Three Branches of Government: The Legislative Branch (Congress)

Another name for the legislative branch is _____.

• convention

• congress

• justice

• court

The main job of Congress is to _____.

• make new laws

• argue about rules

• veto bills

• read the Constitution

There are two parts of Congress, the House of Representatives and the ______.

• Supreme Court

• Capitol

• Senate

• Assembly

The building that the Congress meets in to work on making new laws is the _______.

• Supreme Court Building

• U.S. Capitol Building

• The White House

• Wall Street

True or False

When the Congress passes a bill, it becomes a law immediately.

• True

• False

When the House and Senate pass a bill, where does it go from there?

• to the Supreme Court

• to the President

• to the Congress

• to the Post Office

What word means, "an idea for a law written down"?

• bill

• law

• constitution

• veto

What can the President of the United States do if he or she does not like a bill passed by Congress?

• veto the bill

• sign the bill

• throw the bill in the trash

• ignore it

The number of representatives that go to the House of Representatives from each state depends upon the state's ______.

• weather

• population

• compass rose

• wealth or money they have

In the U.S. Senate each state gets ___senators regardless of how many people live in the state.

• 3

• 435

• 100

• 2