US Government Flashcards
Democratic presidential ticket - 1984
Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro
Constitutional Amendments: 26th
Voting age set to 18years
Speaker of the House of Representatives - 1995-98
Newt Gingrich
Republican presidential ticket - 1992
George Bush and Dan Quayle
“Tail gunner Joe”
Joseph McCarthy
Chief Justice 1921-30
William Howard Taft
Constitutional Amendments: 20th
Lame duck amendment (Presidential inauguration day to January 20th)
Who is on the Fifty cent coin?
JFK
Who is on the $1000 bill?
Grover Cleveland
Who is on the $500 bill?
William McKinley
Reagan’s first Secretary of State (“I’m in Charge here”)
Alexander Haig
Constitutional Amendments: 25th
Presidential succession and disability
Constitutional Amendments: 11th
Limits federal judicial powers
Constitutional Amendments: 24th
Bans poll tax
George Washington’s Secretary of State
Thomas Jefferson
Chief Justice 1801-35 (4th - longest serving)
John Marshall
Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of State
William Seward
Constitutional Amendments: 16th
Allows for federal income tax
Democratic presidential candidate 1896 - 1900 - 1908
William Jennings Bryan
First Republican candidate - 1856
John C. Fremont
Chief Justice 1969-94
Warren Burger
Eisenhower’s Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles
Chief Justice 1864-73 (presided over Andrew Johnson Impeachment trial)
Salmon P. Chase
Democratic presidential candidate 1952 and 1956
Adlai Stevenson
Republican presidential ticket - 1964
Barry Goldwater and William Miller
Constitutional Amendments: 15th
Race will be no exemption to voting rights
Independent presidential candidate - 1992 - 1996
Ross Perot
Secretary of State from Maine - 1889-92
James Blaine
Constitutional Amendments: 10th
Rights not delegated by constitution are reteained by the people
Wilson’s Secretary of State
William Jennings Bryan
Last 3rd party presidential candidate to receive electoral votes
George Wallace (1968)
Who is on the old one dollar coin?
Susan B. Anthony
Who is on the new one dollar coin?
Sacajawea
What supreme court justice had been a pro football player?
Whizzer White
George Washington’s Secretary of Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
Constitutional Amendments: 23rd
Citizens of DC can vote in Presidential elections
Independent presidential candidate - 1980
John Anderson
Republican presidential ticket - 1960
Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge
Presidential candidate 1824 - 1832 - 1844 (different parties)
Henry Clay
Speaker of the House of Representatives - 1998-
Dennis Hastert
Constitutional Amendments: 13th
Abolishes slavery
Location of FBI HQ
Quantico VA
Opinion passed by the House or Senate
Resolution
Who is on the two dollar bill?
Thomas Jefferson
Republican presidential candidate 1944 and 1948
Thomas E. Dewey
Constitutional Amendments: 12th
Separate electoral ballots for president and vice president
Democratic presidential ticket - 1980
Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale
Golden Fleece award giver
William Proxmire