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Worksheets✨Structure of Congress Unit Test✨
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins
how many congressional member and in the HOUSE?
435
100
43
501
How long is a representative elected for?
6-year term
2- year term
9-year term
10-year term
How many congressional members are in the Senate?
435
100
2
51
How long are senators elected for?
2-year term
5-year term
6-year term
10-year term
When does the national elections take place?
( Presidential, 1/3 of the senate, and the entire House of Representatives)
Every 8 years
Once in a blue moon
Every 6 year
Every 6 years
Who has the majority in the HOUSE?
Republicans (222)
Democrats (213)
Who has majority in the senate?
Republicans(49)
Democrats (48 + 3)
Who steps in if there is a tie?
The House of Representatives
The senate
The current president
The vice president
Who is out VP?
Trump
Kamala harris
Obama
Biden
Who is the speaker of the House?
Tom emmer
Mike Johnson
Majority whip (republican)
Tom emmer
Katherine
Minority Whip ( democrats )
Tom emmer
Katherine Clark
Who is president of the senate?
The president biden
The VP Kamala Harris
Who steps in for the VP? (President pro-tempore)
Pity Murray
Katherine clark
Who represents GA?
Jon ossoff
Raphael warnock
Marjorie Taylor Greene
All of the above
Jon ossoff
Republican
Democrat
Raphael warnock
Republican
Democrat
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Republican
Democrat
What district is paulding county in?
11
4
13
14
Charges levied by government on people/ property to raise money to meet plunking needs.
Indirect taxes
Direct taxes
Taxes
What are the limits on the power to borrow?
There are no limits on the amount congress can borrow
There is no limit on what congress can borrow FOR
Both
the government practice of spending more than it makes each year, and borrowing to make up the difference
Taxes
Borrowing
Deficit financing
The power of congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade
Trade
Taxing
Commerce
Currency
Limits on the commerce power?
Cannot tax exports
Cannot favor one states ports over another
Cannot require vessels of transportation to pay taxes in another state
All of the above
The bankruptcy power
A individual/ organization that cannot pay debts back in full
A state that can’t keep track of trade
Broke people
Who has jurisdiction over bankruptcy?
Ferderal courts
The legislative branch
The executive branch
who has the power to declare war?
The president
Congress
What is the power of the purse?
Money gets moved in case of emergency (covid)
Congress delagates money TO OR AWAY FROM the military to prevent us involvment in war
What are the presidents foreign affairs powers?
Appointing diplomats
Making treaties
Dependent on senate approval
All
EXPRESSED POWER: What is the proceeds by which a citizen of one country becomes a citizen of another?
Naturalization
Patent
Eminent domain
EXPRESSED POWER: Establish post officer & post records
Currency power
Foreign relations power
Commerce power
Postal power
EXPRESSED POWER: exclusive right of an author to reproduce, publish, or sell their creative work
Copyright
Patent
Claim
EXPRESSED POWER: grants a person he sole right to manufacture, use or sell any new invention
Copyright
Patent
Claim
EXPRESSED POWER: Government takes private property for public use, and the original owner is compensated
Claim
Patent
Trirant
Eminent domain
Judicial powers include?
Create court, Court size, jurisdictions
To judge people
To sentence citizens appropriately
Who believes the constitution is written to be open for interpretation?
Democrats interpretation
Republicans interpretation
Liberal interpretation
What is a bill?
What we want to be a law
A official public law
A proposed law
What does a bill need to do to become a law?
Needs to pass in the house and the senate
The president and vice president need to pass it
The president’s cabinet approved bills
Step 1 of legislative process
The VP approved bill to then be approved by presiend
The bill does straight to the president
Bill is proposed and given the abbreviation “HR” or “S”
A tactic used by a minority group by members of the senate who oppose and prevent passage of a bill
Filibuster
Cloture
Senate procedure to end a filibuster
Cloture
Filibuster
A vote
How many votes are needs to pass a bill in the HOUSE?
All votes
218 votes out of 435
51 vote out of 100
How many votes are needed to pass a bill in the senate?
218 votes out of 435
51 votes out of 100
All votes
How many days does the president have to approve a bill?
A week
A month
10 days
A year
What is a addition to a bill that has nothing to do with it
Filler
Logrolling
Rider
A hourse
Government spending programs that may help the economy of a members state or district or help the member with re-election
Pork-barrel legislation
Pig-barrel legislation
Rider
Voting
Two or more law makers agree to help eachother
An alliance
Logrolling
Rider
Law maker was present for vote, but doesn’t cast vote
Abstains
Independent
Loser
