Module 2 Review Civics

Why do citizens elect members of Congress?

• to be their voice in government

• to pay taxes

• to create a budget

• to make a change in their neighborhood

What choice is the best summary of the main job of the legislative branch?

• Impeach the president

• write laws

• declare war

• carry out laws

The name of North Carolina’s legislative branch is

• Supreme Court

• Congress

• General Assembly

• Great Compromise

Which of the following confirms appointments to the US Supreme Court?

• state legislature

• US President

• the citizens of the US

• the Senate

This was the case that gave the Supreme Court judicial review:

• Plessy vs Ferguson

• Marbury v Madison

• Marbury v McCulloch

• Madison vs Lincoln

Which of the following best shows Judicial Review?

• Supreme Court votes to uphold a voting law

• Congress writes a bill that changes taxes

• The Supreme Court rules a new law unconstitutional

• The President signs a treaty with Mexico

Who can come up with the idea for a law?

• President

• Citizens

• Members of Congress

• all of these

If the President does not want a bill to become a law, what can he do with a bill?

• Throw it away

• Veto the bill

• Impeach the bill

• Declare it unconstitutional

If the President does not want a bill to become a law, what can he do with a bill?

• Have elections

• Pass budgets

• Make laws for citizens

• All of these

Law enforcement in county government is provided by the…

• police department

• Sheriff's department

• Highway patrol

• State police