President
speech that the president must deliver once a year
What is the State of the Union address?
activist Supreme Court Chief Justice 1801-1835
John Marshall
Vice President of the United States
Who is Kamala Harris?
This rebellion showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Shays' Rebellion
First president from New York
Martin Van Buren (who?)
first president to get married in the White House
Grover Cleveland
two constitutional duties of the president
appoints officials; grants pardons and reprieves; state of the union; veto power etc
name two justices on today's court
Roberts; Sotomayor; Gorsuch; Thomas; Kagan; Alito; Kavanaugh;
Amy Coney Barrett, Breyer (Ketanji Brown Jackson)
author of the Constitution
Madison
Name the pamphlet that encouraged Americans to fight for independence written by Thomas Paine
Common Sense
Only bachelor president
James Buchanan
Two divorced presidents
Reagan and Trump
If a presidential candidate wins a state by only one popular, how many electoral votes does he/she get
the entire electoral vote of that state
term: power of the supreme court to hear cases in the first instance
What is original jurisdiction
one Federalist supporting ratification
French philosopher in favor of free speech and separation of church and state
Voltaire
first president to die in office
William Henry Harrison
most recent president without a college degree
Harry S Truman (My favorite)
Name two unwritten qualifications for president
large state; male; Protestant; family man etc.
define; writ of mandamus
court order
won the election of 2016 with less popular votes but more electoral votes
Trump
term: Having more votes than anyone else but less than 1/2
plurality
Three presidents in 1881...............Name two
Hayes, Garfield and Arthur
Name two out of the three presidents who died on July 4 (easy)
Jefferson, Adams, and Monroe
Nickname for the election of 1824
Corrupt Bargain
law declared unconstitutional by Marbury vs. Madison
Judiciary Act of 1789
two opponents in the election of 2016
Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump
person associated with freedom of press
John Peter Zenger
Most children
Who is John Tyler 15
Who was the first president to appear on TV?
F.D.Roosevelt in 1939 during a broadcast from the World's Fair