August 4 C) October 4 D) September 4
A) The number of senators only B) The sum of the state's representatives and senators C) The total population of the state D) The number of representatives only
A) The framers did not trust national candidates B) Communication was too slow to know national candidates C) Travel was too difficult to visit other states D) Loyalty to the individual state outweighed loyalty to the federation
A) A candidate from the elector's own state B) The candidate with the most national experience C) The candidate favored by the sitting president D) A candidate chosen by the committee
A) To allow for a primary and secondary choice B) To balance regional power in the cabinet C) To provide a backup for the presidency D) To ensure at least one vote was for a candidate from outside the elector's state
A) To ensure the election of a candidate of national character B) To prevent the president from being from a small state C) To satisfy the demands of the eleven-member committee D) To increase the power of the Senate
A) By specifying that the first runner-up would become vice president B) By fining electors who did not vote for two people C) By allowing the Senate to choose the runner-up D) By requiring a majority for the second vote
A) One was for president and one for vice president B) They were both for president C) They were for the same person D) They were ranked as first and second choice
A) A unanimous vote from all electors B) The approval of the Senate C) An absolute majority of the whole number of electors D) A simple majority of the popular vote
A) The runner-up in the House of Representatives B) The candidate with the most electoral votes from small states C) The individual who received the next largest number of votes D) The candidate chosen by the president
A) The election was decided by contingent election protocols B) The Senate held a new vote C) The House of Representatives held a runoff between the two D) The president decided the winner
A) Legislative B) Judicial C) None D) Military
A) Nineteenth Amendment B) Twenty-fifth Amendment C) Twelfth Amendment D) First Amendment
A) John Tyler B) George Washington C) William Henry Harrison D) John Adams
A) No B) Yes, at any time C) Yes, with Senate approval D) Yes, with Supreme Court approval
A) 1970 B) 1787 C) 1939 D) 1841
A) John Adams B) Thomas Jefferson C) Alexander Hamilton D) John Tyler
A) John Tyler B) William Henry Harrison C) John Adams D) JD Vance
A) The Electoral College B) The Senate C) The General Public D) The House of Representatives
A) Twenty-fifth Amendment B) Fifth Amendment C) Tenth Amendment D) Twelfth Amendment
A) Senate Lead B) Second in Command C) Veep D) Executive Aide
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt B) Woodrow Wilson C) William McKinley D) Warren G. Harding
A) Charles G. Dawes B) Garret Hobart C) George Dallas D) Levi Morton
A) Twelve B) Seven C) Five D) Three
A) Thomas R. Marshall B) Harry S. Truman C) Calvin Coolidge D) John Nance Garner
A) Levi Morton B) Thomas R. Marshall C) Charles G. Dawes D) Garret Hobart
A) Calvin Coolidge B) Thomas R. Marshall C) Garret Hobart D) George Dallas
A) Daniel Webster B) James Mitchell Ashley C) Samuel W. Dana D) James Hillhouse
A) Harry S. Truman B) Franklin D. Roosevelt C) Dwight D. Eisenhower D) Herbert Hoover
A) January 20, 1933 B) January 20, 1941 C) April 12, 1945 D) January 20, 1937
A) John Nance Garner B) Henry Wallace C) Harry S. Truman D) Lyndon B. Johnson
A) The court-packing issue B) The Korean War plans C) New Deal legislation D) Manhattan Project
A) Jimmy Carter B) Franklin D. Roosevelt C) Dwight Eisenhower D) Herbert Hoover
A) Walter Mondale B) Richard Nixon C) Dick Cheney D) Lyndon B. Johnson
A) Dwight Eisenhower B) Jimmy Carter C) Franklin D. Roosevelt D) Richard Nixon
A) Walter Mondale B) Lyndon B. Johnson C) Harry S. Truman D) Joe Biden
A) Immoral B) Unprecedented C) Unnecessary D) Inefficient
A) Richard Nixon B) Dick Cheney C) Walter Mondale D) Henry Wallace
A) Massachusetts B) Virginia C) Pennsylvania D) New York
A) Draft legislation B) Appoint committee chairs C) Preside over them D) Vote on all motions
A) John C. Calhoun B) Kamala Harris C) Charles G. Dawes D) John Adams
A) Twelve B) Five C) None D) Twenty
A) The Chief Justice must preside B) The Constitution is silent C) The vice president cannot be tried D) The President pro tempore must preside
A) Ministerial B) Judicial C) Executive D) Legislative
A) John C. Breckinridge B) Kamala Harris C) Richard Nixon D) Al Gore
A) Charles Curtis B) Richard Nixon C) Richard Russell D) Trygve Lie
A) Richard Russell B) Trygve Lie C) Charles Curtis D) John Nance Garner
A) 2021 B) 1981 C) 1993 D) 1933
A) Dan Quayle B) Walter Mondale C) Mike Pence D) Hubert Humphrey
A) Fifteen B) Nine C) Four D) Five
A) Millard Fillmore B) John Adams C) Thomas Jefferson D) Martin Van Buren
A) Andrew Johnson B) John Tyler C) Theodore Roosevelt D) Gerald Ford
A) 15 B) 2 C) 4 D) 9
A) Richard Nixon B) Joe Biden C) Gerald Ford D) George H. W. Bush
A) Section 2 B) Section 1 C) Section 3 D) Section 4
A) Zero B) One C) Three D) Four
A) Pressure from foreign governments B) To remove the vice president from office C) A desire to expand the Cabinet's power D) Ambiguity in the Article II succession clause
A) 2001 B) 1985 C) 1995 D) 1965
A) 1920 B) 1789 C) 1949 D) 1965
A) 35 years old B) 30 years old C) 25 years old D) 40 years old
A) 14 years B) 5 years C) 20 years D) 10 years
A) The Situation Room B) The Oval Office C) The Capitol Building D) The Cabinet Room |