Unit 2 Review

Unit 2 Review

Congress, Presidency, and Judicial Branch

Multiple Choice

When a version of a bill is passed in the House and different version is passed in the Senate, it goes to...

• The Majority Leader

• Servicing

• The President

• Conference Committee

Multiple Choice

The leader of the House of Representatives is called the

• Pro Tem

• Speaker

• President

• Vice President

Multiple Choice

Senators serve

• two years

• four years

• six years

• life terms

Multiple Choice

Congress has the power to

• make laws

• borrow money

• lay and collect taxes

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Which committee in the House of Representatives is an instrument of the majority party to control debate on the floor?

• Rules Committee

• Conference Committee

• Steering Committee

• Ways and Means Committee

Multiple Choice

How Congress can to override Presidential veto

• 2/3 vote

• Finding veto unconstitutional

• 3/4 vote

• There is no way to override a veto

Multiple Choice

The term bicameralism refers to the

• establishment of two legislative chambers that have different structures and rules

• members of the House of Representatives having two year terms

• presidents having veto power over both chambers of Congress

• members of the House and Senate having to appease their mutual constituencies

Open Ended

Uber and Lyft have designated their employees as "independent contractors." This allows Uber and Lyft to way less than minimum wage. Uber and Lyft are also able to not provide their "independent contractors" health insurance. Under the Affordable Care Act, companies with more than 50 employees must provide healthcare.

Describe a power of Congress that can be used to address the scenario above.

Open Ended

The United States Postal Service has slowed down mail deliveries. Mail sorting machines are no longer in use and mail is now taking multiple weeks to be delivered.

Describe a power of Congress that can be used to address the scenario above.

Multiple Choice

A lawmaker who votes based on his or her conscience and judgement, not the views of his or her constituents

• politico

• trustee

• partisan

• delegate

Multiple Choice

A lawmaker who attempts to balance the basic elements of the trustee and delegate roles

• politico

• trustee

• partisan

• delegate

Multiple Choice

A representative that listens and acts based on the desires of their constituents.

• Trustee

• Partison

• Delegate

• Politico

Multiple Choice

The people within a district or state. Government officials represents them.

• Enumerate

• Null

• Constituent

• Politico

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about gerrymandering is true?

• It has been banned by United States Supreme Court decisions beginning with Baker v.Carr.

• It was used traditionally to maintain urban control of the House of Representatives.

• It can be used by a political party to draw boundary lines to control as many districts as possible.

• It guarantees greater constituency control over elected representatives.

• It ensures liberal control of the House of Representatives.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following Supreme Court cases allowed the court to review Gerrymandering Cases.

• Baker v. Carr

• Roe v .Wade

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Korematsu v United States

• Gideon v Wainwright

Multiple Choice

Gerrymandering affects:

• The House of Representatives

• The Senate

• The Presidency

• Congress as a whole

Multiple Choice

What is redistricting?

• the process of establishing the number of representatives in the U.S. Senate

• the process of drawing United States and state electoral district boundaries

• the idea that all states should have an equal number of people in Congress

• the use of the Census to determine who should run for office

Multiple Choice

What is the term for the president’s annual message to a joint session of Congress, which includes recommended legislation and evaluations of the nation’s top priorities and economic health?

• Status Update

• State of the Union

• State of the Republic

• Executive Update

Multiple Choice

What is the term for a presidential statement upon signing a bill into law, which explains how a president’s administration intends to interpret the law?

• Executive Assent

• Judicial Opinion

• Signing Statement

• Executive Statement

Multiple Choice

What is the term for a presidential order to the executive branch that carries the force of law. The Supreme Court can rule executive orders unconstitutional?

• Executive Order

• Executive Command

• Proclamation

• Declaration

Multiple Choice

What is the term for an international agreement between the president and another country, which does NOT require the consent of the Senate?

• Treaty

• Diplomatic Agreement

• Executive Agreement

• Foreign Agreement

Multiple Choice

The fact that executive orders have been used at an increasing rate indicates which of the following?

• Executive orders speed up the process by which Congress passes legislation

• The power of the president is growing

• The president is using the power of persuasion to maintain party discipline

• Executive orders are a tactic used by the executive branch to challenge legislation the president opposes.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was passed to keep political views from impacting the performance of the federal bureaucracy?

• The Hatch Act

• The Budget and Impoundment Act

• The War Powers Act

• The Judiciary Act

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of independent regulatory agencies?

• They tend to have larger budgets than cabinet departments.

• They tend to be freer from presidential control than are cabinet departments.

• They are insulated from contact with interest groups.

• They are directly supervised by cabinet departments.

Multiple Choice

The patronage system of awarding civil service jobs was replaced by the merit system as a result of the...

• Pendleton Act of 1883

• National Industrial Recovery Act

• Fair Labor Standards Act of 1961

• Truman Doctrine

Multiple Choice

Patronage is a hiring and promotion system based on…

• knowing the right people

• civil service exams

• talent and skill

• the Pendleton Act

Multiple Choice

Judicial principle that uses prior precedents to make court decisions.

• Arbitrium Stare

• Iudex Dominare

• Ad Victoriam

• Stare Decisis

Multiple Choice

What is the term for the court's power to review whether acts of the legislative branch, the executive branch, and state governments are consistent with the Constitution, and to strike down acts it finds unconstitutional?

• Overturning Precedent

• Judicial Review

• Judicial Revision

• Reevaluation

Multiple Choice

What term refers to factors that prevent members of the legislative and executive branches from influencing Supreme Court justices, including lifetime appointments for justices and a ban on salary decreases for sitting justices?

• Judicial Independence

• Judicial Immunity

• Judicial Impotency

• Judicial Protection

Multiple Choice

Courts below the Supreme Court, including federal district court, are called __________ courts.

• Superior

• Inferior

Multiple Choice

Which court case affirmed the Court’s power of judicial review by striking down a law made by Congress as unconstitutional?

• McCullough v Maryland

• US v Lopez

• Baker v Carr

• Marbury v Madison

Multiple Choice

Which Federalist paper established the foundations for life tenure within the Supreme Court, and judicial review?

• Federalist no. 78

• Federalist no. 10

• Federalist no. 51

• Federalist no. 63