Matching Choose which house of congress does each of the following A. House of representatives B. Senate C. Both 1. Has 435 members 2. Six year term 3. Has the vice-president of the United States as its chief official 4. Has 100 members 5. Initiates revenue bills 6. Passes bills 7. Confirms presidential appointments 8. Impeaches federal officials 9. Term of office is two years 10. Raises, borrows, and coins money 11. May not pass ex post facto laws 12. Approves treaties by 2/3 vote 13. May not grant titles of nobility 14. Tries and convicts impeached officials 15. Has defense powers 16. May not pass bills of attainder 17. Has a president pro tempore 18. Can declare war 19. Its chief official is the speaker of the house 20. Governs Washington D.C. 21. Cannot suspend Habeus Corpus 22. 1/3 of membership up for election every second year 23. Controls immigration, copyrights, and patents 24. Elects president if Electoral College cannot Put each of the following in order 25. The bill is sent to the senate and passed 26. Representative Smith proposes a money bill 27. The bill is accepted by the house 28. The president signs the bill into a law 29. The bill is sent to a house committee Matching A. Executive B. Legislative C. Judicial 30. Makes the country's laws 31. Enforces the country's laws 32. Tries cases under the laws 33. Is the court system of the nation 34. Special elections are called for vacancies 35. President is in this branch 36. Supreme Court is in this branch 37. Simon and Braun in this branch Multiple Choice Choose which cabinet does these things 38. Social security- A) Commerce B) Labor C) Treasury D) Health & Human Services 39. Helps the farmers- A) Labor B) Agriculture C) Energy D) Commerce 40. Aids workers, enforces labor laws- A) Labor B) Agriculture C) Energy D) Commerce 41. All phases of industry and business- A) Labor B) Agriculture C) Energy D) Commerce 42. Foreign affairs- A) Defense B) Justice C) State D) Treasury 43. All forms of public transportation and coast guard- A) Housing and Urban Development B) Transportation C) Interior D) Commerce 44. Problems in cities- A) Housing and urban development B) Transportation C) Interior D) Commerce 45. Federal Courts- A) Defense B) Justice C) State D) Treasury 46. Protection of our country- A) Defense B) Justice C) State D) Treasury 47. Nation's finances and secret service- A) Defense B) Justice C) State D) Treasury 48. Natural resources and national parks- A) Interior B) transportation C) Energy D) Health & human services 49. Coinage of money- A) State B) Commerce C) Treasury D) Health & human services 50. Fuel: oil, gas, & coal- A) Interior B) Transportation C) Commerce D) Energy Multiple Choice Choose the best article 51. Relationship between states and between states and federal government- A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 52. Judicial Branch- A)1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 53. Introduction which insures domestic tranquillity- A) Amendment B) Preamble C) 3 D) 4 54. Changes in the constitution- A) Amendment B) Preamble C) 3 D) 4 55. Legislative Branch- A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 56. Executive Branch- A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 Multiple Choice 57. The amendment which gave women the right to vote is: A) 19th B) 16th C) 20th 58. Direct voting for senators is given in amendment: A) 18th B) 17th C) 15th 59. Freedom of assembly is given in amendment: A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 60. Amendment: A) 1 B) 2 C) 3, states no quartering of soldiers 61. A speedy and public trial is granted in amendment: A) 20 B) 6 C) 4 62. Amendments 1-10 are called: A) Articles of Confederation B) Preamble C) Bill of Rights 63. The Commander-in-chief of the armed forces is: A) Speaker of the House B) Secretary of Defense C) President of U.S. 64. The Legislative branch of our federal government is called: A) Congress B) Senate C) the Cabinet 65. Presently there are: A) 29 B) 16 C) 27 amendments. 66. Congress meets in: A) the Pentagon B) various state capitals C) the capitol, Washington, D.C. 67. The representative (in the House of Representatives) from the 8th district is: A) Paul Simon B) Philip Crane C) William Rehnquist 68. Impeach means: A) to try an official B) to remove an official from office C) to accuse an official of wrong doing 69. Members of congress can be elected for: A) unlimited terms B) six terms C) two terms 70. If the president is impeached: A) the President pro tempore of the Senate B) the Secretary of Defense C) the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, presides over his trial 71. There are: A) 9 justices B) 12 justices C) 8 justices on the supreme court 72. The president of the United states may serve: A) 4 terms B) 2 terms C) 6 terms 73. The length of the term of the president is: A) 5 years B) 4 years C) 2 years 74. If the office of the president becomes vacant, the: A) Secretary of State B) Speaker of the House C) Vice-President of the U.S. assumes his duties. 75. Each federal judge is appointed by: A) the President of the Senate B) the Secretary of Justice C) the President of U.S. 76. The chief Justice of the Supreme Court presently is: A) Warren Christopher B) Thomas Foley C) William Rehnquist 77. The privileges given to states are found in article: A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6 78. Once a person has been found innocent of a crime, he cannot be brought to trial for the same crime again. This is called: A) Eminent Domain B) Judicial Review C) Extradition D) Double Jeopardy 79. In the Supreme Court the number of justices needed to make a quorum is: A) 3 B) 5 C) 6 D) 9 80. The name given to the process by which the Supreme Court has the right to interpret the meaning of the Constitution and the laws passed under it is: A) Eminent Domain B) Judicial Review C) Extradition D) Double Jeopardy 81. The Speaker of the House is: A) Bill Clinton B) Thomas Foley C) Robert Byrd D) William Perry 82. Appointments of federal judges must be approved by: A) Congress B) Senate C) House of Representatives D) President's Cabinet 83. After a bill is introduced, it goes to ________ to be studied: A) full house B) committee C) Supreme Court D) President of U.S. 84. The 22nd amendment says that the President can only hold office for ____ full terms: A) 1 B) 2 C) 4 D) unlimited 85. _________ means that an accused person must be returned to the state in which he committed the crime: A) Eminent Domain B) Judicial Review C) Extradition D) Double Jeopardy 86. ___ of the states must accept an amendment in order for it to become part of the constitution: A) 1/2 B) 2/3 C) 3/4 D) All True or False 87. Lobbies are interest groups that try to influence congressmen. 88. There are three main branches of government. 89. The President has the right to declare war. 90. A senator is elected to a four year term. 91. The President takes office on January 3rd of every odd number year. 92. The Judicial branch can cheack the Executive branch by passing laws over the Presidents veto. 93. The House of representatives approves Presidential appointments. 94. The two senator from Illinois are Simon and Edgar. 95. No person can be forced to testify against himself. 96. The Judicial branch can cheack the Legislative branch by declaring laws unconstitutional. 97. Illinois has 22 members in congress. 98. The next census in the United States will take palce in the year 2000. 99. There are two types of federal courts. They are district and supreme. 100. Congress meets in the white House. 101. Each state must hace at least one representative in the House of Representatives. 102. States may coin money. 103. All citizens are given due process in casses of felony. 104. The president alone makes foriegn polocy. 105. The executive branch can check the Legislative branch by vetoing bills. 106. To pass a new ammendment to the Constitution, it must