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Checks and Balances/Legislative Process
Authored by Angie Helm
Social Studies
12th Grade
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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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