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