Lesson 4 Presidential Elections

Candidates for the office of president must ...

• be at least 35 years of age

• not have a criminal record

• have served in the army

• be US born

Presidential elections are held ...

• once every four years

• on a Tuesday

• in November

• on November 2^nd

The American president can be re-elected ...

• once

• twice

• three times

• as often as possible

The race for the office of US president is usually a matter of ...

• donkey & elephant

• elephant & fox

• fox & monkey

• monkey & donkey

The person running for the office of vice president is called ...

• walking Joe

• Uncle Sam

• the running mate

• fellow

The most powerful place in the US is ...

• the White House

• the Pentagon

• the Senate

• the voting booth

A state that might vote for a red or a blue candidate is a...

• red state

• blue state

• swing state

• green state

The system we use to choose the president is called..

• the electoral college

• the university

  election

• the general election

• the constitutional convention

The formal ceremony when a candidate becomes president is...

• primary

• the inauguration

• the electoral college

• the convention

A very serious promise is...

• an oath

• a lie

• an oval office

• an affirmation