#27 Card Who is the President of the United States?

#27 Answer Barack Obama

#28 Card Who is the Vice President of the United States?

#28 Answer Joe Biden

#29 Card Who is the senior Senator from California?

#29 Answer Dianne Feinstein

#30 Card Who is the Junior Senator from California?

#30 Answer Barbara Boxer

#31 Card Who is our district representative?

#31 Answer John Doolittle

#32 Card A system in which the power to govern is divided between the states and the central government is called:

#32 Answer Federalism

#33 Card The system that ensures that no branch of the government can become more powerful than another branch is called:

#33 Answer A system of Checks and Balances

#34 Card What guarantees that no person can be punished for a wrong deed that wasn’t a crime by law when he committed it?

#34 Answer ex post facto law

#35 Card How long is a president’s term of office?

#35 Answer 4 years

#36 Card How many terms can a president serve?

#36 Answer 2 Terms

#37 Card Who approves all high presidential appointments?

#37 Answer The Senate

#38 Card The number of electors from each state is equal to -----

#38 Answer The number of Senators and Representatives from that state.

#39 Card What is the age requirement for the president and vice president?

#39 Answer 35 years old

#40 Card What is the age requirement for a senator?

#40 Answer 30 years old,

#41 Card What is the age requirement for a member of the House of Representative?

#41 Answer 25 years old

#42 Card Women were given the right to vote (suffrage) in what year?

#42 Answer 1920

#43 Card The adoption of the 26th Amendment in 1971 changed ------------

#43 Answer The voting age to 18 years of age.

#44 Card The 16th Amendment gives the right to---------

#44 Answer Levy income taxes to Congress

#45 Card The only amendment ever repealed had to do with-----

#45 Answer Alcohol (liquor)

#46 Card Since the 17th amendment was adopted, Senators have been elected by--------

#46 Answer The people