Unit II

Question 1

Terms and conditions for House of Representatives

Answer 1

serves 2 years, must be 25+ y.o., must be US citizen for 7+ years, must live in the state they represent. There are 435 seats

Question 2

Terms and conditions for Senator

Answer 2

serves 6 tears, must be 30+ y.o., must be US citizen for 9+ years, and must live in the state they represent. There are 100 seats

Question 3

define districting

Answer 3

Occurs after a census to equally spread the population into districts

Question 4

define Gerrymandering

Answer 4

inhibiting voting strength of certain demographics. Gaining a vote advantage through cracking and packing

Question 5

What are incumbents

Answer 5

Politicians who usually wins elections because of money, visibility, constituent services, and franking privilege to mail at the government’s expense.

Question 6

Who can tax?

Answer 6

Only Congress

Question 7

How do most bills die

Answer 7

Through Committee

Question 8

Leader of the House of Representatives

Answer 8

Speaker of the House

Question 9

Leader of Senate

Answer 9

The VP, however there is an informal leader, the pro tempore that usually does everything

Question 10

How can people delay a vote on a bill in Senate

Answer 10

filibuster by not speaking and making people leave

Question 11

What is a cluster motion

Answer 11

A motion to stop a talk in congress

Question 12

What is Soft and hard money

Answer 12

Soft is infinite donations that someone can give to a candidate. Hard money is regulated money donated to a candidate

Question 13

What is the bipartisan reform act

Answer 13

Banned soft money and limited contributions of interest groups and nation parties

Question 14

What is a line item veto and can the president do it?

Answer 14

When the president only declines certain parts of a bill. They have not been able to line item veto since 1998.

Question 15

Who must treaties from the POTUS(president of the United States) go through before being approves

Answer 15

Senate

Question 16

What is a Bureaucracy

Answer 16

a large complex organization of appointed officials. In the federal government, it’s part of the executive branch but is known to operative as it’s “own branch”

Question 17

What are the three points of the Iron Triangle

Answer 17

• bureaucracy
• Interest Groups
• Congress

Question 18

What is the spoils system?

Answer 18

Governments officials would be hired based on who they knew and how much power they had

Question 19

What is the Pendleton Act?

Answer 19

The Pendleton Act removed the spoils system and required government jobs to be earned through merit

Question 20

What do regulatory agencies do?

Answer 20

They govern and standardize actions

Question 21

What are the enumerated powers of the president?

Answer 21

• Executive order
• Command armies for 60 days without needing to consult congress
• Veto bills
• Represent the USA in foreign countries/making treaties
• nominating/appointing officials
• enforce laws with the bureaucracy

Question 22

What does the Supreme Court do?

Answer 22

Judge if an action is constitutional based on the constitution of the US.

Question 23

What is the Rule of 4 in the Supreme Court?

Answer 23

If at least 4 judges in the Supreme Court vote to see a case, it will be seen.

Question 24

What is Judicial restraint?

Answer 24

A judge will judge a case based on past cases

Question 25

What is Judicial activism?

Answer 25

A judge will decide differently on a case compared to the past in order to meet the modern justice standard.