Legislative Branch Review

This image represents a government that shares power between the national and state government. What is this principle?

• Separation of powers

• Reserved Powers

• Federalism

• Checks and Balance

In America, who makes the laws?

• People elected to serve as governors

• Cabinet members

• People elected to serve as president

• People elected to serve in the legislature

What best completes the diagram above?

• County Board of Supervisors

• City Council

• General Assembly

• Congress

Which would be the best description for the picture of the national legislative branch?

• Congress is the head of the legislative branch

• Congress is a one-house legislature

• Congress is appointed by members of the Senate

• Congress is a bicameral legislature

Select each item that is a power of the legislative branch of government. (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

• Confirms presidential appointments

• Approves the annual budget

• Appoints cabinet officers

• Regulates interstate and foreign trade

• Makes the laws of the nations

Which is the correct sequencing for the lawmaking process in Congress?

• 1, 4, 5, 3, 2

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

• 1, 3, 4, 5, 2

• 1, 4, 3, 2, 5

How are implied powers most often used by the United States Congress?

• To help carry out expressed powers

• To force the executive branch to sign new legislation

• To encourage citizens to vote

• To give the government veto powers

Legislators make laws in response to —

• demands from interest groups

• constitutional necessity

• supreme court nominations

• problems and issues in the community

This headline illustrates a power of which branch of government?

• State executive

• State legislative

• Federal legislative

• Federal judicial

What power correctly completes the chart for the Legislative Branch?

• Sends soldiers into action

• Holds trials

• Declares laws unconstitutional

• Declares war