Your road to the White House

Your road to the White House

Multiple Choice

According to the Constitution,

presidents are required to

in the United States.

• be a politician

• have lived at least 14 years

• only have ever lived

• have served in the military

Multiple Choice

According to the text, most

people choose a political party

that .

• has less government

  involvement

• stands for everything

  they believe

• most closely matches their

  values

• provides the most federal

  programs

Multiple Choice

How are the two parts of a

presidential campaign different?

• One campaign is called

  primaries, and the other

  campaign is called a caucus.

• One campaign is for local

  elections, and the other

  campaign is for the general

  election.

• One campaign is for party

  members to vote, and

  the other campaign is for

  delegates to vote.

• One campaign is to win a

  party’s nomination, and the

  other campaign is to win a

  convention vote.

Multiple Choice

Why aren’t candidates required

to pay for their own campaigns?

• to allow anyone the

  opportunity to campaign

• to demonstrate that

  millionaires should

  not campaign

• to discourage people without

  supporters from campaigning

• to avoid wasting

  contributions on advertising

  during the campaign

Multiple Choice

There are different rules for

voting in each area, but voting

at a polling place must always

be .

• in groups

• by machine

• in private

• by paper ballot

Multiple Choice

The candidate who wins the

country’s popular vote doesn’t

always become president because...

• elections are won by winning

  electoral votes, not the

  popular vote

• candidates must win both

  the popular and electoral

  votes to become president

• the popular vote simply

  wins a candidate the

  party’s nomination, not the

  presidency

• more campaigning must be

  done after the popular vote

  in order to win the electoral

  college

Multiple Choice

Why is it necessary to have ten

weeks between the election and

when the winning candidate

takes office?

• The winning candidate needs

  to participate in parades,

  receptions, and balls.

• The winning candidate

  must choose staff members,

  including expert advisors.

• The winning candidate has

  to thank everyone who

  helped in the campaign.

• The winning candidate is

  required to wait for the

  electoral votes to be counted.

Multiple Choice

The of the state

determines how many electoral

votes it has.

• area

• primary

• location

• population

Multiple Choice

Why does the author call a

presidential campaign a

“piece of cake”?

• A presidential campaign

  is a cause for celebration.

• A presidential campaign

  is much easier than being

  president.

• A presidential campaign

  is something that doesn’t

  happen all the time.

• A presidential campaign is

  more complicated than the

  job of a president.