AP Gov Ch. 3

Which of the following statements best summarizes the excerpt from Senator Paul’s speech?

• the United States should not become involved in another country’s Civil War

• the President should not have war-making Authority except in an emergency

• the military intervention in the United States is considering needs a spending appropriation

• the US Senate should decide on warlike action on its merits not along with other legislation

Which power of congress is Senator Paul probably most concerned about based on the passage?

• congress's power to tax and spend

• the Senate's power to ratify treaties

• the expressed power to declare war

• the power to regulate interstate commerce

Which foreign policy reality might limit what the Senate can do in this scenario?

• the reserved powers clause requires house approval for military intervention

• the president's power to declare war on foreign Nations overrides the Senate's power to declare war

• the Senate requires advice-and-consent power from the president to act in war

• the War Powers Act gives the president freedom to act with the military for a limited time

In what way did the Seventeenth Amendment broaden democracy?

• it extended voting rights to women

• allowed citizens to alter the Electoral College

• it gave citizens greater impact on lawmaking in the US Senate

• it extended voting rights to African Americans

When the Senate Judiciary Committee passes a proposed crime bill by a vote of 11 to 10 which of the following scenarios is most likely to follow?

• the Supreme Court will review the bill for constitutionality

• the full Senate will consider the bill

• the House of Representatives will take up the bill

• the president will sign the bill

Which of the following statements is reflected in the table of HOR and Senate ages?

• newly elected members are older than other members

• senators on average are younger than Representatives

• be a hundred and 115th Congress had the youngest newly-elected senators

• newly-elected senators were on average older the newly-elected house members

Which of the following is an accurate conclusion based on the table about the average age of HOR and Senate members?

• older people vote more frequently and they want other people serving them

• it takes years to get through law school before one can run for Congress

• levels of re-election in both the house and the Senate are high

• the Constitution requires these lawmakers to be 50 or older

A senator realizes a Senate vote on an immigration bill is coming up the senator examines public opinion polls on the issue and carefully reads her inbox for constituents views on the bill and the issue is Senator is falling which model of the representation?

• Trustee

• Politico

• Delegate

• Partisan

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the US House of Representatives and the US Senate?

• House- allows filibusters until a majority vote defeats the filibuster

  Senate- is a 101 member body as the vice president can vote on all bills

• House- has committees chaired by members in the minority Senate- is the first law making process when it comes to tax law

• House- has more rules of procedure to guide its law-making process

  Senate- has authority over the ratification of treaties with other nations

• House- is solely in charge of declaring war

  Senate- has the sole power of impeachment

Which of the following statements about congressional reapportionment and redistricting is true?

• the federal government redraws District Maps every ten years after each census

• districts must be drawn so that within estate every person's vote is roughly equal to every other person's up

• the Senate unlike the house is reappointed every 20 years

• states that have no major increase or decrease in population do not draw new District Lines every 10 years