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WorksheetsWhy the US Government is Always Shutting Down?
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 36mins
Every government in the world decides how to spend the country’s money. In the US, they do that by passing spending bills called _____ ____.
(a)
Match the following countries with the month that their fiscal or financial year begins.
United States
October 1st
Kenya
April 1st
Japan
July 1st
In the late 1800s Congress passed the (a) Act tells federal officials that they can't spend money without an appropriation.
In the early (a) the (b) issued two opinions that stated, "unless (c) has passed an appropriations bill, federal agencies can’t spend any (d) .
Which of the following years was the longest shutdown in history?
1996
2013
2019
2022
Organize these federal agencies into the right categories. Timestamp: 3:43.
Veterans Affairs
Health and Human Services
Social Security
Department of Justice
Navy
Army
Department of Defense
Department of Transportation
Treasury
Department of Commerce
Homeland Security
NASA
In (a) , around (b) federal employees didn’t get a paycheck for (c) days.
Business contractors did not get paid during the shutdown even if the company worked on a project with the government.
True
False
Only __ percent of all federal employees live in Washington D.C.
10%
15%
30%
80%
Overall, the US economy lost $11 (a) during the 2019 shutdown.
In nearly every other country, if the government were to fail to pass a budget by the deadline, agencies would just continue working with last year’s budget. In the United States, often there is an automatic, (a) appropriations bill that is passed when the deadline is missed.
Please watch the end of this video. Currently, our Congress has not decided on this year's budget. We almost had a government shutdown on October 1st because our Congress can not agree on a spending plan. As a result, they just agreed on a temporary spending bill. If we have another shutdown, how do you think it will affect our economy? How would impact individuals and businesses?
