Quiz 4 Flashcards
Which amendment gives Washington DC electoral votes?
23rd amendment
If nobody wins a majority of the electoral votes who choose the president?
House of representatives
Name the two presidents who were chosen by the house of representatives.
Thomas Jefferson and John Q Adams.
If nobody wins a majority of electoral votes who chooses vice President.
The Senate
How old does someone have to be to serve in the senate?
35
How long must someone reside in the united states to become president?
14
How mamny total electoral votes are there in a presidential election?
538
How is the number of electoral votes by each state decided?
Number of representavtives plus number of senaters.
What is the citizenship requirement for being president?
Have to be a natural born citizen of the U.S
Who traditionally administers the presidential oth of office.
The cheif justice of the united states.
The full excecative power by the united states is invested in what?
A president of the united states.
How many departments in the excecative branch broken into?
15 (cabinet)
How long is a term for the president and vice president?
4 years.
What is the term for the apperatus that carries out the presidents excecatuve power?
Bureaucracy
What is the latin term for the great writ that insures that you cannot be held without charge?
Habeascorpus
