Amendments Altering Presidency

Name the amendment that dealt with Presidential and/or Vice Presidential succession.

• 12th Amendment

• 22nd Amendment

• 23rd Amendment

• 25th Amendment

This amendment moved the date for the start of the President’s new term to January 20 from March 4.

• 12th Amendment

• 20th Amendment

• 23rd Amendment

• 25th Amendment

This amendment changed the way the Electoral College chose the President and Vice President.

• 12th Amendment
• 22nd Amendment

• 23rd Amendment

• 25th Amendment

This amendment dealt with what happens on the death, removal, or resignation of the President or Vice President and how the office of President is to be filled.

• 20th Amendment

• 22nd Amendment

• 23rd Amendment

• 25th Amendment

This amendment gave D.C. residents three Presidential electors that allowed them to have a vote in Presidential elections.

• 12th Amendment

• 20th Amendment

• 22nd Amendment

• 23rd Amendment

Which constitutional amendment was adopted in response to the issue that was raised by this political button?

• limit the number of terms a President can serve

• direct election of United States senators

• create a graduated income tax

• lower the voting age to 18 years

What was the primary reason for the Twenty-fifth Amendment?

• to prevent a President and Vice President from opposing political parties from serving together in the same administration

• to spell out what happens upon the death, removal, or resignation of the President

• to allow residents of the District of Columbia to have a voice in Presidential elections

• to limit a President from serving no more than two terms of office

The following question has two parts. First answer part A. Then answer part B. Part A: What was the common theme of the Twelfth, Twentieth, Twenty-second, and Twenty-fifth Amendments?

• modify certain aspects of the office of the President

• extend voting rights to former enslaved peoples

• expand the powers of the executive branch

• protect the civil rights of American citizens

Part B: Select all the ways the Twelfth, Twentieth, Twenty-second, and Twenty-fifth Amendments accomplished the common theme you selected in Part A.

• changed the date the President and Vice President were to be sworn in

• allowed the President to use a veto to reject Congressional legislation

• created procedures to follow if no candidate gets a majority of electoral votes

• limited the President to two full four-year terms of office

• specified the procedures necessary for impeaching a President

The change to the direct election of senators, the lowering of the voting age to eighteen, and the establishment of a two-term limit for presidents are all examples of the use of

• judicial review

• checks and balances

• executive privilege

• the amendment process