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WorksheetsChecks and Balances Quiz Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 27mins
The _ branch makes laws.
(a)
The _ branch enforces the law.
(a)
The _ branch interprets the law.
(a)
Which of the following is a check that the legislature has over the executive branch? (Click all that apply)
Confirming presidential appointees.
Impeaching the president.
Overriding a presidential veto
Which of the following is check that the executive branch has over the legislature? (Click all that apply)
Removing members of Congress
Declaring laws unconstitutional.
Calling special sessions of Congress
Vetoing legislation.
Which branch may declare actions of the other two branches as unconstitutional?
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Legislative Branch
Which of the following is a check the legislative branch has over the judicial branch? (click all that apply)
Confirming justices.
Impeaching justices.
Striking down court decisions.
Which of the following is a check the executive branch has over the judicial branch?
Striking down court decisions.
Impeaching justices.
Power to appoint justices.
Power of the president to refuse (forbid) a bill
veto
executive order
table
pigeonhole
Which of the following is true of an executive order?
must go through Congress
must go through the Supreme Court
has the force of law
all of the given
Which of the following can the president NOT DO?
nominate supreme court justices
send the Navy to the south Pacific
declare war
none of the given
When governmental action violates some aspect of the Constitution and is declared null and void, it is:
Annulled
Unconstitutional
Amended
Accepted
The power of courts to determine whether what government does is in accord with what the Constitution provides is:
Checks and Balances
Judicial Review
Limited Government
Federalism
Who is the official president of the Senate, who votes in case of a tie?
Speaker
Vice President
Majority Leader
Secretary of the State
Congress impeaches a judge?
Members of Congress have passed a law that bans the use of firearms by all Americans except for police and military personnel. Which branch can check/stop this "law" from being passed?
Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
The president checks the courts when
proposes legislation
appoints judges/justices
confirm or refuse to confirm federal judges/justices
vetoes legislation Congress has passed
Congress overrides a President's veto?
Congress creates lower federal courts?
Congress impeaches a president?
the President vetoes a bill?
the President calls a special session of Congress?
Congress refuses to approve presidential treaties?
the Supreme Court declares a law unconstitutional?
Each of the three branches of the national government limits the exercise of power by the other two branches.
Checks & Balances
Veto Process
Bicameral
Federalism
Why is the division of governmental powers into separate branches important?
To ensure swift decision-making by centralizing authority.
To facilitate the merging of legislative and executive functions.
To allow one branch to dominate the others for streamlined governance.
To prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful and to provide checks and balances.
Appoints judges
executive--> Judicial
Judicial---> Legislative
Legislative--> Judicial
Executive-->Legislative
Impeach (remove) federal judges
executive-->judicial
legislative-->judicial
judicial-->executive
legislative-->executive
Ratify treaties
legislative-->judicial
executive-->judicial
judicial-->legislative
legislative-->executive
Can propose bills
executive-->legislative
legislative-->judicial
judicial-->executive
executive-->judicial
Declare laws unconstitutional
executive-->legislative
executive-->judicial
judicial-->legislative
judicial-->executive
override a veto
judicial-->legislative
legislative-->executive
executive-->judicial
legislative-->judicial
Justices are appointed for life
executive-->legislative
legislative-->judicial
judicial-->legislative
judicial-->executive
Sets # of judges
legislative-->judicial
judicial-->executive
executive-->legislative
legislative-->executive
Can veto bills
legislative-->executive
executive-->legislative
judicial-->executive
legislative-->judicial
Impeach (remove) the president
legislative-->executive
judicial-->executive
legislative-->judicial
executive-->judicial
Grants pardons
judicial-->executive
legislative-->executive
executive-->judicial
legislative-->judicial
Confirms Presidential appointments
executive-->legislative
legislative-->judicial
judicial-->executive
legislative-->executive
Can declare executive orders unconstitutional
judicial-->executive
legislative-->judicial
legislative-->executive
executive-->judicial
Call special congressional sessions
legislative-->judicial
judicial--executive
executive-->legislative
legislative-->executive
