Ch. 5 Congress

Which of the following can best be described as the primary responsibility of Congress?

• Making laws

• Enforcing laws

• Interpreting laws

• ignoring laws

What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

 

• The Senate, and the House of Representatives

• The Supreme Court, and the Executive Branch

• the House of Burgesses, and Parliament

• The District, and Columbia

What is a Congressional Bill?

• A proposed law

• The Twenty

• A proposed amendment to the Constitution

• a states rights decision

The Constitution gave the power of the purse – the nation’s checkbook – to _____________.

• Congress

• The Supreme Court

• The President

• George Washington

In the debate over the national bank, ________ believed Congress did have the power to create one, while ____________believed it did not.

• Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson

• Abe Lincoln, Ulysses S Grant

• Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay

• Patrick Henry, John Adams

According to Article I of the Constitution, which of these powers belong(s) to Congress?

• Declaring war

• Granting titles of nobility

• Control of the Supreme Court

• Control of Parliament

The Constitutional Convention established a two-house legislature, or this term, for the United States government.

• Unicameral

• Bicameral

• Parlimentary

• Tricameral

How many members currently serve in the U.S. House of Representatives?

• 100

• 50

• 2

• 435

Why do some states have more Representatives in the House of Representatives than other states?

• Representation is based on population, and some states have larger populations than others.

• Because the state has a small population

• They don't, each state retains two congressman only.

• The thirteen original states receive extra seats in the house

Which Congressman represents Virginia's 5th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. (Buckingham's district)

• Bob Goode

• Glen Youngkin

• Hunter Biden

• Kamala Harris