Name: Class: Date: US Government Review 8.1 Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. I don t know whether you fellows ever had a load of hay fall on you, but when they told me yesterday what happened, I felt like the moon, the stars and all the planets had fallen on me. Harry S Truman, 1945 1. Upon assuming office in 1945, Harry S Truman made this comment to the press the day after this president died. a. Franklin D. Roosevelt c. Andrew Johnson b. Lyndon B. Johnson d. Gerald R. Ford I don t know whether you fellows ever had a load of hay fall on you, but when they told me yesterday what happened, I felt like the moon, the stars and all the planets had fallen on me. 2. Identify which of the following individuals, upon assuming office in 1945, made this comment to the press the day after Franklin D. Roosevelt died. a. Harry S Truman c. Andrew Johnson b. George Bush d. Gerald R. Ford 3. The president's salary is called a. central clearance. c. presidential succession. b. electoral vote. d. compensation. 4. A president cannot exceed this number of years in office. a. 6 years c. 4 years b. 10 years d. 8 years 5. This address is given by the president to Congress. a. White House Address c. State of the Union Address b. President Pro Tempore Message d. Presidential Confirmation Message 2
Name: 6. Choose the answer that best completes the flow chart. a. Eighteenth Amendment c. Twenty-second Amendment b. Fifth Amendment d. Twenty-third Amendment 7. Which of the following is a requirement to become president? a. native-born citizen c. at least 45 years old b. political party member d. military service 2
Name: 8. Choose the answer that best completes the chart, identifying the qualifications for president. a. at least 35 years old c. at least 45 years old b. at least 55 years old d. at least 65 years old 9. This African American won the support of many delegates at the 1988 Democratic Convention. a. Margaret Chase Smith c. Jesse Jackson b. Colin Powell d. Geraldine Ferraro 10. Choose the answer that best completes the chart, identifying the typical characteristics of the president. a. Protestant c. Catholic b. Jewish d. Methodist 3
Name: The presidency of the United States carries with it a responsibility so personal as to be without parallel.... No one can make decisions for him.... Even those closest to him... never know all the reasons why he does certain things and why he comes to certain conclusions. To be President of the United States is to be lonely, very lonely at times of great decisions. 11. Identify which president made these remarks on the loneliness of being the commander-in-chief. a. Abraham Lincoln c. Franklin D. Roosevelt b. George Washington d. Harry S Truman 12. According to the chart, if the office of president, vice president, and Speaker of the house were vacant this person is next in line for the presidency. a. Secretary of State c. Secretary of Defense b. Attorney General d. President pro tempore of the Senate 4
Name: 13. Choose the answer that best completes the flow chart, identifying the amendment that was created in reaction to Kennedy s assassination. a. Twenty-fifth c. Twenty-first b. Twenty-third d. Eighteenth Completion Complete each statement. 14. Presidential candidates with a(n) political philosophy have the best chance of being elected. 15. Ratified in 1967, the Twenty-fifth Amendment established the order of to the presidency. Matching Match each item with the correct statement below. a. Twenty-second Amendment f. Reorganization Act of 1939 b. vice president g. National Security Council c. Twelfth Amendment h. State of the Union Address d. chief justice i. Electoral College e. president j. Twenty-fifth Amendment 16. commander in chief 17. delivered to Congress by the president 5
Name: 18. limits the president to two terms 19. established the order of presidential succession 20. presides over the Senate Match each item with the correct statement below. a. encourages teens to vote f. Robert Weaver b. Electoral College g. cabinet c. Geraldine Ferraro h. to execute laws faithfully d. Frances Perkins i. popular vote e. 10 years j. salary 21. maximum time a president can serve 22. most important duty of the president 23. compensation Short Answer Critical Thinking 24. Drawing Conclusions Explain why a presidential candidate who holds extremely liberal or extremely conservative views would have a difficult time getting elected. 6