Requirements
Can a person be an American Citizen, live in France, and run for President?
What is No?
This is the group of people that elect the President.
What is the Electoral College?
This is the Presidential Power to choose Justices, Federal Judges, Ambassadors and Cabinet members.
What is Appointment Power?
She is the first female VP in US History.
Who is Kamala Harris?
He is the oldest President...
Who is Joe Biden?
The Twelfth Amendments says that Electors have Two Distinct Votes... one for President and one for ?
What is Vice-President
This means the number of years a person holds office before having to run for re-election.
What is a term?
The President must be this age.
What is 35?
Colorado has this type of Primary.
What is an Open Primary?
This power of the President has the power of law, and is also subject to Judicial Review
What is an Executive Order?
This is the only Territory in the US that can vote for President.
What is the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.)?
He was the youngest President ever...
Who was Teddy Roosevelt?
The Twenty Second Amendment says you can have these many terms as President.
What is Two?
A President (or other politician) running for their own job.
What is incumbent?
What is a natural born citizen?
At this event, the Presidential nominee for a party is chosen.
What is the Nominating Convention?
The President formally, and legally, forgives a person for committing a crime.
What is pardon?
This person from the President's cabinet, is required to stay behind at the State of the Union Address.
Who is the "designated survivor?"
Who was John Kennedy?
The Twentieth Amendment determines that President will be inaugurated on this Date (unless it's a Sunday).
What is January 20th.
What a President (or other politician) is called at the end of their term?
What is a lame duck?
The President's Title Regarding the Military.
What is Commander in Chief?
A meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office or select delegates to attend a convention.
What is a caucus?
This means the President formally and legally forgives the crimes of a group of people.
What is amnesty?
This group approves Presidential appointments?
What is the Senate?
He was impeached twice.
Who is Donald Trump?
The Twenty-Fifth Amendment says that if the President leaves office, the VP...
What is "Becomes President"
The President's official group of advisors.
What is the cabinet?
The magic number for election in the electoral college.
What is 270?
This is the total number of votes in the Electoral College?
What is 538?
This is the President's Power to keep conversations secret to protect National Security.
What is Executive Privilege?
This event happens every year at the end of January (except on an inauguration year) - the designated survivor doesn't attend.
What is the State of the Union Address?
He is the only President to not belong to a Political Party.
Who is George Washington?
This era from 1945-1989, forced the passage of the 25th Amendment (determining who was always in charge at every moment)
What was the Cold War?
The Nominee is chosen and the platform is issued at this event.
What is the Nominating Convention?
The Presidential candidates must win this to receive the electoral vote in a state.
What is the popular vote?
What if no candidate wins the majority of electoral votes?
What is the House chooses the President.
This law, passed in 1973 over the Veto of Richard Nixon, limited the power of the President over use of the military.
What is the War Powers Act?
The two candidates in the First televised debate in 1960.
Who are John Kennedy and Richard Nixon?
He granted amnesty to men that moved to Canada to avoid the draft during the Vietnam War.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
He not only encouraged the adoption of the Twentieth Amendment, but was the primary reason for the passage of the Twenty-Second.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt? (FDR)
This means that the candidate who wins the popular vote gets all of the Electoral Votes.
What is "Winner Take All?"