CIVICS - UNIT #5 - PRACTICE (TAKE 2+ TIMES!!!)

Match the following

• CHARTER

• Power of municipalities to determine local issues so long as they are permitted by the state

• SPECIAL DISTRICTS

• Document that makes a city/town an officially-recognized municipality

• MUNICIPALITY

• Government that deals with a specific function – such as education, water supply, transportation, or fire protection

• HOME RULE

• Process of becoming an officially-recognized city/town

• INCORPORATION

• Officially-recognized city/town

Match the following

• COUNCIL-MANAGER PLAN

• Local government where elected city council serves as legislative body & serves with an elected chief executive of the city

• MAYOR-COUNCIL PLAN

• Laws passed by city councils that are specific to a city

• ORDINANCES

• Performs the legislative duties for the CITY, passing ordinances, & sharing power with a city manager that they hire or mayor elected by the residents of the city

• CITY COUNCIL

• Money collected by government from citizens/residents; Money spent by government to provide services for citizens/residents

• REVENUES & EXPENDITURES

• Local government where elected city council serves as legislative body that hires a professional to serve as chief executive; in this case, the mayor usually serves only in a ceremonial role

Match the following

• STANDING

• Served by the vice president who only casts tie-breaking votes

• PRES. OF SENATE

• Committees that deal with administrative issues like the Library of Congress, Tax Collections, Printing Congressional Materials

• SPECIAL / SELECT

• Crafts identical bill between differing House & Senate versions

• CONFERENCE

• Temporary committees formed to deal with specific issues or tasks (e.g., COVID, 9/11 attacks, steroids in professional sports)

• JOINT

• Permanent committee that deals with ongoing issues like agriculture, commerce, & veterans’ affairs

Match the following

• SPEAKER

• The people chosen to assist majority leaders in Congress in counting the number of people who will vote for or against upcoming legislation  

• MAJORITY & MINORITY LEADERS

• The leader of the House of Representatives

• WHIPS

• Leaders of the political parties in the House & the Senate of the party with less than 50% of members making up each chamber; Leaders of the political parties in the House & the Senate of the party with more than 50% of members making up each chamber

• SENATE PRO TEMPORE

• Served by the most senior senator of the majority party

Match the following

• PIGEONHOLE

• When Congress votes to enact a law against a president’s veto with a two-thirds majority vote

• OVERRIDE

• When a member of the Senate speaks for a long time in an attempt to kill a bill by getting its supporters to give up support

• CLOTURE

• When three-fifths of senators agree to limit time on debate and to end a filibuster

• FILIBUSTER

• When a bill dies in committee, because it is set aside

• RIDER

• An unrelated amendment to a bill

Match the following

• EXPRESSED/ENUMERATED

• Coin money, declare war, establish post offices, regulate interstate commerce 

• NON-LEGISLATIVE

• Hold investigative hearings, subpoena witnesses, impeach/convict/expel govt officials, approve/reject POTUS nominations

• IMPLICIT/ELASTIC

• Call a military draft, discontinue use of pennies in circulation, change immigration quotas, use revenue to support govt programs

The ___ can deploy troops into battle, but only the ___ can declare war.

• 1. President; vice president

• 1. Congress; president

• 1. Secretary of state; secretary of defense

• 1. President; Congress

Why did the Framers of the Constitution decide that three arms of our government – the House, the Senate, & the president – should be made aware of and have a say in bills and issues discussed in Congress?

• 1. It provides a means of checks and balances between the executive & legislative branches

• 1. It creates more steps to prevent laws from being made so hastily

• 1. It forces all elected officials to be involved in the process of making and enacting laws

• 1. ALL OF THE ABOVE

The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. – U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 2, Clause 3

--> CL.C&G.4.3 To which is the excerpt referring?

• 1. Census and apportionment

• 1. Apportionment and gerrymandering

• 1. Redistricting and gerrymandering

• 1. Gerrymandering and census

CL.C&G.3 A politician who ignores the needs of their own constituents is failing to perform which duty of representation?

• 1. Being a responsible Partisan

• 1. Being a responsible Trustee

• 1. Being a responsible Politico

• 1. Being a responsible Delegate