2025 civics test · Question 37 of 128 · System of Government

The President of the United States can serve only two terms. Why?

Official answers

(Because of) the 22nd Amendment
To keep the president from becoming too powerful

Why

The 22nd Amendment, added in 1951, says a person can be elected president only two times. The Founders also worried about giving one person too much power. Franklin Roosevelt was elected four times, which led to this amendment.

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