Referendum & Initiatives

Referendum & Initiatives

Assessment

Interactive Video

Social Studies

11th Grade

Hard

Created by

Joanna Bolzle

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When do referendums occur?

Referendums occur when citizens vote to accept or reject a law.

Referendums take place when a government decides to change its leadership.
Referendums are held exclusively for constitutional amendments.
Referendums occur only during national elections.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Referendums are people -

deciding to reject a public official.

deciding if they like the standard of living

deciding to keep or remove a law ALREADY passed

deciding if they want to vote democrat or republican

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Initiative allows people to-

Select TWO

vote in congressional elections

make their own laws

elect the president

create a petition for signatures/ support a law

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Both referendum and initiative allow people-

to let their representatives choose senator

to have a DIRECT say in the lawmaking process

to pay less taxes based on income

to directly elect senators

5.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

​ (a)   is when people get support to add a law to a ballot using​ (b)   ​ (c)   is when people can vote to ​ (d)   a law already made.

Initiative
petitions.
Referendum
accept or reject
Recall
surveys