US Government Chapter 5: The Legislature

1. Who is the most powerful member of the House of Representatives?

Speaker of the House

Minority leader

Majority whip

Floor leader

2. What does bicameral mean?

There are two camels

There are two chambers.

Bikers can attend.

Two people must attend a filibuster.

3. With regards to representation, what does apportionment mean?

Distribution of seats according to population

Each person gets free stuff from the government

My portion is meant for me

Everyone gets an equal share of taxes

4. How many years is the term of a member of the House of Representatives?

1

2

3

4

5. Both houses of Congress have the power to conduct investigations by issuing ____________ to call witnesses.

Facebook posts

Subpoenas

Taxes

Text messages

6. How many senators are there from each state?

1

2

3

4

7. Which basic job qualification for the Senate was set by the Constitution?

Wealthy

Experienced and knowledgeable

Live in the state he or she represents

Nationally known

8. People in the United States do not take part in national government directly but through elected ____________________.

Representatives

Supreme court

Governors

Socialist dictators

9. Which amendment was ratified in 1913 to make direct popular elections of senators part of the Constitution?

First

Second

Fifth

Seventeenth

10. How many years do senators serve in the Senate?

1

2

4

6

11. A(n) ____________________ is a tactic used by opponents of a measure in an effort to keep it from coming to a vote.

Cloture

Debate

Filibuster

Caucus

12. Which term refers to people who are represented by a particular member of Congress?

Constituents

Voters

Interest groups

Candidates

13. The practice of drawing district boundaries to the political advantage of the party in power is known as

Reapportionment.

Fixing the number of seats.

Gerrymandering.

Filibuster

14. When the president signs a bill, it

Is vetoed.

Goes back to the Senate.

Becomes law.

Goes back to the House.

15. What can Congress try to do if its members disagree with the president's veto of a bill?

Call for a pocket veto

Override it

Have a roll-call vote

Sign a discharge petition

16. Congress is made up of ____________________________.

The Senate and the House of Representatives

Two branches of government

Three branches of government

State legislatures

17. What is the proper way to display the American Flag?

Any way you want

Upside down

18. To be eligible to serve in the House of Representatives, a person must be a U.S. citizen for at least

Three years.

Zero years.

35 years.

Seven years.

19. How long is a Senator's term of office?

Two years

Four years

Six years

Eight years

20. Which political party controls the House of Representatives?

Democrat

Republican

Socialist

Libertarian

21. Most bills submitted to Congress die in _____ and never receive the attention of Congress as a whole.

Jail

Prison

The White House

Committee

22. Which term applies to the 20 permanent committees of the House?

Standing committees

Conference committees

Select committees

Joint committees

23. Senators must win statewide ________.

Legislative votes

Elections

Popularity contests

Text voting

24. Laws made by the will of the people come through which body of the U.S. government?

House of Representatives

Congress

Senate

Rules Committee

25. What is the main responsibility of Congress?

To write laws

To execute laws

To give speeches about stuff

To declare war

26. Who has the constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce?

Individual states

Federal government

Supreme Court

Businesses

27. Who are our senators?

Barack Obama and Joe Biden

Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions

Mo Brooks and Joe Stampley

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

28. Who is our representative?

Barack Obama

Richard Shelby

Mo Brooks

Hillary Clinton

29. What job does the Constitution assign the vice president of the United States?

Senate majority leader

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

President pro tempore

30. Which provision adds an unpopular provision to a popular bill that is likely to be passed?

Presidential

Rider

Revision

Compromise

31. Which group thinks that congress should have more freedom to interpret the Constitution?

Strict constructionists

Loose constructionists

Presidential candidates

Senators

32. Which political party controls the Senate?