Watergate
In which year did the Watergate Scandal cartoon most likely appear?
a) 1880s
b)1970s
c) 1950s
b) 1970s
What is a 2 house legislature called?
a) Democratic
b) Congress
c)Minority Party
d)bicameral
d)bicameral
Permanent Committee
a)conference committee
b) select committee
c) standing committee
d)seniority
c) standing committee
Powers granted to Congress in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
a) conference committee
b)implied powers
c)expressed powers
d)seniority
b)implied powers
How many congressman and congresswomen are there in total?
a)535
b)435
c)200
d)25
a)535
What was erased during the Watergate Scandal?
a) 18 minutes of video recordings
b) 18 minutes of audio recordings
c)Nixon's name in the history books
b) 18 minutes of audio recordings
A population count that is taken every ten years
a) census
b)bicameral
c)constituents
d) gerrymander
a) census
Temporary Committee
a) standing committee
b) cooperating committee
c)seniority
d) select committee
d) select committee
To formally accuse an official (President or Judge) of misconduct.
a)impeach
b)filibuster
c)pork-barrel project
a)impeach
How many years must you be a U.S. citizen to be in the House of Representatives?
a) 25
b) 5
c) 7
d) 9
c) 7
What does the elephant represent?
a) Democratic party
b) Republican party
c)Socialist party
b) Republican party
People represented by Congress
a) Congressmen
b) Constituents
c) Democrats
d)Majority party
b) Constituents
years of service
a)expressed powers
b)seniority
c)expressed powers
b)seniority
To talk a bill to death in the Senate.
a)impeach
b)pocket veto
c)ex post facto law
d)filibuster
d)filibuster
How many members are there in the House of Representatives?
a) 435
b)534
c) 200
d) 100
a) 435
The artist wanted the elephant to look _____.
a) happy
b) sad
c) concerned
d) angry
c) concerned
An oddly-shaped district meant to increase one party's voting strength.
a) gerrymander
b) constituents
c)majority party
a) gerrymander
Powers specifically stated in the Constitution in Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1-17.
a)conference committee
b)expressed powers
c)implied powers
d)seniority
b)expressed powers
A law that makes an act a crime after the act was committed.
a)impeach
b)pocket veto
c)ex post facto law
d)filibuster
c)ex post facto law
Who can pigeonhole bills?
a) Speaker of House
b) Majority Leader
c) Committee Chairperson
c) Committee Chairperson
According to the cartoonist, what was erased? (choose 2)
a) Nixon's credibility
b)The ability to use phones in the White House
c) credibility to Republican party
d) credibility to Democratic party
a) Nixon's credibility
c) credibility to Republican party
d)credibility to Democratic party
Party with more than half of the members.
a) minority party
b) majority party
c) bicameral
b) majority party
Committee made up of Senators and Representatives that irons out the differences in a bill.
a)conference committee
b)House of Representatives
c)select committee
a)conference committee
Group that cares about an issue and that tries to influence specific legislation.
a) impeach
b)ex post facto law
c)filibuster
d)special interest group
d)special interest group
What job title does Mike Johnson hold?
a)Speaker of the House
b)President Pro Tempore
c) Majority Leader
a)Speaker of the House