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Citizenship Day
Corrine Hawes
Issue date: 9/11/08 Section: Editorial/Opinion
A voter registration drive will take place in the Memorial Union from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Not registered to vote? Whether you are from Rhode Island, Connecticut, California or New Jersey, stop by to make sure you know the process for your state!
Readings from fellow classmates on influential and historical political and religious speeches; and activities and workshops on the Constitution, political apathy, and college student voice and engagement.
Our booth in the Memorial Union will have fun, interactive Constitution games, copies of the U.S. Constitution, and more. Come on by and test your knowledge on how well you know the Constitution!
To gear up for the big event, we thought we would throw out some brain busters to get you thinking.
A quiz from Constitutionfacts.com is used to test the average American on their knowledge on the constitution and the law in general.
-The longest possible time a person could now serve as president is: 4 years, 8 years, 10 years or 12 years.
-Laws for the United States are made by: The president, the Senate, Congress or the Supreme Court.
-Our first vice president was: Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin or John Adams.
How'd you do? We will have much more to offer on Citizenship Day so stop by the Union on Sept. 17! Remember to vote in the Mock Presidential Election Poll!
Answers:
10 years: Based upon Amendment 22 of the Constitution, no person can be elected to the office of president more than twice or serve more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected to be president.
Congress: This is found in Article 1, Section 1: "All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives." Thus, the function of Congress is to legislate or make the laws.
John Adams: The elections of 1789, 1792, 1796 and 1800 were based on the constitutional provision that the individual with the most electoral votes became president, and the one with the second highest became vice president. John Adams received the second highest vote count in the election of 1789 and became President George Washington's vice president. The process was changed in 1804 with the adoption of the 12th Amendment.
Readings from fellow classmates on influential and historical political and religious speeches; and activities and workshops on the Constitution, political apathy, and college student voice and engagement.
Our booth in the Memorial Union will have fun, interactive Constitution games, copies of the U.S. Constitution, and more. Come on by and test your knowledge on how well you know the Constitution!
To gear up for the big event, we thought we would throw out some brain busters to get you thinking.
A quiz from Constitutionfacts.com is used to test the average American on their knowledge on the constitution and the law in general.
-The longest possible time a person could now serve as president is: 4 years, 8 years, 10 years or 12 years.
-Laws for the United States are made by: The president, the Senate, Congress or the Supreme Court.
-Our first vice president was: Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin or John Adams.
How'd you do? We will have much more to offer on Citizenship Day so stop by the Union on Sept. 17! Remember to vote in the Mock Presidential Election Poll!
Answers:
10 years: Based upon Amendment 22 of the Constitution, no person can be elected to the office of president more than twice or serve more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected to be president.
Congress: This is found in Article 1, Section 1: "All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives." Thus, the function of Congress is to legislate or make the laws.
John Adams: The elections of 1789, 1792, 1796 and 1800 were based on the constitutional provision that the individual with the most electoral votes became president, and the one with the second highest became vice president. John Adams received the second highest vote count in the election of 1789 and became President George Washington's vice president. The process was changed in 1804 with the adoption of the 12th Amendment.
