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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Chapter 13/14/15
Presidential Succession - Key

Directions: Do not write on this sheet. Use your own paper. Write your
name on your paper. Label it “Chapter 13/14/15 – Presidential Succession.”
Copy the sentence on your paper. Follow along in class to complete the
sentence.

1. Joe Biden is the Vice President of the United States.

2. The three qualifications listed in the Constitution to be Vice President are

born a U.S. citizen, at least 35 years old, and U.S. resident for at
least 14 years.

3. 14 Vice Presidents have become President.

4. William Henry Harrison was the first President to die in office.

5. He was succeeded by his Vice President John Tyler.

6. Presidential succession is scheme by which a presidential vacancy is

filled.

List the top four offices in order of Presidential succession:

7. Vice President
8. Speaker of the House
9. President Pro Tempore
10. Secretary of State

11. The Vice President is also the President of the Senate.

12. The Vice President may only vote in the Senate in the case of a tie.