Article 1

Question 1

How many senators does each state receive

Answer 1

2

Question 2

What is the president pro tempore

Answer 2

The backup president of the senate if the normal president of the senate (Kamala Harris) is gone

Question 3

Who is the president pro tempore

Answer 3

Patrick Leahhy

Question 4

What are some powers of Congress

Answer 4

Make laws, declare war, and lay and collect taxes

Question 5

Explain what the Elastic Clause is

Answer 5

Congress has the power to make all laws that are necessary and proper for the good of our country.

Question 6

Why did the Founding Fathers add in the Elastic Clause? Explain

Answer 6

The clause in place to have protection for the Americans to show that Congress is there for us.

Question 7

What is habeas corpus

Answer 7

To be brought in for a judge to hear your crimes

Question 8

What is a bill of attainder

Answer 8

Finding you guilty without a trial

Question 9

What is an ex post facto law

Answer 9

Finding someone guilty of a past “crime” when it wasn’t a crime before.

Question 10

Who can propose a bill

Answer 10

Both the House of Representatives and the Senate

Question 11

Who can propose a tax bill and why

Answer 11

Only the House can propose a tax bill since our representatives represent their area and they would know more about the taxes

Question 12

What is the vote needed to pass a bill to send to the President

Answer 12

51%

Question 13

What can a president do with a bill that is sent to his desk

Answer 13

Sign it or veto it and send it back to congress

Question 14

If a president vetoes a bill, what is the vote needed to override a veto

Answer 14

⅔ or 67% vote

Question 15

How many days does a president have to look at a bill

Answer 15

10 days

Question 16

If a president does nothing with a bill, what happens to it

Answer 16

It automatically becomes a law

Question 17

Who is our representative in the 6th district and what is their political party

Answer 17

Sean Casten and he’s in the democratic party

Question 18

When was the last time we took the census

Answer 18

2020

Question 19

How many total representatives does Illinois have

Answer 19

17

Question 20

How do we calculate a state’s population

Answer 20

From a census

Question 21

One president who has been impeached and why were they impeached

Answer 21

Bill Clinton because he lied under oath

Question 22

Give an example of an ex post facto law

Answer 22

You know someone who did something illegal when it was legal at the time but they made a law that it was later on so you tried suing your friend but you weren’t allowed to

Question 23

What is a pocket veto

Answer 23

Congress is out of session and the president is able to veto or leave the bill and since congress is out of session they can’t over rise it

Question 24

Why would a president choose to not sign a bill into law

Answer 24

So that if a law backfires later he won’t be blamed for it because it isn’t under his name