Crash Course: Government and Politics Quiz

According to the text, who is the current President of the United States?

• Barack Obama

• Donald Trump

• Joe Biden

• George Washington

What are the qualifications to be President of the US according to the Constitution?

• 35 years old, born in the US or its territories

• 25 years old, born in the US

• 40 years old, born in the US

• 30 years old, born in the US

How is the President elected in the US?

• By the House of Representatives

• By the Electoral College

• Directly by the American people

• By the Senate

What is the President's most far-reaching power?

• Legislative power

• Executive power

• Judicial power

• Military power

What is the President's power to make treaties known as?

• Judicial power

• Legislative power

• Diplomatic power

• Executive power

What is the President required to do from time to time according to the Constitution?

• Make a formal address to the nation

• Convene Congress into special sessions

• Propose new laws to Congress

• Inform Congress of the state of the Union

What is the President's power to veto laws passed by Congress known as?

• Executive power

• Legislative power

• Diplomatic power

• Judicial power

Which president led the US troops in the field while he was President?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

What is the President's power to grant pardons and reprieves known as?

• Legislative power

• Diplomatic power

• Executive power

• Judicial power

What did the framers of the Constitution want for the government?

• A government with absolute power over the citizens

• A strong executive with unlimited powers

• A government with no checks and balances

• A limited government that couldn't oppress the people