Q2 Civics Benchmark Remediation

Extended debate in the Senate to prevent voting on a bill is called

• Cloture

• Holdover Debate

• Filibuster

• Lobbying

House of Representatives passes a spending bill→

Senate debates the spending bill→

Senate passes the spending bill→

?

What comes next in the sequence?

• The spending bill becomes a law

• The States must approve the bill

• The Supreme Court approves the bill

• The President must act on the bill

In a civil case, why would the plaintiff and defendant try to reach a settlement prior to the trial?

• To avoid going to jail

• Trials can be expensive and time consuming

• To avoid a guilty verdict.

• Jury trials are not allowed in civil cases

If the House of Representatives and the Senate pass two different versions of the same bill, what will happen next?

• The bill goes to the president

• The bill goes to a Conference Committee

• The bill automatically dies

• The bill moves forward to the floor for debate

What percentage of each house of Congress must approve a proposed Constitutional amendment for it to be considered for ratification?

• 2/3

• 3/4

• 1/3

• 1/2

Which is the BEST description of the Supreme Court's ruling in Bush v. Gore?

• 
  The Court ruled that a manual recount of all votes from the District of Columbia would have to take place before the election could be certified.

• The Court held that Al Gore should have been elected President because he received more popular votes than George Bush.

• The Court declared George Bush the winner of the 2000 election because he received more popular votes than Al Gore.

• The Court ruled that election recounts in Florida were being conducted in a manner that violated the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution, and therefore had to stop.

Bills become laws through a detailed and thorough process, to ensure they are fair and beneficial to citizens. What step correctly completes this list of actions involved in creating a new state law?

1. 1. A bill is introduced in either house.
   2. Lawmakers work in committees.
   3. The bill is debated on the floor.
   4. Lawmakers vote on the bill.
   5. The bill is sent to the other house.
   6. ?
   7. The bill is sent to the governor for approval.

• The process is repeated in other house.

• The house leader signs the bill into law.

• The bill automatically becomes a state law.

• State supreme court justices vote on the bill.

After a bill has been passed by both houses of Congress it

• becomes a law.

• is sent to the president

• returns to the house of origin for verification.

• is sent to subcommittee in the House or the Senate.

The decision in Miranda v. Arizona (1966) more clearly defined what constitutional issue?

• freedom of speech

• applying the death penalty

• right to a jury trial in a civil suit

• right to be represented by an attorney

The Supreme Court case of Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988) dealt with what issue?

• the right to prayer in public schools

• the right to free lunches in public school

• preventing students from carrying firearms

• regulating the content of student newspapers