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In the 23rd Amendment, Washington D.C. is given the same amount of electoral college votes as:
A. The total number of Congressmen in the least populous state B. The number of Senators representing each state C. The total number of Congressmen in the most populous state
The 22nd Amendment, which limited the number of terms a president can serve, was passed because
A. George Washington did not want to give up the office B. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to four terms C. Richard Nixon abused his powers as president
The 20th amendment, which moved the date on which the President takes office from March 4th to January 20th, was passed to
A. shorten the lame duck period for a President that is not re-elected B. shorten the legnth of the President's term C. allow the President to be re-elected to more than two terms without serving more than 8 years
The right of the president to wtihhold information from Congress or the courts is called
A. emergency powers B. expressed powers C. executive privilege
Submitting a budget to Congress is part of the president's responsibilities as
A. chief economist B. party leader C. chief legislator
Appointing the cabinet and Supreme Court justices are part of the presiden'ts responsibilities as
A. chief executive B. chief economist C. chief legislator
As a commander in Chief the President is
A. the top military leader in our military B. all powerful C. a civilian in charge of the military

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In the 23rd Amendment, Washington D.C. is given the same amount of electoral college votes as:
A. The total number of Congressmen in the least populous state B. The number of Senators representing each state C. The total number of Congressmen in the most populous state
The 22nd Amendment, which limited the number of terms a president can serve, was passed because
A. George Washington did not want to give up the office B. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to four terms C. Richard Nixon abused his powers as president
The 20th amendment, which moved the date on which the President takes office from March 4th to January 20th, was passed to
A. shorten the lame duck period for a President that is not re-elected B. shorten the legnth of the President's term C. allow the President to be re-elected to more than two terms without serving more than 8 years
The right of the president to wtihhold information from Congress or the courts is called
A. emergency powers B. expressed powers C. executive privilege
Submitting a budget to Congress is part of the president's responsibilities as
A. chief economist B. party leader C. chief legislator
Appointing the cabinet and Supreme Court justices are part of the presiden'ts responsibilities as
A. chief executive B. chief economist C. chief legislator
As a commander in Chief the President is
A. the top military leader in our military B. all powerful C. a civilian in charge of the military

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