Ch. 4: The Executive Branch

Question 1

The ? made several changes in the electoral process, but the most significant change was that electors would now cast one ballot for President and a second ballot for Vice President

Answer 1

12th Amendment

Question 2

With the passage of the ? (1961), Congress granted the District three electors, the same number as allotted to the least populous state

Answer 2

23rd Amendment

Question 3

more than half

Answer 3

majority

Question 4

candidate who fails to win a majority of popular votes and yet wins the Presidency

Answer 4

minority President

Question 5

the highest number but less than half

Answer 5

plurality

Question 6

candidate win the presidency yet fail to get a majority (or even a plurality) of the popular vote? This is possible because of the “? used by forty-eight of the fifty states

Answer 6

winner-take-all” system

Question 7

According to the ?, a President may be elected to only two terms, and he may not serve as President for more than 10 years.

Answer 7

22nd Amendment

Question 8

constitutional qualifications for the office of President. The President (?

Answer 8

1) must be a natural-born citizen, (2) must be at least 35 years old, and (3) must have resided in the United States for at least 14 years.

Question 9

The ? heads the executive branch.

Answer 9

President