Unit 5 Quiz

Question 1

Revenue bills must originate where?

Answer 1

the House

Question 2

A statement by arresting authority telling why a person is being held is called a what?

Answer 2

writ of habeas corpus

Question 3

What is a congressional bill that assigns funding of a program called?

Answer 3

appropriation bill

Question 4

What happened to both Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton?

Answer 4

impeachment

Question 5

What body must find a government official innocent or guilty of an impeachment charge?

Answer 5

the Senate

Question 6

The accumulation of deficits over the years is called what?

Answer 6

national debt

Question 7

When either the House or the Senate passes a bill, where does it go next?

Answer 7

the other chamber

Question 8

The federal government spending more than it takes in through revenues in a given year is called what?

Answer 8

budget deficit

Question 9

What is a congressional bill that establishes a program called?

Answer 9

authorization bill

Question 10

When a bill passes in both the House and the Senate in the same form, where does it go next?

Answer 10

the president