WorksheetsArticle 1 Legislative Branch
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The lawmaking body of our government is called Congress.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
The House of Representatives
a)
House members serve two year terms (elected in even numbered years)
b)
You must be 25 years old to be elected to the House
c)
The number of Representatives each state gets is determined by the census every 10 years and the individual states draw the boundaries for the Congressional districts
d)
All the above
3.
What is the leader called of the House of Representatives?
a)
The speaker of the home
b)
The speaker of the house
c)
Vice president
d)
congress
4.
Pick which of these is true: The Speaker of the house is....
a)
A.) The Speaker of the House is Fourth in line for the Presidency.
b)
B.)The Speaker is chosen by the House members from the party with a majority of seats.
c)
D.) The current Speaker is Paul Ryan, a Democrat from Utah.
d)
C.) A and D
5.
How long does a Senate serve for?
a)
Senators serve a seven-year term, so every two years approximately 1/3 of the Senate is up for reelection.
b)
Senators serve a six-year term, so every two years approximately 1/2 of the Senate is up for reelection.
c)
Senators serve a six-year term, so every two years approximately ⅓ of the Senate is up for reelection.
6.
You must be 30 years old to be elected to the Senate.
a)
False
b)
True
7.
When wereSenators were originally chosen by state legislatures?
a)
16th Amendment in 1913
b)
17th Amendment in 1912.
c)
17 Amendment in 1913
8.
What does the Vice President serve as?
a)
The Vice President
b)
President of the Senate
c)
President of the congress
d)
None of these
9.
If the President approves of a bill from Congress, the President signs it and it becomes a law.
What type of power does the president have ?
What type of power does the president have ?
a)
The power of law
b)
Veto power
c)
Presidential power
d)
All the above
10.
What are the Powers of the Congress?
a)
Coin money, Set up a postal service
b)
Levy and collect taxes, Borrow, money, Regulate commerce, Set up a patent system Declare war
c)
Maintain our military, The “Necessary and Proper Clause” gives Congress the implied power to make laws about other things. Also called the “Elastic Clause”
d)
All the above
11.
What can Congress not do?
a)
Suspend habeas corpus (the right to be charged if held by police) unless it’s a time of rebellion or threats to public safety
b)
Pass ex post factor laws - make something illegal after someone has done it
c)
Pass bills of attainder - laws which specifically target one person. Tax commerce between states.
d)
All the above
12.
What can individual states not do?
a)
Conduct war or foreign affairs
b)
Not Pass any laws that the federal government cannot pass
c)
change the laws
d)
None of the above
13.
True or False:
The Senate can remove officials from office for “Treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors.”
The Senate can remove officials from office for “Treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors.”
a)
True
b)
False
14.
True or False:
If 3/4 of the Senate votes to convict, the impeached official is removed from office and disqualified from holding office in the future.
If 3/4 of the Senate votes to convict, the impeached official is removed from office and disqualified from holding office in the future.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
The Executive Branch: How old do you have to be to run for president
a)
32
b)
35
c)
25
d)
24
16.
The Executive Branch
a)
Presidents serve a term of four years. Since the 1952, the 22nd Amendment states that you cannot be elected President more than twice.
b)
Presidents serve a term of four years
17.
Technically, when citizens vote in a Presidential Election, they are voting for a slate of “Electors” that represent their state.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
What are the powers of Presidency?
a)
A. Commander-in-Chief of the military. Appoint heads of Executive Branch departments (The Cabinet). Make treaties
b)
B. Declare war. Coin money. Impeach any branch of government
c)
C. Appoint ambassadors and Supreme Court Justices. Grant pardons. Ensure that laws are “faithfully executed”
d)
D. A and C
19.
The Senate must approve all treaties signed by the President by a ⅔ margin Also the Senate also has the power to approve or disapprove the President’s nominations to the Cabinet and the Supreme Court.
True or False?
True or False?
a)
False
b)
True
20.
The Judicial Branch:
a)
A. Supreme Court Justices will serve lifetime terms so long as they exhibit “good behaviour” - i.e. they can be impeached but otherwise do not have to be reappointed.
b)
B. The Supreme Court is not directly involved in trying cases which determine if someone is guilty or innocent.The purpose of the
c)
C. A. and D.
d)
D. Congress establishes lower level federal courts which feed cases into the Supreme Court.
21.
Relations Between the States
a)
A. States don't have to recognize the laws passed in other states
b)
B. Congress has the power to admit new states.
c)
C. The “Privileges and Immunities” clause dictates that states must be given the same rights to citizens of the same states, not just the citizens of that state.
d)
D. B and C
22.
True of False:
To add to the Constitution, a proposed amendment must get a ⅔ majority vote in both the House and Senate.
To add to the Constitution, a proposed amendment must get a ⅔ majority vote in both the House and Senate.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
What is an Amendment
a)
Called the Bill of Rights. Our right to free speech is protected by the First ________________
b)
The fundamental _____ of the United States
c)
that people supposedly have under natural law. The Declaration of Independence of the United States lists life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as natural ______.
d)
____Rights that people are born with
24.
The Constitution is the “Supreme Law of the Land” which all states are required to follow
True or False:
True or False:
a)
Yes
b)
no
c)
True
d)
False
25.
Did All 13 states joined in by May of 1790?
a)
True
b)
no
c)
Yes
d)
False
26.
Which one is correct?
a)
Delaware was the first state to ratify December of 1787. Nine states were reached in June of 1789
b)
The Constitution goes into effect when 9 of the 12 states at the Constitutional Convention ratify it (Rhode Island did not participate.)
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