US Government Pre-Test

1. _______________ How long is the President’s term of office?

2. _______________ How old do you have to be to be the President?
3. _______________ Our State has a total of how many electoral votes?
4. _______________ What is the term for a US Senator?
5. _______________ How old must you be in order to be a
United States Representative?
6. _______________ How is the number of representatives per State determined?
7. _______________ Each state is represented by how many Senators?
8. _______________ Anyone who is tried on a criminal offense
in a federal court is tried by what?
9. _______________ The Supreme Court consists of how many justices?
10. _______________ Who has the sole power to try officials
who have been impeached?
11. _______________ What group brings the charges of impeachment?
12. _______________ Which Article in the Constitution deals with the Judiciary?
13. _______________ Which Article in the Constitution deals with the Legislature?
14. _______________ Which Article in the Constitution deals with the Executive?
15. _______________ How many articles are in the Constitution?
16. _______________ How many Amendments have been made
to the Constitution since its creation?
17. _______________ What are the first ten amendments called?
18. _______________ In which amendment are you given the
right to bear arms?
19. _______________ What amendment protects you from
incriminating yourself?
20. _______________ What amendment outlawed slavery?
21. _______________ What amendment gives you freedom of
speech?
22. _______________ What does the 18th amendment mean to
you?
23. _______________ For what office named in the Constitution
must you be a natural born citizen?
24. _______________ Who were the only two Presidents ever
impeached?
25. _______________ What President served the longest term of
office?
26. _______________ What President was known for the
Watergate Scandal?
27. _______________ Was John F. Kennedy a Republican or
Democrat?
28. _______________ Prior to Pres. Clinton, who was the last
Democratic President?
29. _______________ What does it mean if you are the State’s
Senior Senator?
30. _______________ What type of committee is used to iron out
differences in a bill from the House and Senate?
31. _______________ How much cash money can you give a
Presidential Candidate?
32. _______________ The President of the Senate also holds
what position?
33. _______________ What is it called when a Senator tries to
talk a bill to death?
34. _______________ What type of Committee is permanent and
has jurisdiction over specific items?
35. _______________ How many members are in the House of
Representatives?
36. _______________ Are the Speaker of the House and the
House Majority leader from the same political party?
37. _______________ Name the only woman serving on the
Supreme Court.
38. _______________ How many departments are there in the
President’s Cabinet?
39. _______________ What Philosopher was very important in
stating many of the ideas used in the constitution?
40. _______________ Who is the governor of Kansas currently?
41. _______________ What can a President do to a law after its
passed the House and Senate?
42. _______________ In what city was the Constitution written?
43. _______________ What type of legislature do we have in our
federal government?
44. _______________ Declaring acts of government
unconstitutional is called what?
45. _______________ What were the first two political parties
called?