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This Month's Trivia

Today, a president can serve two consecutive four-year terms. But this was not always the case. In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won a groundbreaking fourth term. Congressional Republicans had had enough, and thus the 22nd Amendment - imposing the two-term limit - was put into place.

Monthly Democracy IQ Test

1. Who was the first president to be born in the newly founded United States?

2. Which states have produced the most presidents?

3. Which Supreme Court case in 2000 decided the victor of a presidential election?

4. A president cannot declare war on his own; he must have congressional approval. Which act decided this?

Answers:

1. Martin Van Buren, 8th president

2. Virgina (8) and Ohio (7)

3. Bush v. Gore

4. War Powers Act, 1973