WorksheetsUnit 6: Legislative Branch Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
What is the age requirement to run for Senate?
Who elects Representatives in the House?
Citizens in their state
Citizens in their district
President appoints them
What are the requirements to run for the House of Representative?
25 years old
Live in the state their running in
US Citizen for 7 years
30 years old
Qualifications for running for the Senate?
30 years old
US Citizen for 9 years
Resident of the state their running in
25 years old
Which Amendment changed the election of Senators to be directly elected from the people?
18th Amendment
17th Amendment
What is the term for drawing congressional district boundaries to gain political advantage?
Term for people who live in a Representatives district?
How many years is a Senator's term?
How many years is a Representative's term?
Who approves Presidential Appointments?
Where do bills about taxes and revenue start?
Once a bill is signed by the president, it becomes what?
What is the purpose of Congress having committees?
To divide the workload and allow for more focused discussions and decision-making on specific issues.
Once a bill is passed by the House of Representatives, where does it go?
Committee
President
How many senators have to agree to stop a filibuster?
Filibusters only happen in the Senate
True
False
Once a bill is passed by Congress, where does it go?
To the House
What is the main role of the legislature?
A bill goes through committee before being introduced on the floor of the House
True
False
A committee that is created for both houses to discuss a bill
classified committee
This committee is temporarily created to accomplish a special task
select
conference
standing
classified
This committee is permanent and used to consider bills and issues
Classified Committee
Conference Committee
Who is responsible for making sure legislatures are present for key votes?
whips
president pro tempore
speaker of the house
The President Pro Tempore is the leader of the Senate when Vice President is gone
True
False
The Speaker of the House is the leader of the House of Representative
True
False
What is the purpose of lobbyist?
What is the House of Representative's role in the impeachment process?
They have no role in the impeachment process.
They can only recommend impeachment, but cannot carry out the process.
They can formally remove officials from office
They have the power to accuse or impeach a federal official.
What role does the Senate play in the impeachment process?
Which of the following presidents was impeached?
Richard Nixon
Andrew Johnson
Donald Trump
Bill Clinton
the process of bringing charges against a government official for wrongdoing
