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12th Grade

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Checks and Balances/Legislative Process
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1.

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What check does the president have on Congress' power to write laws?

(a)  

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What power does the US Supreme Court have allowing them to declare laws and actions unconstitutional?

Original jurisdiction

Appellate jurisdiction

Judicial Review

Judicial nullification

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When a nomination for the executive cabinet or federal courts is made, who must approve of it?

Congress

House of Representatives

Vice President

Senate

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What check does Congress have over the veto?

Can override with 3/4 vote

Can override with 2/3 vote

Can override with majority vote in both chambers

Can override if both Speaker of the House and president pro tempore of the senate agree

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is judicial review?

The power of the Supreme Court to hear a case for the first time

The power of the Supreme Court to hear cases on appeal

The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional

The power of the court to declare rulings of previous courts unconstitutional

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who checks the power of the judicial branch by having the sole power to nominate federal judges and Supreme Court justices?

President

Senate

House of Representatives

7.

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What check does Congress have over both the Executive Branch and the Judicial branch charging a government official with wrong-doing?

(a)  

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