What is the length of a term of office for members of the House of Representatives?
2 years.
6 years.
4 years.
Lifetime.
What is the length of a term of office for members of the Senate?
LIfetime.
What is the length of a term of office for the president of the U.S.?
How old must a person be to hold office of president of the U.S.?
35 years.
25 years.
30 years.
45 years.
How old must a person be to be elected to the House of Representatives?
How old must a person be to be elected to the Senate?
How many members of the Supreme Court are there?
9.
27.
3.
535.
What is the length of term of office for justices of the U.S. Supreme Court?
What branch of government makes the laws?
Legislative.
Judicial.
Executive.
Federal.
How many branches of government are there?
4.
2.
5.
How many amendments have been made to the Constitution?
10.
12.
How many members of Congress are there?
100.
435.
538.
Who has the power to veto laws?
The President.
The Legislative branch.
The Judicial Branch.
No one.
Which branch can impeach federal judges?
The federal branch.
The Executive branch.
The Judicial branch.
The legislative branch can override a veto with a _______(fraction?)______ vote.
2/3
3/5
3/4
1/3
Who has the power to settle disputes between different states?
The Supreme Court.
What is the "supreme law of the land"?
The Constitution.
The Bill of Rights.
The Amendments.
The Declaration of Independence.
Who has the power to declare war?
Congress.
The people.
Who has the power to print and coin money?
The national government.
The state government.
Who organizes the Electoral College and decides when the vote will be cast?
Who is the commander in chief of the US military forces?
A cabinet member elected by the President.
The highest ranked member of the military.
A judge from the Supreme Court.
Who has the power to nominate ambassadors, public ministers, or other officers of the United States, such as members of the Cabinet?
The House of Representatives.
The Senate.
Who must approve judges, cabinet members, and ambassadors that the president appoints to government positions?
Cabinet members.
Who has the power to propose a law to raise revenue (a tax law)?
What is the name of the person who is currently head of the Executive Branch?
Barack Obama.
George W. Bush.
Hilary Clinton.
Bill Clinton.
The length of a term of office for members of the U.S. House of Representatives is 2 years.
A person must be 25 years old to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 years old to be elected to the Senate.
The House of Representatives has the power to propose a law to raise revenue (a tax law).
The length of a term of office for members of the United States Senate is 6 years.
The President has the power to declare war.
There are 2 senators per state, making there 100 total, and 435 House members, making there 535 members of Congress.
The length of a term of office for the president of the United States is 6 years.
One must be 35 years old to hold the office of president of the United States.
Congress has the power to make treaties with foreign countries.
The President has the power to nominate ambassadors, public ministers, or other officers of the United States, such as members of the cabinet.
The commander in chief of the U.S. military forces is part of the President's cabinet.
The Senate has the sole power to try all impeachments.
