Civics Unit 6 Review - The Legislative Branch

Congress passed a bill that allowed Americans to choose their own healthcare plan. The President vetoed it. But Congress overruled the veto, and the bill became law. Several years later, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the law was unconstitutional. Which answer choice shows the order in which the branches of government acted?

• legislative, executive, judicial, legislative

• judicial, executive, legislative, judicial

• legislative, executive, legislative, judicial

• executive, legislative, executive, judicial

Which branch of government makes laws?

• executive

• judicial

• all three branches

• legislative

The "necessary and proper" clause in the Constitution allows Congress to exercise which type of powers?

• unconstitutional powers

• implied powers

• judicial powers

• wartime powers

What is the "necessary and proper" clause also called?

• elastic clause

• bill of attainder

• commerce clause

• filibuster

In the Declaration of Independence, there is a passage that says:

"He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislatures."

Which provision in the Constitution was written included because of this complaint?

• Congress has the power to declare war and to raise and support the armed forces.

• Soldiers can be quartered in citizens' homes during both war and peace.

• The president is the only one with the power to declare war.

• The president is allowed to make treaties "with the advice and consent" of the Senate.

What was the result of the Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention, that settled the debate between large states and small states concerning representation in Congress?

• The number of seats that each state would have in Congress would be based upon a state's population.

• The number of citizens in a state determined how many seates that state had in Congress.

• Congress would be bicameral (two houses). In the House of Representatives, the number of representatives would depend upon population, but in the Senate, all states would have equal representation.

• Congress would have two houses in which all states had an equal number of representatives in each house.

Below are steps in the basic legislative process.

1. A bill to raise taxes is introduced in the House.

2.Congress debates the bill and votes to approve it.

3. The bill is signed by the President, and it becomes law.

Which answer choice shows the correct order of the lawmaking process?

• President, House, Congress

• House, President, Congress

• Senate, Congress, President

• House, Congress, President

Four steps in the legislative process are shown below:

1. The bill goes to the President to be signed.
2. Committees in each house evaluate the bill.
3. Each house (House & Senate) vote on and pass the bill.
4. A member of Congress files the bill.

Which answer choice shows how a bill becomes a federal law in the correct chronological order?

• 2,4,1,3

• 1,2,3,4

• 4,2,3,1

• 3,1,2,4

When Congress overrides a presidential veto, which power is it showing?

• judicial review

• checks and balances

• separation of powers

• advice and consent

Who usually acts as Chairman of the Senate?

• floor leader

• President pro tempore

• majority whip

• minority leader