Chapter 7: The presidency: Conventional Wisdom Redefined. Flashcards
Which article and section of the Constitution requires that the U.S. president be at least 35 years old, a natural-born citizen, and a U.S. resident for at least 14 years?
b. Article 2, Section 1.
Which of the following was not a characteristic of all U.S. presidents prior to 2009?
c. Protestant.
Who was the first African American to seek the presidency on a major party ticket?
b. Shirley Chisholm.
Who was the first woman to seek the presidency?
a. Victoria Woodhull.
How many Latinos ran for the 2016 Republican Party presidential nomination?
c. 2.
Which of the following women ran for the 2016 Republican Party presidential nomination?
a. Carly Fiorina.
Who was the first woman to secure the presidential nomination on a major party ticket?
d. Hillary Clinton.
Which of the following is accurate?
a. Donald Trump tended to garner more votes in states with higher concentrations of Whites.
A caucus is
a. a method for political parties to select their candidates for office whereby party members convene at local meetings.
A primary is
b. a method for political parties to select their candidates for office whereby people vote in an election.
The Electoral College is
c. an entity that selects the president and vice president, consisting of 538 electors chosen from the states and the District of Columbia based on the election outcome within each state and proportioned according to state population.
The first presidential caucus is generally held in
c. Iowa.
The first presidential primary is generally held in
a. New Hampshire.
Which of the following was controversial due to electoral irregularities concerning ballots and counting in Florida?
d. The 2000 election of George W. Bush.
Which of the following have contributed to the lack of diversity of presidential candidates?
c. Both of the above.
( The selection process and The campaign finance process. )
