Test 4 Flashcards
(21 cards)
How old do you have to be to be the president of the United States?
35
Who becomes president if the president and vice president can no longer perform his duties?
The speaker of the house
Which amendment states that a president cannot serve for more than 10 years or two terms total?
The 22nd amendment
How many electoral votes does a presidential candidate need to win the election?
270/538
The president can appoint all of the following except?
Senators
Which is not the role of the president?
Chief Justice (Chief justice is the head of the supreme court)
Formal agreement between two or more sovereign states is called a…
Treaty
This us foreign policy warned European nations to stay out of north and south America…
Monroe Doctrine
A progressive tax charges the rich more than the poor
TRUE
In the state of the union the president lays out the agenda for the upcoming year every January
TRUE
How many electors does Utah have?
6 (4 representatives, 2 senators)
Bureaucracy is a large, complex administration that handles everyday business of an organization
TRUE
The US foreign policy for the first 150 years was internationalism
FALSE (it was isolationism)
Taxes on firearms, tires, tobacco and alcohol would be considered an estate tax
FALSE (would be considered sin tax or excised taxes)
Diplomatic community would allow a US ambassador to not be cited for a crime in a foreign country
TRUE
Security peacetime alliance that the US belongs to, formed after WW2 to prevent soviet aggression
NATO
The cold war policy to prevent communism from spreading was called containment
TRUE
The Pendleton act…
Made quality of work the basis for hiring/promotion
A peacekeeping organization that currently has 193 member with headquarters located in New York
United Nations
This country is not on the united nations security council
Brazil (UK, US, China, France, Russia ARE on)
A regressive tax charges the rich more than the poor
FALSE
