United StatesQuestion 30 (2008 list) · System of government

If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

  1. aThe Vice PresidentCorrect answer
  2. bThe Speaker of the House
  3. cThe Chief Justice
  4. dThe Secretary of State

Why?

If the President can no longer serve, the Vice President becomes President. The Speaker of the House is next in line after the Vice President.

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Questions and answers: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778, and Civics Questions and Answers (2008 version), rev. 08/21 — public domain. USCIS accepts other answers too; we show one of them. The wrong options and the explanations are ours. Not affiliated with or endorsed by USCIS.

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