WorksheetsQuizizz_Course E13
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
According to the 12th Amendment, if no candidate for President wins a majority, the election is decided by the:
House of Representatives
Senate
Supreme Court
Every order, resolution or vote, requiring concurrence of both houses, needs the President's approval:
always
never
unless overridden by a 2/3 majority vote of both houses
The President's salary:
remains the same during the term of office
increases by 10%, each anniversary of service
is indexed to the rate of inflation each year
If a bill is presented to the President and he does not return it within 10 days:
it shall become law
it shall become law unless the President cannot return it because Congress is adjourned
Congress must vote on it again
The 20th Amendment states in Section 1 that the terms of the President and Vice President shall end:
at 8pm on the first Tuesday in November, after the polls close
at noon on the 20th January
at noon on the 3rd day of January
The U.S. President is elected by:
the electoral college, whose members are appointed by each state
a majority of voters on election day
advice and consent of the Senate, whose members are elected by each state
The number of electors in the Electoral College is equal to:
the number of seats in the House of Representatives
the sum of the seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate
the sum of the seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate PLUS the number of electors for the District of Columbia
The term of the U.S. President officially begins:
January 20th at noon
midnight on the first Tuesday in November
January 3rd at noon
According to Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which of the following presidential powers requires 2/3 of the Senate to concur?
make treaties
grant reprieves and pardons
appoint ambassadors and cabinet members
The primary advisors to the President of the United States are known as the:
Cabinet
Elite
Czars
