It was the longest State of the Union address in recorded history at 1 hour and 28 minutes. This State of the Union address is notable for being the first since President Reagan’s 1986 address at which all 9 members of the Supreme Court were absent.
Q. Which of the following is not a constitutional role of the president?
The choice that is not a constitutional role of the President of the United States is the speaker of the house.
Table of Contents
- Q. Which of the following is not a constitutional role of the president?
- Q. What does Washington say about the preservation of the Union?
- Q. Who started the State of the Union?
- Q. What did George Washington do in 1790?
- Q. What does a president do?
- Q. When did Washington DC enter the Union?
- Q. Did the Confederates attack Washington DC?
- Q. What would happen if the South captured Washington?
- Q. What year did the first state secede from the union?
- Q. What are the 11 Confederate States of America?
Q. What does Washington say about the preservation of the Union?
“To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.” was Washington’s call to his country to create a good army and to gather the resources needed to maintain it.
Q. Who started the State of the Union?
George Washington’s handwritten notes for the first State of the Union Address, January 8, 1790. Full 7 pages.
Q. What did George Washington do in 1790?
On January 8, 1790, President George Washington delivered to Congress the first State of the Union address in American history. This address presented defense, foreign policy, economic, education, and immigration related topics to gathered representatives and senators in Federal Hall, New York City.
Q. What does a president do?
The President is responsible for implementing and enforcing the laws written by Congress and, to that end, appoints the heads of the federal agencies, including the Cabinet. The Vice President is also part of the Executive Branch, ready to assume the Presidency should the need arise.
Q. When did Washington DC enter the Union?
States Ranked by Date that State Entered the Union
| RANK | STATE | DATE ENTERED THE UNION |
|---|---|---|
| 48 | Arizona | February 14, 1912 |
| 49 | Alaska | January 3, 1959 |
| 50 | Hawaii | August 21, 1959 |
| Washington, D.C. | February 21, 1871 |
Q. Did the Confederates attack Washington DC?
This is why Washington wasn’t relentlessly attacked by the Confederates. The distance between Washington, D.C. and the former Confederate capital of Richmond, Va. is a scant 95 miles. His advances north did threaten Washington, but Lee didn’t attack DC directly.
Q. What would happen if the South captured Washington?
The capture of Washington at any time 1861–1865 would have had negligible negative effect on the prosecution of the war; if anything, it would likely have stiffened northern resolve.
Q. What year did the first state secede from the union?
1860
Q. What are the 11 Confederate States of America?
The secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of six more states—Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas–and the threat of secession by four more—Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States of America.
