The __________ Presidency is a term used to describe the modern Presidency of the United States. It was written about in 1973 by historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. to address two concerns, first that the US Presidency was out of control and second that the Presidency had exceeded the constitutional limits.
What is the Imperial Presidency?
100
What does POTUS stand for?
What is President of the United States
100
What was the most recent election where the victorious national ticket failed to carry the vice presidential candidate's home state?
What is 1868?
100
Who was declared President by a fifteen-member commission composed of ten congressmen and five Supreme Court justices?
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
100
Who managed the campaign of General Leonard Wood, an early favorite for the 1920 Republican nomination?
Who is William Cooper Procter?
200
__________ refers to the trust, goodwill, and influence a politician has with the public and other political figures
What is Political Capital
200
A state in which it could go either way, there is no dominating party or candidate.
What is a swing state?
200
In which election did Democrats not carry a single Southern state?
What is 2000?
200
Which Presidential candidate conceded on election night but retracted his concession the next day when he learned that the vote in Florida was too close to call?
Who is Al Gore?
200
Franklin D. Roosevelt held this position before becoming President.
What is Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
300
Know as the 'secret' ballot
What is the Australian ballot?
300
What does the 'Fourth Estate' refer to?
What is the press?
300
Who had the most electoral votes and the most popular votes in the 1824 election but didn't win the election?
Who is Andrew Jackson
300
n 1800, a Presidential candidate and his vice-presidential running mate received the same number of electoral votes. Congress fixed this in 1804 with this amendment, which required that the president and vice president be voted on separately.
What is the 12th Amendment.
300
Woodrow Wilson, in 1919, decided to orate what into existence, circumventing opposing senators, and embarking on a grand 9,981-mile whistle-stop tour designed to directly sway tens of thousands of their constituents
What is the League of Nations
400
Power that is shared between state government and national government.
What is Federalism.
400
Unethical reporting of the events supported by exaggeration.
What is yellow journalism?
400
Who received the second most popular votes but the least electoral votes in the 1860 election?
Who is Stephen Douglas?
400
What was the first election where an incumbent vice president ran against a former vice president for the presidency?
What is 1968?
400
What state is known as the 'bellwether' state that quite often decides the elections (meaning if you win this state, you will probably win the election)
What is Missouri?
500
An often unfair way of drawing the boundaries for an electoral district that favors one group over the other.
What is Gerrymandering?
500
What does VEEP stand for?
What is Vice President of the United States.
500
Who was the running mate of Stephen Douglas in the 1860 election?
Who is Hershel Johnson?
500
Treasury Secretary under Wilson
Who is William G. McAdoo
500
What Quaker was the victim of an anarchist bomb at his home?