Legislative Branch

According to the U.S. Constitution, what is the most important branch of government?

• Judicial Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

Congress is made up of...

• The House of Representin'

• The Imperial Senate

• The House and the Senate

• The Presidency and the Supreme Court

To serve in the House of Representatives, a person must...

• Be at least 35, be a US resident, and live in the district they represent

• Be a person of good, moral character

• Be at least 45 and have lived in the state they represent for at least 10 years

• Be at least 25, be a US citizen, and live in the state they represent

In the House of Representatives, each state...

• gets an equal number of seats

• gets a number of seats that is roughly proportional to its population (the bigger the population, the more seats)

To be a Senator, you must be at least what age?

• 25

• 30

• 35

The _ can impeach the president, which means _

• House; that the president is being accused of a serious crime

• House; that the president is being removed from office

• Senate; that the president is being accused of a serious crime

• Senate; that the president is being removed from office

"The Power of the Purse" refers to the House's ability to...

• pass a law

• put forward bills that increase or decrease taxes

• impeach

Which is a power of the Senate?

• Holding "trials of impeachment" in which the president, high-ranking officials, and judges can be removed from office

• Ratifying treaties by a 2/3 vote

• Voting to confirm presidential appointments to the courts or high-ranking offices

• All of these are Senate powers

When our Constitution was being written, states with smaller populations supported which type of plan for the Constitution?

• New Jersey Plan, which gave states equal representation in the legislature

• Virginia Plan, which based representation in the legislature on the population size of each state

James Madison wrote about Congress in which document?

• Federalist Papers

• Declaration of Constitution

• Articles of Confederation