Vice President of the United States - Quiz
Vice President of the United States
  • 1. When was the office of vice president first mentioned at the 1787 Constitutional Convention?
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
  • 2. Which group proposed the method of electing the chief executive near the end 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
  • 3. What did delegates originally decide regarding the Senate's presiding officer?
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
  • 4. Who was originally designated to be the executive's immediate successor before the office of vice president was created?
A) The Chief Justice
B) The Senate's presiding officer
C) The Secretary of State
D) The Speaker of the House
  • 5. On what date did the committee recommend the Electoral College method?
A) September 1
B) August 4
C) October 4
D) September 4
  • 6. According to the proposed method, the number of presidential electors per state was equal to what?
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
  • 7. Why did the framers believe electors would favor a candidate from their own state?
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
  • 8. What was a 'favorite son' candidate?
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
  • 9. Why were electors required to vote for two candidates?
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
  • 10. What was the purpose of requiring one of the two votes to be 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
  • 11. How did the framers prevent electors from wasting their second votes?
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
  • 12. In the original election method, what was the status of the two votes cast by an elector?
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
  • 13. What condition was required for a candidate to be elected president under the original rules?
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
  • 14. Under the original system, who became the vice president?
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
  • 15. What happened if there was a tie for first or second place in the original election system?
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
  • 16. In which branch of government does the vice president serve as an officer?
A) Legislative
B) Judicial
C) None
D) Military
  • 17. Which amendment outlines the process for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency?
A) Nineteenth Amendment
B) Twenty-fifth Amendment
C) Twelfth Amendment
D) First Amendment
  • 18. Who set the precedent in 1841 for a vice president taking over for a deceased president?
A) John Tyler
B) George Washington
C) William Henry Harrison
D) John Adams
  • 19. Can a president dismiss the vice president?
A) No
B) Yes, at any time
C) Yes, with Senate approval
D) Yes, with Supreme Court approval
  • 20. When was the Office of the Vice President created within the executive branch?
A) 1970
B) 1787
C) 1939
D) 1841
  • 21. Who was the first vice president of the United States?
A) John Adams
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) Alexander Hamilton
D) John Tyler
  • 22. Who is the 50th and current vice president of the United States?
A) John Tyler
B) William Henry Harrison
C) John Adams
D) JD Vance
  • 23. What body elects the vice president?
A) The Electoral College
B) The Senate
C) The General Public
D) The House of Representatives
  • 24. Which amendment changed the role of the vice president from the runner-up in presidential elections?
A) Twenty-fifth Amendment
B) Fifth Amendment
C) Tenth Amendment
D) Twelfth Amendment
  • 25. What is an informal nickname for the vice president?
A) Senate Lead
B) Second in Command
C) Veep
D) Executive Aide
  • 26. Which president invited his vice president to preside over Cabinet meetings while he was in France?
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
B) Woodrow Wilson
C) William McKinley
D) Warren G. Harding
  • 27. Who was referred to as the 'Assistant President' due to his importance in the administration?
A) Charles G. Dawes
B) Garret Hobart
C) George Dallas
D) Levi Morton
  • 28. How many proposals to abolish the vice presidency were made in the first hundred years of the US?
A) Twelve
B) Seven
C) Five
D) Three
  • 29. Which vice president compared the office to a 'cow's fifth teat'?
A) Thomas R. Marshall
B) Harry S. Truman
C) Calvin Coolidge
D) John Nance Garner
  • 30. Who declared that attending Cabinet meetings might be 'injurious to the country'?
A) Levi Morton
B) Thomas R. Marshall
C) Charles G. Dawes
D) Garret Hobart
  • 31. Which vice president was so obscure that a fire marshal did not recognize him?
A) Calvin Coolidge
B) Thomas R. Marshall
C) Garret Hobart
D) George Dallas
  • 32. Who introduced the first constitutional amendment to abolish the vice presidency in 1800?
A) Daniel Webster
B) James Mitchell Ashley
C) Samuel W. Dana
D) James Hillhouse
  • 33. Which president began the practice of inviting the vice president to cabinet meetings in 1929?
A) Harry S. Truman
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
C) Dwight D. Eisenhower
D) Herbert Hoover
  • 34. On what date was the first joint inauguration on the Capitol steps held?
A) January 20, 1933
B) January 20, 1941
C) April 12, 1945
D) January 20, 1937
  • 35. Who was denied re-nomination at the 1944 Democratic National Convention after policy disputes?
A) John Nance Garner
B) Henry Wallace
C) Harry S. Truman
D) Lyndon B. Johnson
  • 36. What project was Harry S. Truman kept uninformed about during his vice presidency?
