US Government Chapter 5: The Legislature
- 1.Laws made by the will of the people come through which body of the U.S. government?
- A.
House of Representatives
- B.
Congress
- C.
Senate
- D.
Rules Committee
- 2.Which term refers to people who are represented by a particular member of Congress?
- A.
Constituents
- B.
Voters
- C.
Interest groups
- D.
Candidates
- 3.How many years is the term of a member of the House of Representatives?
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
- 4.How many senators are there from each state?
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
- 5.How many years do senators serve in the Senate?
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
4
- D.
6
- 6.Who has the constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce?
- A.
Individual states
- B.
Federal government
- C.
Supreme Court
- D.
Businesses
- 7.To be eligible to serve in the House of Representatives, a person must be a U.S. citizen for at least
- A.
Three years.
- B.
Zero years.
- C.
35 years.
- D.
Seven years.
- 8.The practice of drawing district boundaries to the political advantage of the party in power is known as
- A.
Reapportionment.
- B.
Fixing the number of seats.
- C.
Gerrymandering.
- D.
Filibuster
- 9.Who is the most powerful member of the House of Representatives?
- A.
Speaker of the House
- B.
Minority leader
- C.
Majority whip
- D.
Floor leader
- 10.Which term applies to the 20 permanent committees of the House?
- A.
Standing committees
- B.
Conference committees
- C.
Select committees
- D.
Joint committees
- 11.Which basic job qualification for the Senate was set by the Constitution?
- A.
Wealthy
- B.
Experienced and knowledgeable
- C.
Live in the state he or she represents
- D.
Nationally known
- 12.How long is a Senator’s term of office?
- A.
Two years
- B.
Four years
- C.
Six years
- D.
Eight years
- 13.Which amendment was ratified in 1913 to make direct popular elections of senators part of the Constitution?
- A.
First
- B.
Second
- C.
Fifth
- D.
Seventeenth
- 14.What job does the Constitution assign the vice president of the United States?
- A.
Senate majority leader
- B.
President of the Senate
- C.
Speaker of the House
- D.
President pro tempore
- 15.Which provision adds an unpopular provision to a popular bill that is likely to be passed?
- A.
Presidential
- B.
Rider
- C.
Revision
- D.
Compromise
- 16.When the president signs a bill, it
- A.
Is vetoed.
- B.
Goes back to the Senate.
- C.
Becomes law.
- D.
Goes back to the House.
- 17.What can Congress try to do if its members disagree with the president’s veto of a bill?
- A.
Call for a pocket veto
- B.
Override it
- C.
Have a roll-call vote
- D.
Sign a discharge petition
- 18.People in the United States do not take part in national government directly but through elected ____________________.
- A.
Representatives
- B.
Supreme court
- C.
Governors
- D.
Socialist dictators
- 19.Both houses of Congress have the power to conduct investigations by issuing ____________ to call witnesses.
- A.
Facebook posts
- B.
Subpoenas
- C.
Taxes
- D.
Text messages
- 20.A(n) ____________________ is a tactic used by opponents of a measure in an effort to keep it from coming to a vote.
- A.
Cloture
- B.
Debate
- C.
Filibuster
- D.
Caucus
- 21.Each state has at least _______ representative(s) in the House of Representatives.
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
- 22.Senators must win statewide ________.
- A.
Legislative votes
- B.
Elections
- C.
Popularity contests
- D.
Text voting
- 23.Most bills submitted to Congress die in _____ and never receive the attention of Congress as a whole.
- A.
Jail
- B.
Prison
- C.
The White House
- D.
Committee
- 24.What is the main responsibility of Congress?
- A.
To write laws
- B.
To execute laws
- C.
To give speeches about stuff
- D.
To declare war
- 25.What does bicameral mean?
- A.
There are two camels
- B.
There are two chambers.
- C.
Bikers can attend.
- D.
Two people must attend a filibuster.
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