Trivia Quiz On United States Government And Constitution!

Must leave office

Is fined or sentenced to prison

Is tried by the Supreme Court

Is tried by the Senate

Must be indicted by a grand jury before being removed from office

The Electoral College elects a new one

The Speaker of the House is automatically the new vice-president

The office remains vacant until the next national election

The Congress picks a new vice-president from a list of names submitted by the president

The president nominates a replacement, who must be confirmed by both houses of Congress

Vice-president, president pro tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House, cabinet members in the order that their departement was created

Vice-president, Speaker of the House, president pro tempore of the Senate, chief justice of the Supreme Court, cabinet members in the order that their departement was created

Vice-president, Speaker of the House, president pro tempore of the Senate, cabinet members in the order that their departement was created

Vice-president, chief justice of the Supreme Court, president pro tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House

Vice-president, chief justice of the Supreme Court, cabinet members in the order that their departement was created

Is the electronically locked vault where the president keeps his top secret papers

Is given tremendous power under the Constitution

Includes, by law, a minimum of two sitting members of Congress at all times

Consists of the head of each executive department, plus any additional government officials the president designates

Can veto actions by the president

Congress

The Constitution

The President

Rarely held national referendums

All of the above

Executive Budget Office

Department of the Treasury

Council of Economic Advisors

Internal Revenue Service

Office of Management and Budget

Department of State

Department of Defense

National Security Council

Department of Homeland Security

Office of Management and Budget

Vetos particular items in a spending bill

Lets a bill die by neither signing nor vetoing it after Congress has adjourned

Rejects a Congressional override

Lets a bill become law by neither vetoing nor signing it

Sends a law back to Congress witht the reasons for rejecting it

Makes laws by decree without the consent of Congress in some situations

Direct the business of Congress and initiate impeachment

Report on the state of the union and veto acts of Congress

Recommend legislation and make appointments

Manage the economy, lead the party, and deal with national crises

President's coattails are the strongest

President's party typically gains seats

President almost always wins reelection; a president who does not is the exception

President usually does not become involved

President's party typically loses seats

Prohibited the president from committing American troops without congressional approval

Established the chain of command of the armed forces in the event the president is incapacitated

Gave the president the formal power to declare war in the case of nuclear attack

Mandated the withdrawal of forces after 60 days unless Congress declared war or granted an extension

Established the code protocols that launch nuclear missiles in order to prevent accidental or unauthorized missile launches

FDR

JFK

Richard Nixon

Ronald Reagan

Bill Clinton

True

False

True

False