Govt EOS Review '24

Which term BEST describes the system of government FIRST used in the United States of America?

• Aristocracy

• Confederal

• Federal

• Unitary

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Rights of the Accused
  
  All of these are characteristics of which type of government?

• monarchy

• autocracy

• limited government

• unlimited government

United States citizens have many ways to participate in national life. The most common form of participation is

• joining local civic clubs.

• voting in national elections.

• joining a national political party.

• running for election to the School Board.

What is the main difference between a parliamentary democracy and a presidential democracy?

• A parliamentary democracy does not have a judicial branch.

• A parliamentary democracy does not have an individual executive but a presidential democracy does.

• A presidential democracy does not have an equivalent to Parliament, the parliamentary democracy's legislative branch.

• A presidential democracy allows the population to choose the executive, but a parliamentary democracy allows the legislature to choose the executive.

A government in which all citizens can participate is called a(an)

• autocracy.

• confederation.

• democracy.

• oligarchy.

• The Magna Carta

• The English Bill of Rights

• The Petition of Rights

• These documents have had a lasting impact on American democracy by providing a foundation for

• the Federalist Papers.

• the U.S. Constitution.

• 
  the Declaration of Independence.

• the Virginia Declaration of Rights.

The ideas contained in the Declaration of Independence were MOST influenced by

• 
  Absolute Monarchy.

• anti-Authoritarianism.

• the Scientific Revolution.

• the Social Contract Theory.

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

- Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution

Based on Article II, Section 1, which person is eligible to be elected President of the United States?

• 
  a person born in France

• a person born in Canada

• 
  a person born in American Samoa

• a person born in the United States

"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected."
- from Amendment XXII to the United States Constitution

According to the excerpt from the 22nd Amendment from the U.S. Constitution, how many terms can a person be elected president of the United States?

• 1 term

• 2 terms

• Unlimited terms

• 3 non-successive terms

Which of these follows the Vice President in the line of succession to the Presidency?

• Secretary of State

• The President of the Senate

• President Pro-Tempore of the Senate

• Speaker of the House of Representatives