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Nearly everything that you need to know for Friday's assessment.
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1
Of the following, which isn't a scenario where someone would be a natural born citizen?
Child born to a US Citizen in Vienna, Austria
Steffan Clark
Born Anchorage, Alaska
A 8 year old born and raised in Singapore to Singaporeans.
2
This Secretary may travel to Iraq or Somalia to maintain friendly relations w/ foreign nations
Defense
State
Interior
Homeland Security
3
This Secretary oversees our National Parks as well as Native American Reservations.
Homeland Security
State
Interior
Housing and Urban Development
4
The President can erase a persons conviction and free them from a prison sentence via this...
reprieve
pardon
5
President's are limited to this many terms in office.
4
1
∞
2
6
This Secretary implents laws for working conditions so children do not work in "sweat shops."
Interior
State
Energy
Labor
7
This title is given to the President because they lead our military.
Chief Executive
Legislative Leader
Chief of State
Commander in Chief
8
This amendment limits the President to only two terms in office.
23rd
25th
12th
22nd
9
How many Presidents have died while in office?
4
8
2
6
10
Cabinet
People elected by the populace to oversee various offices.
Members of the Senate that aid the President
Pres advisors that aid the Pres in running the exec offices
Members of the House that aid the President
11
This Secretary oversees the FDA which determines if medicines are a) safe and b) actually work.
Labor
Interior
Health and Human Services
Housing and Urban Development
12
This was the first President to reside in the White House.
John Quincy Adams
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
13
Who was the only President to resign the office?
Richard Nixon
Herbert Hoover
Warren Harding
Andrew Johnson
14
This Secretary oversees our military and works to budget resources to aid in our protection.
Homeland Security
Defense
Interior
State
15
This Secretary oversees the federal buget for highway/interstate maintenance.
State
Interior
Transportation
Energy
16
Despite winning the popular vote Al Gore lost the Presidency to this man in 2000.
George W. Bush
Samuel Tilden
Donald Trump
George H.W. Bush
17
This Secretary oversees the USDA and determines if your steak is Prime, Choice, or Select.
Commerce
Agriculture
Interior
Health and Human Services
18
A President may nominate a Supreme Court Justice but the _______ must approve the nomination.
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Supreme Court
Senate
House of Representatives
19
If neither candidate reaches the required number of electoral votes, then this picks the Pres.
Supreme Court
Senate
Run off election
House of Representatives
20
This is the only President to serve more than two terms in office.
Teddy Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Franklin Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
21
Where does the President live?
The Kremlin
US Naval Observatory
White House
Camp David
22
Can a naturalized citizen become President of the United States?
YES!!!
NO!!!
23
This Sec. oversees healthcare for former members of our military as well as loans for homes
Health and Human Services
Housing and Urban Development
State
Veteran's Affairs
24
How many President's have been impeached?
4
2
6
8
25
Beyond the White House, the President also receieves full use of this camp.
Camp Saddlebrook
Camp David
Camp Harold
Camp Eugene
26
This Secretary works to limit/prevent domestic terror threats.
Homeland Security
Interior
Defense
State
27
This Secretary sets weights and measures to ensure fairness when it comes to trade and business
Commerce
Interior
Health and Human Services
State
28
In order to become President you must be how old?
25
35
There is no minimum age requirement.
30
29
This is the address of the White House.
1300 Massachusetts Ave
1600 Massachusetts Ave
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
1200 Pennsylvania Ave
30
This is the name of the President's helicopter.
Coast Guard One
Marine One
Army One
Air Force One
31
This Secretary oversees the funding of public schools... despite not having any experience
Education
Energy
Defense
Health and Human Services
32
What article of the Constitution discusses the Executive Branch?
IV
III
I
II
33
This is the last person in the line of succession b/c they were the last executive office made
Energy
Homeland Security
Transportation
Agriculture
34
This was our first President.
George Washington
George Washington
George Washington
George Washington
35
The President can threaten bills with this in order to influence what Congress passes on to him
thumbs down
cancellation order
veto
pocket veto
36
This Secretary acts as the Attorney General and oversees the investigation of federal laws.
