Presidential Elections
What specific date was Joe Biden’s inauguration?
Wednesday, January 20th, 2021
Congress is made up of 2 houses. Which word means “two houses”?
Bicameral
Which U.S. president was the first ever impeached?
Andrew Johnson
“Let us never forget that the government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What President was the first to die in office?
William Henry Harrison
Since the 1840s, on which day of the week have the presidential elections been held?
Tuesday
Which term means that people are the source of the government’s power?
Popular sovereignty
The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic bribery scandal that took place between the United States and what nation?
France
“The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.”
Sandra Day O'Connor
Who was the first President to be impeached?
Andrew Johnson
What phrase was popularized after the 2000 election (incompletely punched hole in the paper ballot)?
Hanging Chad
How many votes are needed to end a filibuster?
60
Which U.S. politician fatefully (and falsely) declared at a press conference in 1998: "I want you to listen to me.…I did not have sexual relations with that woman."
Bill Clinton
“Government’s first duty is to protect the people not run their lives”
Ronald Reagan
Which President signed the 19th amendment into law?
Woodrow Wilson
What impact does a candidate’s concession speech have on the Electoral College process?
None.
Explanation: A candidate’s concession speech does not impact the states’ duties and responsibilities related to the Electoral College system.
How many votes are needed to end a filibuster?
The Vice President
Which lawyer and presidential adviser in 1969 became the only Supreme Court justice to resign under threat of impeachment?
Abe Fortas
"Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you."
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Who was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court?
Sandra Day O’Connor
In 1984 President Reagan won every state except one. Which state did he lose?
Minnesota
How is the number of terms a president can serve determined?
The 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
What was the name of the team of White House staff members that President Richard Nixon assembled in 1971 to collect damaging information on Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers?
The plumbers
“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.”
John F. Kennedy
Who was the first President to travel outside of the United States?
Theodore Roosevelt