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