CE SOL 6AB Check for Understanding C3

To make sure that no one branch of government would become too strong, the writers of the Constitution built in a series of -----.

• Scales and Weights
• Rights and Wrongs
• Checks and Balances
• Truths and Lies

If Congress wants to override the President's veto, they need what fraction in Congress to vote for it?

• 1/3
• 3/4
• 2/3
• 7/8

The ----- branch of government may decide if a law is unconstitutional.

• Executive
• Legislative
• Judicial
• They all can

The main reason for the legislative branch of government is to -----.

• Create laws
• enforce laws
• Interpret the law

The branch of government that controls the federal courts is the ----- branch.

• Executive
• Legislative
• Judicial

The President and Vice President are really elected by...

• The Senate
• The House of Reps
• The voters of America
• The electors in the Electoral College

How many people are in the Senate?

• 200
• 50
• 100
• 325

Who has the power to impeach the President?

• Supreme Court
• District Courts
• Congress
• The executive branch

Which of the following is a specific power of ONLY the Senate?

• approving presidential appointments
• making laws
• vetoing laws
• declaring laws uncontstitutional

The number of representatives a state has is based on the state's _________________________.

• location
• name
• population
• altitude