Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins Part 29

c. Qualifications for serving as an elector.

d. The method of choosing electors.

e. The time of choosing electors.

f. When and where the electors vote.

g. The number and disposition of the certificates of their h. The declaration of the result.

3. What was the method of voting in the electoral college before 1804? Ill.u.s.trate the working of this method in 1796 and 1800.

4. The amendment of 1804:--

a. The ballots of the electors.

b. The duty of the House if no candidate for the presidency receives a majority of the electoral votes.

c. The duty of the Senate if no candidate for the vice-presidency receives a majority of the electoral votes.

d. Ill.u.s.trations of the working of this amendment in 1825 and 1837.

5. The electoral commission of 1877:--

a. A difficulty not foreseen.

b. Conflicting returns in 1877.

c. The plan of arbitration adopted.

6. The presidential succession:--

a. The office of vice-president.

b. The act of 1791.

c. The possibility of a lapse of the presidency.

d. The possibility of an unfair political overthrow.

e. The act of 1886.

7. Compare the original purpose of the electoral college with the fulfillment of that purpose.

8. Explain the transition from a divided electoral vote in a state to a solid electoral vote.

9. Show how a minority of the people may elect a president.

Who have been elected by minorities?

10. What is the advantage of the electoral system over a direct popular vote?

11. Methods of nominating candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency before 1832:--

a. The absence of const.i.tutional and legislative requirements.

b. Presidents not nominated.

c. Nominations by congressional caucuses.

d. Nominations by state legislatures.

e. Nominations by local conventions.

12. Nominations by national conventions in 1832 and since:--

a. The nature of a national convention.

b. The platform.

c. The number of delegates from a state, and their election.

d. The relation of the "primaries" to district, state, and national conventions.

e. The nature of the primary.

f. Its two duties.

g. The duty of the voter to attend the primaries.

13. The presidency:-- a. Qualifications for the office.

b. The term of office.

14. Powers and duties of the president:-- a. As a commander-in-chief.

b. In respect to reprieves and pardons.

c. In respect to treaties with foreign powers.

d. In respect to the appointment of federal officers.

e. In respect to summoning and adjourning Congress.

f. In respect to reporting the state of affairs in the country to Congress.

15. The president's message:-- a. The course of Was.h.i.+ngton and Adams.

b. The example of Jefferson.

c. The effectiveness of the message.

d. Power and responsibility in the English system.

e. Power and responsibility in the American system.

16. Executive departments:-- a. The departments under Was.h.i.+ngton.

b. Later additions to the departments.

c. The "Cabinet."

d. The resemblance between the English cabinet and our own.

e. The difference between the English cabinet and our own.

17. The secretary of state:-- a. Is he a prime minister?

b. What would be necessary to make an American personage correspond to an English prime minister?

c. What are the ministerial duties of the secretary of state?

d. What other duties has he more characteristic of his t.i.tle?

18. Our diplomatic and consular service:-- a. The distinction between ministers and consuls.

b. Three grades of ministers.

c. The persons to whom the three grades are accredited.

d. The grade of amba.s.sador.

19. The secretary of the treasury:-- a. His rank and importance.

b. His various duties.

c. His chief a.s.sistants.

d. The administration of the treasury department since 1789.

20. The duties of the remaining cabinet officers:-- a. Of the secretary of war.

b. Of the secretary of the navy.

c. Of the secretary of the interior.

d. Of the postmaster-general.

e. Of the attorney-general.