Midterm

If the Republican Party wants to win more districts, they might consider a process known as...

• Filibuster
• Apportioning
• Gerrymandering
• Pocket veto

In order for the Legislative Branch to check itself, they created a ______________ legislature.

• democratic
• bicameral 
• cloture
• Congress

This person is the leader of the House of Representatives, and second in line to be president. . .

• President Pro Tempore

• Speaker of the House

• Majority Whip

• Minority whip

The president of the Senate is the Vice President of the U.S.A. Because he's not a Senator, they also have a "president for the time being" or a . . .

• president pro tempore

• Majority Whip

• Speaker of the House

• Minority Whip

The first written plan of government for the U.S. was called 

• Articles of Confederation
• Declaration of Independence
• Preamble
• Constitution 

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as 

• The Bill of Rights
• Preamble
• Filibuster
• Articles of Confederation

This philosopher's idea of a social contract theory influenced the framers of the U.S. Constitution

• George W. Bush
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Voltaire
• Beccaria

This French philosopher was famous for his ideas on civil liberties, freedom of religion, and free trade

• Voltaire
• Rousseau
• Locke
• Hobbes

Enlightenment philosopher who influenced the U.S. Constitution with his ideas of separations of powers

• Baron de Montesquieu
• Cesare Beccaria
• Thomas Hobbes
• Vlad Tepes

The ______ branch makes laws

• legislative
• judicial
• executive
• super