Influence of Citizens on Congress

Individual citizens influence Congress and its acts through

• Civil disobedience.

• Congressional elections.

• Organized peaceful protests.

• All of these answers are correct.

• Letters and emails to congressional staff members.

Which of the following statements is true?

• House members serve for two years, and Senate members serve for four years.

• House members serve for two years, and Senate members serve for six years.

• House members serve four years, and Senate members serve eight years.

• Both House and Senate members serve for four years.

• None of these answers are correct.

To address the issue of racial imbalance in the House of Representatives, state legislatures

• Constructed a kind of gerrymandering called a minority-majority district.

• Constructed a kind of gerrymandering called a majority-minority district.

• Created a practice known as “packing” districts to exert influence in electing representatives of color in majority districts.

• Created a practice known as “cracking” districts to break up majority-white congressional districts.

• None of these answers are correct.

The practice of redrawing electoral boundaries for political advantage is known as

• Majority-minority district formation.

• Gerrymandering.

• Reapportionment.

• Redistricting.

• Casework.

Historically, what percentage of incumbent members of the House of Representatives running for reelection win?

• 84 percent

• 60 percent

• 90 percent

• 96 percent

• 33 percent

Which of these powers is/are granted to Congress by the Constitution?

• To borrow money and regulate currency

• Taxation, spending, and establishment of tariffs

• Administration of post offices

• Punishing illegal acts on the high seas

• All of these answers are correct.

Because of the necessary and proper clause, Congress exercises a ______ scope of authority.

• Broad

• Reasonable

• Limited

• Restricted

• Tenuous

Within the instructed delegate model, elected representatives act

• According to their conscience at all times.

• Mostly according to their conscience and occasionally in line with constituents.

• Equally according to conscience and in line with constituents.

• In line with constituents, unless constituents’ views contradict representatives’ personal views.

• In line with constituents, even if those views contradict representatives’ personal views.

When a member of Congress advocates on behalf of a constituent who has an issue with a bureaucratic agency, they are playing the role of

• Legislator

• Caseworker

• Ombudsperson

• Trustee

• Instructed delegate

Identify the correct chronological order of a legislative bill’s passage.

• Introduction, committee review, conference committee reconciliation, House and Senate approval, presidential approval

• Introduction, conference committee reconciliation, committee review, House and Senate approval, presidential approval

• Introduction, committee review, House and Senate approval, conference committee reconciliation, presidential approval

• Committee review, introduction, conference committee reconciliation, House and Senate approval, presidential approval

• Introduction, conference committee reconciliation, House and Senate approval, committee review, presidential approval