Unit 1 Test

Question 1

Senate qualifications

Answer 1

30 y/o, 9 years, state

Question 2

House of Representatives qualifications

Answer 2

24 y/o, 7 years, district

Question 3

Constitutional amendment

Answer 3

2/3 vote in the house and senate separately

Question 4

Madeline dean

Answer 4

4th for douglassville and amity

Question 5

Chrissy houlihan

Answer 5

6th for Birdsboro and union

Question 6

Who are the two reps

Answer 6

Madeleine dean and Crissy houlihan

Question 7

How many senators

Answer 7

100

Question 8

How many reps

Answer 8

435

Question 9

Two senators of pa

Answer 9

Fetterman and Casey

Question 10

Four actions a president can take on a bill

Answer 10

-Sign into law
-no signature
-pocket veto
-veto

Question 11

Four actions a committee can take on a bill

Answer 11

-Report favorably
-report unfavorably
-do not report
-report amended

Question 12

Four methods of voting on a bill in each chamber

Answer 12

-voice vote
- standing vote
-teller vote
-roll call vote

Question 13

Congress has the power to declare war on foreign countries

Answer 13

War powers

Question 14

Congress has the ability to share power with president

Answer 14

Foreign relations

Question 15

Congress has power to establish post offices and post roads

Answer 15

Congress has power to establish post offices and post roads

Question 16

Process by which citizens of one country become citizens of another

Answer 16

Naturalization

Question 17

Power for publishing form by mutual agreement

Answer 17

Copyrights and patents

Question 18

Power to “fix” standard weights and measure in the u.s.

Answer 18

Weight and measures

Question 19

Power to acquire, manage, and dispose of various federal areas

Answer 19

Territories

Question 20

Talk a bill to death

Answer 20

Filibuster

Question 21

Deal with matters where house and senate must act jointly

Answer 21

Concurrent resolutions

Question 22

Proposed law

Answer 22

Bill

Question 23

Proposal for action that has a force of law

Answer 23

Joint resolution

Question 24

Measure relating to either house

Answer 24

Resolution

Question 25

The trial of a sitting president in order to remove them from office

Answer 25

Impeachment

Question 26

Fact finding trip

Answer 26

Junket

Question 27

Divisions of existing committees formed to address specific issue

Answer 27

Subcommittee

Question 28

Forces bill that’s been in committees onto the floor for vote

Answer 28

Discharge petition

Question 29

Districts down to give one party an advantage over another

Answer 29

Gerrymandering

Question 30

Majority of the full membership (218)

Answer 30

Quorum

Question 31

Leadership positions are held by people have worked there the longest

Answer 31

Seniority role

Question 32

Congress adjourns within 10 days of sending the bill

Answer 32

Pocket veto

Question 33

Taking of private property

Answer 33

Eminent domain

Question 34

Presidents chosen by house of reps

Answer 34

Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adam’s

Question 35

Who resigned to avoid impeachment

Answer 35

Richard nixon

Question 36

Presidents impeached

Answer 36

Andrew Johnson and bill Clinton

Question 37

What is a whips job

Answer 37

Make sure everyone is present during important events and voting