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WorksheetsLEGISLATIVE BRANCH TEST FILL IN THE BLANK
Total questions: 79
Worksheet time: 40mins
(a) IS THE UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME FOR A SENATOR TO DEBATE A BILL
3/5'S OF THE SENATE OR (a) VOTES IS NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT A CLOTURE (NUMBER)
A PROCEDURE VOTE CALLED A (a) STOPS A FILIBUSTER
THE (a) PLAN BASED REPRESENTATION ON POPULATION
THE ______ ________ PLAN CALLED FOR EQUAL REPRESENTATION FOR EACH STATE
(a)
JAMES (a) CREATED THE VIRGINIA PLAN
A (a) LEGISLATURE IS A ONE HOUSE POLITICAL BODY
THERE'S AN AVERAGE OF 700,000 (a) IN A CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
WILLIAM (a) CREATED THE NEW JERSEY PLAN
ROGER (a) CREATED THE CONNECTICUT/GREAT COMPROMISE
A (a) IS AN OFFICIAL COUNT OF THE POPULATION CONDUCTED EVERY 10 YEARS
A (a) LEGISLATURE IS A 2 HOUSE POLITICAL BODY
A (a) IS A CITIZEN/PERSON A POLITICAL OFFICIALS REPRESENT
THERE ARE (a) CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS IN GEORGIA
(a) IN ENGLAND IS EQUIVALENT TO OUR LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
A (a) IS A REPRESENTATIVE
CLARKSTON, GEORGIA IS IN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT NUMBER (a)
THERE ARE (a) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS IN GEORGIA
THE BILL MUST HAVE (a) APPROVAL BY BOTH HOUSES PRIOR TP GOING TO THE PRESIDENT
HENRY HANK (a) IS OUR CONGRESSMAN FOR THIS AREA
RAPHEAL (a) IS ONE OF GEORGIA'S SENATORS
GEORGIA HAS A TOTAL OF (a) (NUMBER) ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES (SENATORS PLUS HOUSE MEMBERS)
JOHN (a) IS ONE OF GEORGIA'S SENATORS
A (a) COMMITTEE DESIGNED TO CREATE ONE VERSION OF A BILL
PIGEON (a) MEANS TO PUT A BILL TO THE SIDE AND FORGET ABOUT IT
OPPOSITE OF REJECT IS TO (a)
A BILL CAN START ON EITHER (a) THE HOUSE OR SENATE
OPPOSITE OF DISAPPROVE IS TO (a)
THE PRESIDENT HAS THE RIGHT TO (a) A BILL
A VOTE OF 2'3'S BY THE HOUSE AND SENATE CAN (a) A PRESIDENT'S VETO
TO (a) MEANS A FORMAL ACCUSATION OF WRONG-DOING
THE (a) PROCESS CAN ONLY START IN THE HOUSE OF REP
THE 100 SENATORS ACT AS A (a) IN AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURTS SERVES AS THE (a) IN AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
THE (a) BRANCH CAN RULE A LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL
THE (a) PARTY IS THE POLITICAL PARTY WITH THE MOST MEMBERS
THE (a) PARTY IS THE POLITICAL PARTY WITH THE LEAST MEMBERS
THERE ARE (a) IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE USUALLY COMPRISED OF 15 MEMBERS
THE (a) BRANCH ENFORCES THE LAWS THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH CREATES
A (a) IS A PROPOSED LAW
HB STANDS FOR HOUSE (a)
THERE ARE (a) MEMBERS ON THE FULL HOUSE FLOOR
THERE ARE (a) MEMBERS ON THE FULL SENATE FLOOR
THE (a) BRANCH IS FOUND IN ARTICLE ONE
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH IS LOCATED IN ARTICLE (a)
THE AMENDMENT PROCESS IS LOCATED IN ARTICLE (a)
HB STANDS FOR ______ _____
(a)
DELEGATED AND ENUMERATED POWERS ARE POWERS FOUND/LISTED IN THE UNITED STATES (a)
PHILOSOPHER JOHN LOCKE CAME UP WITH THE PHRASE, "CONSENT OF THE (a) (GOV.....ED)
THOMAS HOBBES BELIEVED THAT SOCIETY SHOULD BE RULED BY AN _________ __________
(a)
BARON DE MONESQUIEU BELIEVED IN _________ OF __________
(a)
A CONGRESSION SESSION LAST FOR (a) YEARS
ONE-THIRD OF THE 100 SENATORS ARE UP FOR (a) (RE..........ION) EVERY TWO YEARS
A PRESIDENT HAS (a) DAYS TO SIGN A BILL AFTER IT PASSES CONGRESS
ONLY CONGRESS HAS THE POWER TO DECLARE (a)
THE (a) MUST RATIFY/APPROVE ALL PRESIDENTIAL TREATIES AND SUPREME COURT PICKS
A SENATOR SERVES FOR ________ YEARS, WHEREAS A HOUSE OF REP. MEMBER SERVES FOR _____ YEARS
(a)
IF TWO-THIRDS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE VOTE FOR A BILL THE PRESIDENT VETOED, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF (a) (CON.....S) OVERRIDING THE PRESIDENT'S VETO
IF THE PRESIDENT REFUSES TO SIGN A BILL IN TEN DAYS AND CONGRESS IS STILL IN SESSION, THE BILL WILL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME A (a)
IF THE PRESIDENT REFUSES TO SIGN A BILL IN TEN DAYS AND THE CONGRESS IS NOT IN SESSION, THEN THE BILL WILL NOT BECOME A LAW, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A (a) VETO
(a) (FR..........ING) PRIVILEGES ARE PROVIDED TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SUCH AS FREE POSTAGE
THE (a) OF THE HOUSE IS OVER THE ENTIRE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE (a) OF THE HOUSE IS OVER THE ENTIRE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE _________ PRESIDENT IS THE OFFICIAL HEAD OF THE SENATE AND ONLY VOTES WHEN THERE IS A 50-50 _______
(a)
The use of long speeches to prevent passage of a bill:
Cloture
Pocket Veto
Fillibuster
Committee
True or False, Congress makes the final decision over spending and budgets for the U.S. Government?
True
False
Which chamber determines representation equally for each state with 2?
Senate
House of Representatives
House of Commons
Parliament
vice president
casts a Senate vote only in case of a tie
population
basis of representation in the House of Representatives
representatives
focus on their districts, rather than the entire state
legislative
Framers planned for this branch to be the most powerful
term
the two-year period during which Congress meets
Which chamber determines representation for each state based on its population?
House of Commons
House of Representatives
Senate
House Stark
The Constitution created a _______ legislature in the US government
parliamentary
unicameral
bicameral
confederation
Most of the work of legislating in Congress takes place in
joint committees
select committees
conference committees
standing committees/subcommittees
A tax bill must start in which house?
Senate
House of Representatives
What type of bill must start in the House of Representatives?
Tax
Education
Military
Legislative means...
extradition
treason
law-making
carry out
The structure of the Legislative branch provides for a tie breaking vote in the Senate if one is needed. In the case of a tie, _______________________ is the tie breaker.
the President
the Speaker of the House
the Supreme Court
the Vice President
A law starts with an idea from __________.
a citizen
the Executive Branch
a member of Congress
all of the above
A proposed law is called a _______________
veto
congress
bill
unconstitutional
