Presidential Succession
Presidential Disability
Vice Presidency
MISC
100
Who is first in line to succeed the President when the office is vacant?
The Vice President
100
Can the President resume the power and duties of the office by informing Congress that no inability exists?
Yes
100
Who says “I am Vice President. In this I am nothing, but I may be everything.”?
John Adams
100
How many Presidents have died in office?
8
200
What is Presidential Succession?
The process by which a presidential vacancy is filled.
200
What section of the 25th Amendment have to do with Presidential disability?
3&4
200
Which vice president is widely regarded as the most influential vice president ever?
Dick Chaney
200
How many Presidents have been forced to resign?
1
300
Which of the following is not an example of presidential vacancy? A. When the president dies. B. When the president leaves the country. C. When the president resigns. D. When the president is removed from office by impeachment
B
300
How many days does Congress have to decide whether the president is or isn’t incapacitated after the President informs Congress that no inability exists?
21 Days
300
Who nominates a new Vice President if the Vice Presidential office is vacant?
President
300
What section of the 25th Amendment have to do with vacancy in the Vice Presidential office?
2
400
Who fixes the order of succession following the Vice President?
Congress
400
What are the two conditions that the Vice President becomes Acting President?
1. The president informs Congress, in writing, “that he unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. 2. The Vice President and a majority of the members of the Cabinet inform Congress, in writing, that the President is so incapacitated
400
Under what circumstance can the President fire the Vice President?
Under NO circumstances.
400
What Amendment and Section of the Constitution deals with presidential Succession when a President dies, is removed from office, or resigns?
Amendment 25 Section 1
500
What is the Presidential Succession Act of 1947?
The order Congress fixes for the succession of Presidency following the Vice President.
500
What is the difference between an Acting President and a Vice President who succeeds to office of President?
An Acting President is a Vice President that is taking on the powers and duties of a President while the President is incapacitated but alive and in office, a Vice President succeeds a President when the President dies, resigns, or is impeached.
500
What are the two formal duties of a Vice President?
1) To preside over the senate. 2) Help decide the question of presidential disability
500
Who is someone who will “Balance the ticket”?
An individual that a running President chooses as a running mate (running Vice President) that will strengthen his/her chance of getting elected.
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