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Am Gov Test
Question | Answer |
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23 Amendment | District of Columbia is Allowed to vote in the Presidential election |
Total number of electors | 538 |
Only President to resign | Richard M. Nixon |
Article 2 | Executive branch |
Bring formal charges against a public official | Impeach |
A group pardon | Amnesty |
Age to be President | 35 |
3 requirements to be President | 35 years old, live in United States for 14 years, be a natural born citizen of the United States |
Length of President's term | 4 years |
Presidents salary | $400,000 and $50,000 allowance |
President's power to say no to a bill | Veto |
Job of Cabinet | Advise the President |
25 Amendment | Presidents dies,If the President can't do the job or he dies, the Vice Pres. takes over. If the Vice Pres. can't do the job, Congress decides who will take over. |
Presidential Succession | Law that lists the positions of who will become Pres. if the person before them can not do the job. Pres, Vice Pres,Speaker of the House,Pres. pro tempore of the Senate,Sec. of State,... |
Election Day | On Tuesday after the first Monday in even numbered years |
Vice President | Preside over Senate, decide on Presidents disability |
State of the Union Address | In January or February each year it is the Presidents job to tell a joint meeting of Congress how the United States is doing financially a politically, so he does it in a speech. |
Amendment 20 | Lame duck, says the new Pres. and Vice Pres. will begin their terms on January 20th, and Congress will begin its new session at noon on January 3rd. |
Popular votes | The vote of the people |
Electoral votes | The vote of people chosen to elect the new Pres. and Vice Pres. |
Who can impeach public officials? | The House of Representatives |