The Address That Wasn’t: A State of the Union Quiz

By InsideSources.com

Published 5 years ago on

January 27, 2019

By J. Mark Powell

For the first time, a presidential State of the Union address is being rescheduled due to partisan politics.
It’s the latest chapter in a tradition that stretches to the closing days of the 18th century.
How much do you know about the State of the Union speech?
Take the quiz below and test your knowledge of the constitutional mandate that the president “shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union.”
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Answers: 1-A, 2-B, 3-C, 4-B, 5-B, 6-D, 7-C, 8-A, 9-D, 10-B

About the Writer
J. Mark Powell is a historical novelist and former broadcast journalist. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.

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