Congress
The Presidency
The Judiciary
The Federal Bureaucracy
Extras
100
The bicameral legislature responsible for writing the laws of the nation
What is congress
100
These initiatives of foreign policy do not require approval from the Senate.
What is executive agreement
100
All of the following are underlying principles that make up the foundation of the United States legal system EXCEPT: (a) equal justice under the law (b) the adversarial system (c) presumption of guilt (d) due process of the law
What is (c) presumption of guilt
100
Which of the following is not one of the fifteen pyramids of bureaucracy? (a) Department of State (b) Department of Agriculture (c) Department of Military (d) Department of Commerce (e) Department of Homeland Security
What is (c) Department of Military
100
The official head of the Senate is the (a) president of the United States (b) vice president of the United States (c) president pro tempore (d) majority leader (e) chief whip
What is (b) vice president
200
Election for these seats happens every two years.
What is House of Representatives
200
How are Cabinet members chosen?
What is the president, and they are confirmed by the Senate. note: The Constitution makes no note of a Cabinet, but all presidents have had them!
200
A group of 24-48 jurors who decide whether a criminal trial should commence.
What is a grand jury
200
These are hybrid organizations-- a cross between a private business corporation and a government agency.
What is a government corporation
200
One of the most important legislative powers of congress is (a) the power to choose a president (b) the ability to propose amendments to the Constitution (c) the power to ratify treaties (in the Senate) (d) the power to confirm presidential appointments (e) the ability to tax and spend
What is (e) the ability to tax and spend Note: a-d are all examples of non-legislative powers of Congress.
300
Which of these court cases resulted in the ruling that giving money to a political campaign was a form of free speech and threw out some stringent federal regulations on fundraising and election spending? (a)Smith v. Allwright (b)Wesberry v. Sanders (c)Buckley v. Valeo (d)Shaw v. Reno
What is Buckley v. Valeo
300
The Executive Office of the President (EOP) is (a) often a favored tool of the president due to the lack of congressional oversight (b) relatively powerless since it is mentioned nowhere in the Constitution (c) located within the Department of Defense (d) a dumping ground for ex-cabinet secretaries who have done a poor job (e) always run by the vice president
What is (a) often a favored tool of the president due to the lack of congressional oversight
300
The mechanism by which a civil case attempts to avoid trial; much like a plea bargain in a criminal case.
What is a settlement
300
This is responsible for preventing fraud in the marketplace by preventing price fixing and deceptive advertising.
What is The Federal Trade Commission
300
Senatorial Courtesy is (a) the process of getting judicial appointments approved by the House (b) when the Senate approves of the president's choice of Supreme Court Justice (c) when a senator appoints a judge (d) when the president gets the approval of the two senators from a state where he is about to name a federal judge (e) the law that makes senators immune to prosecution
What is (d) when the president gets approval of the two senators from a state where he is about to name a federal judge
400
Which of the following is not a delegated power that requires both houses to work in concert with each other? (a) taxing (b) establishing post offices (c) making rules for the federal courts (d) maintaining international relations (e) regulating commerce
What is (d) maintaining international relations
400
Presidential powers that are not enumerated in the Constitution
What is informal powers
400
The number of federal district courts created by Congress to fulfill its delegated responsibility of creating courts inferior to the Supreme court.
What is 94
400
In Washington, there are four different types of bureaucracy. Name one.
acceptable answers: cabinet departments, independent agencies, regulatory commissions, government corporations
400
The Pendleton Act (a) made it illegal for government employees to give money to political campaigns (b) was passed in the 1950s (c) was ruled unconstitutional (d) gave the Supreme Court the power to overturn Executive Privilege (e) limited the spoils system and created a system of civil service exams
What is (e) limited the spoils system and created a system of civil service exams
500
Congressional districts for the House are determined in the majority of states by (a) a vote held in the Senate by the majority party (b) an executive order of the president (c) the Supreme Court (d) a census and the various state legislatures (e) a nonpartisan commission
What is (d) a census and the various state legislatures
500
What is the National Security Council (NSC) in charge of? (a) matters relating to immigration (b) all matters relating to space exploration (c) advising the president and helping to coordinate American foreign policy (d) the construction of nuclear weapons (e) protecting the environment
What is (c) advising the president and helping to coordinate American foreign policy
500
The Supreme Court meets for a highly selective _____, where all of the justices cast votes and opinion-writing duties are handed out. (a) oral arguments (b) conference (c) concurring meeting (d) dissenting meeting (e) party convention
What is (b) conference
500
This law was passed to ensure bureaucratic neutrality and permitted bureaucrats the right to vote but not the right to actively campaign for political candidates, work for parties, or run for office. (a) Hatch Act (b) Clean Air Act (c) Americans with Disabilities Act (d) Federal Reservations Act (e) Bureaucrat Nutrality Act
What is (a) Hatch Act, passed in 1939
500
The grade we are going to get on this test
What is a 100!
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