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Worksheets3.3 Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
Which branch of federal government makes laws?
bureaucracy
executive
judicial
legislative
How have similar statements influenced modern congressional actions?
presidential impeachment
presidential nomination
presidential election
presidential veto
Which parts of the national government participated in the process described in the newspaper headline?
Senate and President
Supreme Court and President
House of Representatives and Senate
Supreme Court and House of Representatives
During the 1976 Presidential campaign, Jimmy Carter promised to pardon draft evaders from the Viet Nam War to help heal the wounds of the war. Shortly after he was elected, President Carter pardoned about 100,000 draft dodgers. How was he able to pardon so many at once?
He was exercising his implied powers as President.
He was exercising his customary powers as President.
He was exercising his emergency powers as President.
He was exercising his expressed powers as President.
Which is an enumerated power of Congress?
The power to tax exports.
The power to declare war.
The power to issue hunting licenses.
The power to operate public school districts.
The diagram shows details about the U.S. government. Which part of government completes the diagram?
The Senate
The Cabinet
The Supreme Court
The House of Representatives
What steps does the Constitution provide if there is persuasive evidence that the President of the United States has committed treason?
The President can be arrested and forced to resign.
The President can be impeached by the Supreme Court.
The President cannot be removed until convicted in a court of law.
The President can be impeached by the House and removed by the Senate.
Which action is an example of an implied power?
Congress votes to raise income taxes.
Congress holds an investigation on women in the military.
Congress declares war on a country for sponsoring terrorism.
Congress decides to close post offices in rural areas on Saturdays.
Which is an example of a check on congressional power?
the power of Congress to declare war
the power of the President to veto a bill
the power of the states to collect their own taxes
the power of the Supreme Court to try cases between states
Here are two opposing views expressed at the Constitutional Convention. How was this disagreement between small states and large states resolved?
by creating both federal and state legislatures
by counting each slave as three-fifths of a person
by passing a Bill of Rights to protect individual rights
by creating a bicameral legislature with one house on each basis
