12.1 The Presidents

Question 1

22nd Amendment

Answer 1

Term Limits - President is limited to two four-year terms of office

Question 2

25th Amendment

Answer 2

Presidential Disability - Defined replacement procedure for President and Vice President

Question 3

Impeachment

Answer 3

House action that formally charges an official with wrongdoing. Conviction requires 2/3 vote from the Senate.

Question 4

Watergate

Answer 4

Events and scandal surrounding a break-inat the Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972 and the subsequent cover-up of White House involvement, leading to to the eventful resignation of President Nixon under the threat of impeachment