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Who is responsible for confirming Presidential appointees for cabinet department heads and other top government offices?

• Congress

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Supreme Court

After being introduced on the floor, a bill moves to...

• The appropriate committee.

• The President’s desk.

• A floor debate.

• A roll-call vote.

Congress is considered a bicameral body because...

• The Great Compromise established equal representation in the House.

• It has a House of Representatives and a Senate.

• It has 535 members.

• The Legislative branch is more powerful than the Executive branch.

Which one of the following choices is an expressed/enumerated power of Congress?

• Establish Prisons

• Create Schools

• Create treaties

• Coin money

Where does the trial of an impeached official/judge take place?

• Senate

• House of representatives

• Supreme Court

• Joint session of Congress

Why must the Senate approve the President's Supreme Court Justice nominations?

• It allows part of the Legislative branch to check the power of the Executive branch
• So the Senate can filibuster the President's nomination
• It is required that all Executive decisions go through the Senate
• The Senate wants to feel involved in the government

The legislative branch of the U.S. government is also called ________________--

• cabinet
• representatives
• Parliament
• Congress

The main job of the legislative branch

• determine if laws are unconstitutional
• veto laws
• make laws
• approve laws made by the President

After both houses of Congress pass a bill, it ___________

• is a law
• is sent to the President for his/her approval and signature
• is sent to the Supreme Court to determine if it is unconstituttional
• is approved by the American people

The part of the Constitution that describes the legislative branch is _________________-

• Preamble
• Article I
• Article II
• Amendments