US Government Quizzes Online & Trivia

The US has hidden many dirty secrets which have eventually come out into the open. And, I’m sure there are more secrets we will learn about in future years. One that I find particularly interesting given President’s Trump’s ongoing war with the “fake media” as he likes to call the American press, is that in 1963, CIA agents spied on several journalists. The project was called Operation Mockingbird. A CIA report titled “Family Jewels” describing this project was declassified in 2007. This reports talks about wiretapping the homes and offices of two Washington based journalists in order to find out what they were talking about with “senators, members of Congress, and other well-placed individuals”.

Boxing day-this one can be confusing. the us used to celebrate both lincolns and washingtons birthdays separately, but the two holidays were combined into presidents day. since this day typically falls on or near washingtons birthday, ill call this a national holiday. martin luther king jr. birthday is a national holiday, but not all states celebrate it. labor day is a us national holiday. boxing day is a national holiday, but not in the us, so i marked that as the correct answer, since this is a us quiz.

Territories would become new states, not additional territory of the neighboring state.

1. ambassador to the united nations- the tradition of the cabinet dates back to the beginnings of the presidency itself. established in article ii, section 2, of the constitution, the cabinets role is to advise the president on any subject he may require relating to the duties of each members respective office.the cabinet includes the vice president and the heads of 15 executive departments the secretaries of agriculture, commerce, defense, education, energy, health and human services, homeland security, housing and urban development, interior, labor, state, transportation, treasury, and veterans affairs, as well as the attorney general.

30 day execution reprieve (unlimited Full pardon Sentence Commutation

Inside limits Outside limits In county where facilities are located On Highway

Pick cases Written Verdicts En banc seating 9 justices

Investment-grade

Someone tells their idea to a legislatorthe bill waits in the docket until introduced to the house of reps or the senatethe bill is assigned a number and is sent to a special committee and they revise it, and sometimes they send it to a smaller committeethe committee chooses a day for congress to hear the bill if it is good enoughit is revised and make necessary changesthe house of reps will either reject or approve the bill, and then the senate does the sameonce it is approved by both, then it becomes enrollitized and is for some reason sent to the white house for the president to look overthe prezident can either sign the bill into a law or veto (reject) itcongress can override a presidents veto, though. if congress does decide to do so, 2/3 of congress (somewhere around 360; there are 538 members of congress [435 house members and 100 senators]) must approve of this.if 2/3 of congress agrees, then the bill is a law!!!

Star spangled banner-on aug. 24, 1814, the british army had invaded washington, d.c. the capitol building and the white house were burned, and the brits turned to nearby baltimore, firing on the harbors fort mchenry on sept. 13. it was in the midst of that battle that francis scott key, who had been negotiating for the release of a prisoner of war, was at sea. at dawn on sept. 14, the american flag still flew over the fort; the british were in retreat. keys poem about what he saw, which he set to an earlier tune by john stafford smith, came to be known as the star-spangled banner. on mar. 3, 1931, president hoover signed the bill into law, and the u.s. had an anthem for the first time.

The president-this is another poorly written question. the justices are not appointed directly, it is a complex process that involves both the president and the senate. i marked president as the correct answer, since that is where the nomination originates. then the senate either consents or rejects the nomination. power to nominate the justices is vested in the president of the united states and appointments are made with the advice and consent of the senate. article iii, �1, of the constitution further provides that [t]he judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.

1. a change to the constitution-another poorly worded question. assuming the question is about a constitutional amendment, i selected a change to the constitution as the correct answer. the question does not ask how an amendment is proposed, ratified, or is added to the constitution. however, if the question wanted more detail about how an amendment is actually added to the constitution, the correct answer would be a combination of congress and the individual state legislatures. the president has no authority when it comes to amending the constitution. the authority to amend the constitution of the united states is derived from article v of the constitution. after congress proposes an amendment, the archivist of the united states, who heads the national archives and records administration (nara), is charged with responsibility for administering the ratification process under the provisions of 1 u.s.c. 106b. the archivist submits the proposed amendment to the states for their consideration by sending a letter of notification to each governor along with the informational material prepared by the ofr. the governors then formally submit the amendment to their state legislatures.a proposed amendment becomes part of the constitution as soon as it is ratified by three-fourths of the states (38 of 50 states).