2020 CIVICS PMA#3 SS.7.C.3.8 / 3/14 Three Branches Fed

How many members are in the House of Representatives?

• 100

• 400

• 435

• 235

The newspaper headline below describes an event in U.S. history.

Which parts of the national government participated in the process described in the newspaper headline?

• Senate and President

• Supreme Court and President

• House of Representatives and Senate

• Supreme Court and House of Representatives

the power of the judicial branch to review the actions of the executive and legislative branches and determine whether or not they are unconstitutional (this includes laws passed by Congress); the U.S. Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison established this power such actions are consistent with the U.S. Constitution

• how a bill becomes a law

• judicial review

• act

• Cabinet

having two chambers (e.g. the two houses of Congress, the Senate and the House of Representatives)

• Cabinet

• bicameral

• committee selection

• constituents

a proposal for a law

• court order

• bill

• impeach

• executive order

people appointed by the president to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers to the president

• Cabinet

• constituents

• executive order

• committee selection

an order that comes from the U.S. President or a government agency and must be obeyed like a law

• court order

• judgment

• executive order

• appointment

If the president does not want an idea to become a law, he can _____________.

• veto it
• ignore it
• put it to the bottom of a pile
• vote on it

What is the role of the Executive Branch?

• make laws
• enforce/carry out the laws
• explain or interpret the laws

What is the role of the Legislative branch? (On your test, this is NOT multiple choice.)

• make laws
• enforce/carry out laws
• explain or interpret laws