Civics: Unit 3, Assignment 2
There has never been an election where the president and vice president were from two different political parties. True False
False
A presidential candidate must be at least thirty years of age and have been a citizen for at least fourteen years. True False
False
What are the three basic requirements that a presidential candidate must meet?
A "natural born" American citizen, must be at least 35 years of age, and must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years.
The general election of the president is held on the first Monday following the first Tuesday in November. True False
False
If the election of the president in the Electoral College was not accomplished, then the _______ was to vote and decide who would be president and vice president.
House of Representatives
List three of the Constitutional requirements for the executive department that are described in Article II.
The Constitution established the process for the selection of the president and vice president. It set their terms of office and set forth the personal requirements of the candidates. Along with the order of succession to the office of presidency, should the president die or be removed from office. CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS The Constitution established the process for the selection of the president and vice president. Furthermore, it set their terms of office and set forth the personal requirements of the candidates. The order of succession to the office of presidency, should the president die or be removed from office, was established. It provided the oath of office that was to be administered. The duties of the president were carefully identified. Finally, the potential removal from office by impeachment was described.
List the steps that an individual must take to become a presidential candidate.
The selection of a president begins as early as two years or more prior to the presidential election. Individuals announce their intention to become a presidential candidate, and they begin their campaign. Early in the year of the presidential election, states begin holding their primaries, which are elections in which the citizens vote for their choice of candidate to represent their political party. In the primary elections, some states allow voters to only cast ballots for candidates of the political party in which the voters are registered; other states allow voters to cross over and vote for candidates in the opposite political party. By early summer of the election year, voters have generally selected the candidate of their preference. Each political party holds its party convention, in which it officially nominates its candidate for office. The candidate then announces his choice for vice president. The convention approves the presidential candidate, and the campaign begins in earnest.
The Constitution laid out a pattern for the selection of the president and vice president. True False
True
The qualifications for the vice president are the same as those for the president. True False
True
The presidential candidate is first chosen by the _______ in the state primaries, and then he is officially nominated at the party convention.
citizens
Following the general election, the _______ meet in what is called the _______ and cast the votes for the states they represent.
electors Electoral College
One of the powers of the Congress by which they can limit or check the power of the executive is through their Constitutional authority to _____ him. ignore overturn impeach convict
impeach
The concept and influence of _______ was not even conceived of by the early writers of the Constitution.
political parties
The Founding Fathers designed the Electoral College for the selection of the _______.
president
Today the vice presidential candidate is chosen by the _______ candidate with advice from counselors and advisors.
presidential
The order in which the officials of government would become president, should the president not be able to serve is called the presidential _______.
succession