Chapter 5: Congress
Total amount of people in House and Senate
What is 435 and 100?
What is veto?
Requirements to be President
Role of the Judicial Branch
What is interpret the law?
Number of justices on the Supreme Court
What is 9?
Qualifications to be in House/Senate
What is a US citizen from state for both, 25 years old and 7 years a citizen for House, 30 years old and 9 years a citizen for Senate?
The chamber of Congress where bills about revenue originate
What is the House?
This amendment limited the President to two terms in office
What is the 22nd amendment?
What is Voir Dire?
Process for how an individual can be on the Supreme Court
What is get nominated/chosen by President and approved of by Senate?
Title of leader in the House of Representatives
Who is the Speaker of the House?
What is casework?
Term for an order issued by a president, that has the force of law, but does not require Congressional Approval.
What is an executive order?
Give an example of a civil trial
Student describes a scenario where someone sues another person because of damages
Supreme Court case where judicial review was created
What is Marbury v. Madison
Title of the leader in the Senate
Who is the majority leader?
3 groups of people who want to influence members of Congress
What are lobbyists, voters and political parties?
Name the 7 roles of the President
What are Head of State, Chief Executive, Chief Diplomat, Commander in Chief, Legislative leader, Economic planner and Party leader?
Give an example of a criminal trial
Student describes a scenario where person breaks the law
Supreme Court case where segregation was outlawed in public schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
4 different types of committees
What are standing, select, joint, and conference?
What is the process for a bill to become a law?
What is the bill is introduced, goes to committee, gets debated/voted on, goes to conference committee, goes to the President?
Describe a pro or con of the Electoral College
Pros: forces candidates to campaign across the country for electoral votes, has been around for 200 years
Cons: does not follow popular vote due to winner takes all system
Describe a scenario where the federal government would have jurisdiction on a case
Student talks about how the case is involved with federal law, the constitution, with foreign countries or includes multiple states.
Supreme Court case where the Court reinforced the fact that the federal government was supreme over the states
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?