Second Semester FInal

Match the following

• Electoral College

• The votes of the people

• Candidate

• The group that is officially in charge of voting for President

• Popular vote

• Candidates work to win the votes of the people

• Elector

• A member of the Electoral College

• Campaign

• A person who is running for office.

How many Electoral College votes are needed in order to win the Presidency?

• 100

• 270

• 435

• 538

How does the national government determine how many Electoral College votes each state gets?

• number of senators it has

• number of representatives it has

• by population

• number of representatives and senators it has

Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House) and Patrick Leahy (President Pro Temp of the Senate) are in line for Presidential succession because of the

• 22nd Amendment

• 23rd Amendment

• 24th Amendment

• 25th Amendment

How many years can a president serve

• 8 years elected; 10 years if succeeded and elected

• 8 years

• 4 years

• 2 years

What is a requirement of anyone who runs for the office of the President of the United States?

• He or she is at least 30 years old.

• He or she is a native-born citizen.

• He or she has a college degree.

• He or she is a member of a major political party.

How long is the term of the President of the United States?

• 2 years

• 4 years

• 6 years

• 8 years

To be President you must be at least ____ years old

• 25
• 30
• 35
• 40

The purpose of the Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution is to

• impose a 2-term limit on the President

• set a Presidential term to 4 years

The qualifications to become President are

• citizen for 10 years, Protestant, at least 35 years old

• native born citizen, 35 years old, US resident for 14 years