Unit 4 Test Review

What are the qualifications to be a House of Representatives member?

• 25 years old

• U.S. citizen for 7 years

• inhabitant of the state he/she represents

• 30 years old

What are the qualifications to be a Senator?

• 30 years old

• U.S. citizen for 9 years

• inhabitant of the state he/she represents

• 25 years old

What did the 17th amendment do?

• Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes

• allowing voters to case direct votes for U.S. senators instead of state legislatures

• gave women the right to vote

• right to vote in federal elections - tax payment

What are the terms of office for the House and Senate?

• House - 6 years

  Senate - 2 years

• House - 4 years

  Senate - 4 years

• House - 2 years

  Senate - 6 years

• House - 2 years

  Senate - 4 years

What are the special powers of the House?

• Both Blue and Yellow

• Elect the President in the case of an Electoral College tie

• Impeach federal officials

• Introduce revenue bills

What are the special powers of the Senate?

• Ratify treaties negotiated by the president (2/3 vote)

• Tries/Serves as "Jury" during impeachment trial

• Approves Presidential appointments

• All of the above

Why is the Senate considered the "upper house"?

• Fewer members than the House of Representatives

• Has powers not granted to the House of Representatives

• Both

What are the main steps in the legislative process? (How a bill becomes a law). Introduction, _______, Debate and Vote, Senate Action, Resolving Differences, President Consideration

• Committee Hearings and Reports

• Filibuster

• Veto

• All of the above

What is lobbying?

• Activities by which group pressures/influences are brought to bear on legislators, the legislative process, and all aspects of the public-policy-making process

• A technique of persuasion aimed at influencing individual or group behaviors to create a particular belief, regardless of its validity

To bring formal charges against a public official; the House of Representatives has the sole power to remove civil officers in office of the United States.

• Interrogation

• Impeachment

• Propaganda

• Lobbying