Interior
Defense
Homeland Security
Justice
37
The Vice President must...
have prior experience in government
have gone to college
a naturalized citizen
fulfill all the requirements of being President
38
The Vice President overseesse this elected body.
Executive Cabinet
House of Representatives
Senate
Joint Chiefs of Staff
39
This cabinet position was created as a direct result of the September 11th attacks
State
Homeland Security
Interior
Defense
40
In order to become President you must have resided in the United States for how many years?
9
14
7
11
41
This mem. of the Cabinet is set aside during major events so to secure the line of succession.
Kiefer Sutherland
Survivalist Extrodinaire
Secretary of Agriculture
Designated Survivor
42
Can you win the Presidency and not win the popular vote?
YES!!!
NO!!!
43
This man is the 45th President of the United States.
Donald Trump
Donald Drumpf
Don Trump
Donny Trumplewitz
44
There are this many cabinent officers/executive offices.
15
17
12
13
45
This Secretary may determine the location of a new nuclear power plant.
Health and Human Services
Commerce
State
Energy
46
The newly elected President becomes President offically on the 20th of what month?
November
January
February
December
47
Popular Vote
The person who wins the most states.
The person who gets two thirds of the votes
The person who gets the simple majority of the votes
48
This President was shot by Charles Guiteau while heading to the train in 1881.
John F. Kennedy
James Garfield
William McKinley
Abraham Lincoln
49
The Trump/Pence ticket defeated who in the November 2016 election?
Clinton / Kaine
Gore / Lieberman
Kerry / Edwards
Clinton / Sanders
50
This President was shot by Leon Frank Czolgosz in Buffalo, NY (1901).
William McKinley
James Garfield
John F. Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
51
This is the name of the President's plane.
Army One
Coast Guard One
Air Force One
Marine One
52
Can you win the Presidency if your opponent wins over 271 electoral votes?
YES!!!
NO!!!
53
This President was shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth in 1865.
William McKinley
James Garfield
John F. Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
54
This Secretary works to modify our currency in order to stop counterfitting.
Health and Human Services
Treasury
State
Attorney General / Justice
55
A nominee must win this many electors in order to become President.
269
271
270
538
56
Each elected Presidential term is this many years.
4
2
8
6
57
This President was shot in Dallas Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald (1963)
John F. Kennedy
William McKinley
Abraham Lincoln
James Garfield
58
This Secretary aids people in the purchasing of homes.
Homeland Security
Health and Human Services
Housing and Urban Development
Interior
59
This man served the shortest term as President
Cornelius Harrison
Jebediah Harrison
William Henry Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
60
This was our last Pres with facial hair and the only President to be a Supreme Court Justice
Theodore Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
61
This amendment formally establishes the "Line of Succession."
23rd
25th
12th
22nd
62
This man is the Vice President of the United States.
Thornton Wilder III
Mike Pence
Tim Kaine
Mike Dukakis
63
In order to become President you must have this type of Citizenship.
naturalized
naturalized born
natural born
Citizenship is not required
64
We determine electors for each State by...
Combining the number of Reps and Senators
The total area of the State
The total population of the State
The number of the Reps per a State
65
The President appoints these to help him work with foreign countries.
Cabinet Members
Diplomats
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ambassadors
66
The Pres delivers this to Congress and the American Public to outline what he wants to happen
Iowa Campaign Rally
State of the Union
Televised Advertisements
67
Despite losing by nearly 3,000,000 votes Trump still beat this women for the 2016 Presidency
Geraldine Ferraro
Gertrude Stein
Sarah Palin
Hillary Clinton
68
This vote determines the President of the United States
Popular Vote
House of Representatives "Roll Call" vote
State Referendums
Electoral Vote
69
This person is the 2nd in line to become President if the President can't continue his tenure
Speaker of the House
Chief of Staff
Vice President
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
70
This was our last Democratic President
Bill Clinton
Jimmy Carter
Lyndon Johnson
Barack Obama
