Legislative Branch Review

Senators serve

• 4 year terms

• 6 year terms

• 3 year terms

• 2 year terms

What determines congressional apportionment for each state?

• Gerrymandering

• Political parties

• Population

• Registered voters

Congress's power to coin money is:

• an elastic power

• an expressed power

• an implied power

• a nonlegislative power

Congress may override a presidential veto with a

• majority vote

• 3/4 vote

• 2/3 vote

• unanimous vote

To run for senator, you must:

• Be at least 25 years old.

• Be at least 30 years old.

• Have been a US citizen for fifteen years.

• Have a law degree.

How often does Congress adjust the number of seats each state has in the House of Representatives?

• Every 2 years

• Every 10 years

• Every session

• Every term

In impeachment proceedings, the House may_____, but the Senate must____.

• accuse/impeach

• convict/impeach

• impeach/accuse

• impeach/convict

The elastic clause allows Congress to

• make temporary treaties with foreign countries

• regulate trade between states

• stretch its powers to meet new needs

• tax US citizens in times of economic crisis

After being introduced on the floor, a bill moves to

• the appropriate standing committee

• floor debate

• the president's desk

• a roll-call vote

A twenty-eight-year-old citizen could be elected

• to the House of the Senate

• to neither house of Congress

• only to the House of Representatives

• only to the Senate