Chapter 8 Section 1
Across
- 3. A _________ career provides the opportunity to form political alliances necessary to obtain a party's nomination as well as the name recognition necessary to win votes
- 6. _________ in government is an unwritten but important qualification for taking office
- 8. The maximum number of terms a president can serve is ___ years
- 10. The length of one presidential term is ____ years
- 11. The last name of the first U.S. president
- 12. Presidents today have enormous power and ______________
- 14. The number of presidents who have died in office
- 18. The _______ qualities of candidates for presidency are more demanding than the constitutional qualifications
- 19. The ________ amendment established the order of succession to the presidency and spelled out what happens when the vice presidency becomes vacant
- 20. The vice president helps decide whether the president is ________ and acts as president should that happen
Down
- 1. Presidential __________ determines who would fill the president's office in case of a vacancy
- 2. The ____________ makes the president the commander in chief of the nation's armed forces
- 4. There are _____ requirements one must meet for the office of president and vice president
- 5. The constitution gives the ____ president only two duties
- 7. Another word for salary
- 8. The president must be at least __________ years old
- 9. The president must be a resident of the United States for at least _______ years before taking office
- 13. A president may pardon people convicted of federal crimes, except in cases of ___________
- 15. The president must be a ________ born citizen of the United States
- 16. Many other _________ are necessary for a person to have a real chance of becoming president
- 17. It is possible for a president to serve up to ___ years