WorksheetsUnit 4B Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
The headline below describes an event.
Cabinet nominee promises to support equal rights.
Which action might occur due to this event?
The president issues an executive order to reduce pollution
Congress votes to improve employment protections
State governors decide to raise the minimum wage
two-thirds of the governors confirm the appointment
What step is missing to enact a federal law?
- The bill is introduced in the House of Reps.
- The House of Reps. approves the bill
- The bill is introduced in the Senate and is approved in amended form.
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WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP IN THE LAWMAKING PROCESS?
The bill goes in to the people for a vote
The bill goes to a committee in the Senate
The bill goes to the President for signature
The bill goes to a conference committee to reach a compromise between the two houses
Which official presides over the proceedings of the U.S. House of Representatives?
Speaker of the House
President pro tempore
Vice President of the United States
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Between 1870 and 1913, one amendment was added to the U.S. Constitution. Based on this information, what can be inferred about the constitutional amendment process?
Amending the U.S. Constitution is a relatively quick and simple process that allows change to happen easily.
Amending the U.S. Constitution is a relatively time consuming and difficult process that does not allow changes to happen easily.
Ratification of an amendment requires 50 percent of state governors’ approval.
Ratification of an amendment requires 50 percent of Congress’s approval.
Which shows the correct sequence for amending the U.S. Constitution?
A majority of the state legislatures approve it – A majority of both houses of Congress ratify it.
A majority of both houses of Congress approve it – Two-thirds of both houses of Congress ratify it.
Two-thirds of both houses of Congress approve it – Three-fourths of the state legislatures ratify it
Three-fourths of the state legislatures approve it – Two-thirds of both houses of Congress ratify it.
What is the first step in amending the U.S. Constitution?
Two-thirds of both houses of Congress approve the amendment.
Special conventions in three-fourths of the states approve the amendment.
A majority of voters approve the amendment in a national election.
Three-fourths of the state legislatures ratify the amendment.
Which is an example of a power delegated to Congress in the Constitution?
the power to issue pardons
the power to regulate interstate commerce
the power to register voters for elections
the power to issue driving licenses
The quote below was made by a member of Congress.
“President Reagan is still our President. But he should not be able to… impose his …vision of the Constitution on the Supreme Court and on the next generation of Americans. No justice would be better than this injustice.”
Edward Kennedy, 1987
Source: Public Domain
How have similar statements influenced the actions of government?
Senate confirmation of presidential vetoes
Senate confirmation of presidential appointments
Senate confirmation of presidential pardons
Senate confirmation of presidential policies
Who in the federal government has the power to declare war?
Congress
The President
The Supreme Court
The federal district courts
How can the U.S. Senate check the actions of the President?
by refusing to ratify a treaty
by vetoing a proposed bill
by adjourning a congressional session
by holding a law to be unconstitutional
The statement below was written by John Adams in April 1776.
A representation of the people in one assembly…a question arises, whether all the powers of government, legislative, executive, and judicial, shall be left in this body? I think a people cannot be long free, nor ever happy, whose government is in one assembly.
- Source: Thoughts on Government, Letter of John Adams
Which basic principle of American government is John Adams describing in this statement?
Separation of powers
Individual rights
Natural laws
Civic virtue
How would Congress check the power of a President who is discovered to be taking bribes?
by looking the other way
by making him Vice President
by impeaching the President
by seizing emergency powers
