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While you were gone Civics - Make-up Assignments Oct. 9 While you were gone Civics - Make-up Assignments Mr. Cook/Mrs. Colvin Room 214 Student-_____________ Date Absent- Oct. 9 Date Due-______ Please attach your make-up work to this sheet when you hand it in! Homework: Ch. 6.1 Notes due Oct. 11 Ch. 6.2 Notes due Oct. 12 Ch. 6.3 Notes due Oct. 15 Ch. 6.4 Notes due Oct. 16 Ch. 6 Test- Oct. 18 In Class Work: Ch. 5 –Chapter 5 Test –Video- The Executive Branch- 2:30 Examination: Date and Period you will take the exam -______ Signature:____________

Day #34 Homework due today-Homework due today- –None Activities-Activities- –Chapter 5 Test –Video- The Executive Branch- 2:30 Ch. 5 TestDVD

Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. Speaker of the House b. Vice-President c. President Pro Tempe 1. Person who presides over the House when it is in session

Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. Filibuster b. Joint Session c. Cloture 2. Combined meeting of both houses of Congress, sometimes called by the president

Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. Censure b. Veto c. Treason 3. An act that betrays or endangers one’s country

Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. bicameral b. unicameral c. gerrymandering 4. A lawmaking body of two houses.

Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. cloture b. Elastic clause c. implied powers 5. Section of the Constitution granting Congress the authority to extend its delegated powers.

Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. bicameral b. unicameral c. gerrymandering 6. Process of drawing congressional district lines to favor a political party.

7. Assistant to the floor leader in each house of Congress who tries to persuade party members to vote for bills the party supports. Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. Speaker of the House b. Majority leader c. Whip

8. Powers not specifically granted to Congress by the Constitution, but which are suggested to be necessary to carry out its delegated powers. Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. Impeachment powers b. Special Powers c. Implied Powers

9. To accuse an office holder of official misconduct. Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. Impeach b. Censure c. Expulsion

10. Procedure for ending debate in the Senate. Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. cloture b. filibuster c. elastic clause

11. Proposed law being considered by a lawmaking body. Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. veto b. cloture c. bill

12. A refusal by the president or a governor to sign a bill. Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. veto b. cloture c. implied powers

13. Method of delaying action on a bill in the Senate by making long speeches. Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. cloture b. filibuster c. elastic clause

14. Formal disapproval of the actions of a member of Congress by the other members. Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. censure b. expulsion c. impeach

15. Removal of a member of Congress for serious misconduct. Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. censure b. expulsion c. impeach

16. Members of Congress may serve on ______________ committees to deal with matters of mutual concern. Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. Standing b. Joint c. Ad Hoc

17. A(n) ___________ bill gives approval for spending public money Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. impeachment b. appropriations c. quorum

18. ____________ committees are permanent congressional committees that consider bills only in certain areas. Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. Standing b. Joint c. Ad Hoc

19. Each party’s proposed laws are guided through the House of Representatives by the Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. Speaker of the House b. Majority or Minority Leader c. Vice-President or President Pro Tempore

20. The _______ contains 100 members Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. Supreme Court b. House of Representatives c. Senate

21. For Congress to conduct official business, a majority of members, or __________ must be present. Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. caucus b. appropriation c. quorum

22. National defense and trade regulation are among the _______ powers of Congress Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. Delegated b. Implied c. Special

23. A member of Congress must be a(n) __________ of the state that he or she represents. Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. Floor leader b. Legal resident c. Native born citizen

24. There are 435 members in the ______________. Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. Supreme Court b. House of Representatives c. Senate

25. __________ are private meetings held by political parties to choose their leaders. Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. caucus b. appropriations c. quorums

26. A bill can be killed by a __________ if the president keeps a bill for 10 days without signing it when Congress is not in session Match the term with the phrase that describes it. a. caucus b. quorum c. pocket veto

True and False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. Write True for T and False for F 27. The legislative branch is the interpreter of the country’s laws.

True and False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. Write True for T and False for F 28. Membership in the House of Representative is based on state population.

True and False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. Write True for T and False for F 29. Because Rhode Island is very small, it has no representatives in the House of Representatives..

True and False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. Write True for T and False for F 30. The president pro tempore is just another name for the vice- president.

True and False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. Write True for T and False for F 31. Congress has the power to pass a bill over a presidential veto.

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question 32. The Speaker of the House a.Is the most powerful officer in Congress. b.Is appointed by the president. c.Must belong to the same political party as the president.

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question 33. The writers of the Constitution established a bicameral legislature in order to a.Provide equal representation in one house for all of the states. b.Streamline the process whereby a bill becomes a law. c.Prevent Congress from imitating the British Parliament.

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question 34.Congress is in session, and the President is given a bill to sign. He lets the bill sit on his desk without action for 10 days. It can be concluded that a. the bill has become law. b. the bill has been vetoed. c. the bill will have to go back to committee.

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question 35. Permanent congressional committees that meet regularly are called. a. Joint sessions b. standing committees c. special committees

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question 36. After a bill is introduced, it is usually a. sent to the president for approval. b.discussed before a Committee of the Whole. c. sent to a standing committee.

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question 37. If the president pro tempore is presiding in the Senate, it may be assumed that the a. President is absent from the White House b. Majority leader is absent. c. Vice President is absent.

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question not 38. Congress is not allowed to a. raise taxes. b. tax imports in foreign trade. c. favor the trade of one state over another state.

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question 39.If a state’s population decreases, its number of Senators a.decreases proportionately. b.stays the same. c.increases by one.

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question except: 40.Member of the House of Representatives must be all of the following except: a.At least 25 years old and a legal resident of the state they represent. b.U. S. Citizen for seven years. c.Practicing lawyers.

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question 41. Censured members of Congress a. must petition the president for re-entry into the House or Senate b. are no longer allowed to vote on proposed bills c. must stand alone at the front of the House or Senate as charges are read against them.

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question 42. Before a bill is approved, a. a committee holds hearings to gather information. b. committee members may revise the bill and make recommendation for or against the bill. c. both a and b.

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question 43.Conference committees are formed, a. to gather opinions of the taxpayers regarding a proposed bill. b. to debate a bill with the executive branch. c. to work out compromises when the House and the Senate pass different versions of the same bill.

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question implied power 44.Which of the following is an implied power of Congress? a. Establishing a national court system b. Providing for the general welfare of the United States. c. Printing and borrowing money.

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question EXCEPT- 45. All of the following are delegated powers of Congress EXCEPT- a. collecting taxes. b. declaring war and making peace. c. granting titles of nobility.

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question 46. The function of each party's caucus is to Aresearch proposed bills for select committees. Bassign bills to committees. Cchoose party leaders.

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question 47. The Senate and the House of Representatives have passed different versions of an air pollution bill. The kind of committee that would most likely be formed to work out a compromise would be a Astanding committee. Bselect committee. Cconference committee.

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question 48. The practice of drawing congressional district lines to favor a particular political party is called, Aapportion Bquorum Cgerrymandering

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question 49. ____________ is the congressional process in which formal charges are brought against a high-ranking government official. Acloture Bimpeachment Cgerrymandering

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question 50. Setting up national military training academies is an example of the ___________ powers of Congress Aimplied Bdelegated Cjoint

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question 51. ____________ is a limit on the debate of a bill in the Senate. Aimpeachment Bquorum Ccloture