A) The court-packing issue
B) The Korean War plans
C) New Deal legislation
D) Manhattan Project
  • 37. Which president authorized Richard Nixon to preside at Cabinet meetings in his absence?
A) Jimmy Carter
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
C) Dwight Eisenhower
D) Herbert Hoover
  • 38. Who was the first vice president to be given an office in the White House complex?
A) Walter Mondale
B) Richard Nixon
C) Dick Cheney
D) Lyndon B. Johnson
  • 39. Which president was the first to give his vice president an office in the West Wing?
A) Dwight Eisenhower
B) Jimmy Carter
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt
D) Richard Nixon
  • 40. Who was the vice president to whom Jimmy Carter gave an office in the West Wing?
A) Walter Mondale
B) Lyndon B. Johnson
C) Harry S. Truman
D) Joe Biden
  • 41. What term did Jimmy Carter use to describe how Roosevelt treated Truman?
A) Immoral
B) Unprecedented
C) Unnecessary
D) Inefficient
  • 42. Which vice president was known for making policy decisions without the president's knowledge?
A) Richard Nixon
B) Dick Cheney
C) Walter Mondale
D) Henry Wallace
  • 43. Which state's constitution provided a model for the role of the vice president as president of the Senate?
A) Massachusetts
B) Virginia
C) Pennsylvania
D) New York
  • 44. What is the primary function of the vice president regarding Senate meetings?
A) Draft legislation
B) Appoint committee chairs
C) Preside over them
D) Vote on all motions
  • 45. Who holds the record for the most tie-breaking votes cast by a vice president?
A) John C. Calhoun
B) Kamala Harris
C) Charles G. Dawes
D) John Adams
  • 46. How many vice presidents did not cast any tie-breaking votes?
A) Twelve
B) Five
C) None
D) Twenty
  • 47. What was the status of the vice president on trial in the Senate according to the Constitution?
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
  • 48. According to the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, what is the nature of the vice president's role?
A) Ministerial
B) Judicial
C) Executive
D) Legislative
  • 49. Which of these vice presidents announced their opponent's victory in 2001?
A) John C. Breckinridge
B) Kamala Harris
C) Richard Nixon
D) Al Gore
  • 50. Who presided over the 1969 joint session in Hubert Humphrey's absence?
A) Charles Curtis
B) Richard Nixon
C) Richard Russell
D) Trygve Lie
  • 51. Who was the Secretary-General of the United Nations whose funeral Hubert Humphrey attended?
A) Richard Russell
B) Trygve Lie
C) Charles Curtis
D) John Nance Garner
  • 52. In what year did Charles Curtis announce the election victory of his successor?
A) 2021
B) 1981
C) 1993
D) 1933
  • 53. Which vice president had to announce the election victory of his successor in 2021?
A) Dan Quayle
B) Walter Mondale
C) Mike Pence
D) Hubert Humphrey
  • 54. How many vice presidents have succeeded to the presidency intra-term?
A) Fifteen
B) Nine
C) Four
D) Five
  • 55. Which of these vice presidents succeeded to the presidency intra-term?
A) Millard Fillmore
B) John Adams
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) Martin Van Buren
  • 56. Which vice president was later elected to a full term?
A) Andrew Johnson
B) John Tyler
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) Gerald Ford
  • 57. How many vice presidents in total have become president?
A) 15
B) 2
C) 4
D) 9
  • 58. Who was the vice president who became president in 2020?
A) Richard Nixon
B) Joe Biden
C) Gerald Ford
D) George H. W. Bush
  • 59. Which section of the Twenty-fifth Amendment deals with self-declared presidential incapacity?
A) Section 2
B) Section 1
C) Section 3
D) Section 4
  • 60. How many times has Section 4 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment been invoked?
A) Zero
B) One
C) Three
D) Four
  • 61. Why were Sections 3 and 4 added to the Constitution?
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
  • 62. In what year was Section 3 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment first invoked?
A) 2001
B) 1985
C) 1995
D) 1965
  • 63. Since what year has the vice president been a legal member of the National Security Council?
A) 1920
B) 1789
C) 1949
D) 1965
  • 64. What is the minimum age requirement to serve as vice president?
A) 35 years old
B) 30 years old
C) 25 years old
D) 40 years old
  • 65. How long must a person have been a resident of the U.S. to be eligible for vice president?
A) 14 years
B) 5 years
C) 20 years
D) 10 years
  • 66. Where do modern vice presidents frequently meet with the president to discuss national security?
A) The Situation Room
B) The Oval Office
C) The Capitol Building
D) The Cabinet Room
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