Govt Quiz

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The Rules Committee regulates the flow of bills
through the senate?
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Who has the right to advise and consent according
to power given in the Constitution?

• The Senate

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The _____ clause of the constitution made it
possible for people to drive every state with
their Texas driver license.

• Full Faith and Credit

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The ________ plan put forth at the Constitutional
Convention, favored the small states by proposing
each state had equal representation no matter
their population.

• Virginia Plan

• Connecticut Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• Massachusetts Plan

• Separation of Powers

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Match the following

• Madison

• Final authority over national supremacy

• Magna Carta

• First 10 Amendments

• Bill of Rights

• Separation of Powers

• Inherent powers

• Principle of limited government

• Civil War

• Regulation of immigration

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What federalism refers to the power of the
national government to influence state policies
through grants?

• FISCAL

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For a system to be truly federal, the power of
both the national government and the subnational
government must be specified in Bill of Rights?
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To be elected to the Senate, a person must be at
least _____ years of age?

• Twenty

• Twenty Five

• Thirty

• Thirty Five

• Forty

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The president officer in the Senate is the Vice
President of the United States.
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The Senate tradition of unlimited debate,
undertaken for the purpose of preventing action
on a bill is called ______?

• Filibuster

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The president has ____ days to decide whether to
sign a bill or veto it.

• 7

• 10

• 15

• 30

• 60

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The President Pro Tempore is the _________ leader
of the Senate.

• Year to Year

• Week to Week

• Month to Month

• Day to Day

• None of the above

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Each Congress lasts for how many years?

• 4

• 8

• 10

• 2

• 6

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A vote that results in a tie automatically kills
the bill.

• House Rule

• Senate Rule

• Congress Rule

• President Rule

• None of the above

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If a state has thirty-five congressional
districts, it sends 35 representatives to the
senate.
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What sets overall revenue goals and spending
targets for the next fiscal year?

• First Budget Resolution

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All powers are vested in the national government
is called?

• Unitary system

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The pilgrims set up a government and promised to
obey the laws.

• Mayflower Compact

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What is been considered Americas first written
constitution?

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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Under the Articles of Confederation, the central
governing body was the congress of the
confederation and had very limited power.
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Who wrote Common Sense?

• Thomas Paine

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The Connecticut Plan is also known as the Great
Compromise.
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The solution of whether and how slave population
would be counted towards representation was
settled with the ______ rule.

• One-Fourth

• Three-Fifths

• One-Half

• Two-Third

• Three-Fourth

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An example of NEW federalism is the ________.

• Federal Mandate

• Cooperative Federalism

• Constitution

• Welfare Reform Act of 1996

• None of the above