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