Module 2 Unit Test Review

Why do citizens elect members of Congress?

• To be their voice in government

• To pay taxes

• To pass a budget

• To make a change in their community

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

• The Congress

• The General Assembly

• The House of Representatives

• The Great Compromise

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

• state legislatures

• the Senate

• the citizens of the United States

• the President

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

• Marbury v Madison

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Marbury v McCulloch

• Madison v Lincoln

Which of the following best shows Judicial Review?

• The Supreme Court rules to uphold a voting law

• Congress writes a bill that changes taxes

• The President signed a treaty with Mexico

• The Supreme Court rules a new law unconstitutional

Who can come up with the idea for a bill?

• The President

• Citizens

• Members of Congress

• All of these choices

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

• Declare it unconstitutional

• Impeach the bill

How are federal, state and local governments similar?

• They have elections

• They pass budgets

• They make laws for citizens

• All of these choices

Law enforcement in county government is provided by the…

• Police department

• Sheriff department

• Highway patrol

• State police