Questions Previewing the Executive Branch

In case the President is disabled, the way the Vice President becomes President is determined by the...

• 25th Amendment
• Original Constitution
• Congress
• Supreme Court

The Electoral College

• functions largely independently of the major political parties
• provide for a winner-take-all system of election in all 50 states
• requires that the candidate who receives a plurality of the votes (the most) will be elected to the office of president
• requires that a candidate receive a majority (270 electoral votes) to be elected president.

According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1974, which of these officers follows the Vice President in line of presidential succession?

• Speaker of the House
• President pro tempore of the Senate 
• Secretary of State 
• Secretary of Treasury

The one formal duty assigned to the Vice President by the Constitution is to...

• call cabinet meetings.
• choose the Secretary of State.
• preside over the Senate.
• preside over the House

If the president dies this person takes over

• Speaker of the House

• First Lady

• President pro Tempore

• Vice President

How long is each presidential term?

• 1 year

• 2 years

• 4 years

• 6 years

To be President you must be at least ____ years old

• 25

• 30

• 35

• 40

Name one thing the president has the power to do.

• Makes Laws
• Pardons People
• Live outside the United States

How many terms may the president serve?

• 1
• 2
• 4
• unlimited

The President is assisted by 

• the Congress
• the Cabinet 
• the Supreme Court
• the people