Complete Review (Legislature)

QUIZ REMINDER:
You quiz over the legislature will begin on 11/29 (tomorrow). On this day, you will receive multiple choice/fill-in-the-blank/etc type of questions, and well as being able to review before the quiz. The following day will be reserved exclusively for short answer and essay questions.

I highly suggest you review using the attached packet. You should have had the opportunity to pick these up in class, but here they are again.

Review, Part One

 

Use complete sentences to answer the following questions to review for your quiz. You will have questions about both the president and the legislature.

Example: How many members make are in Congress?

            There are 535 members in Congress.

 

1. What are (all of) the qualifications for the presidency? What are the qualifications to be a part of Congress? What is the major difference between these sets of qualifications?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. What does “bicameral” mean? How did we get a bicameral legislature?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. How does reapportionment differ from redistricting?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Can a political party redistrict in its favor? How so/what is this called? Are there any specific methods involved? If so, explain them.

 

 

 

 

 

5. Did the War Powers Act affect the balance of power between the president and Congress? Explain your answer and be as specific as possible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. How does a bill become a law—explain the entire process. Be detailed when it comes to where a bill comes from, what happens when the president gets a bill, what a bill goes through in committee, which house a bill starts in, etc. THIS PROCESS MUST BE IN THE CORRECT ORDER.

 

7. Describe the difference between these three words and then use each one correctly in a sentence that further describes its meaning: legislature, legislator, legislation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. What does it mean to be censured? Is this comparable to being censored?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. Describe the effects of political parties on the legislative process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Describe political parties throughout US history.

Congressional Vocabulary

 

G A I E O M Y V F B U P C U S U Y L K X I J T T F

S N Z H U A F W V D W E N M A O A H V M L N R O R

Z D I R X Q D L X F D W H K S F U S R E A L J I A

C S O R S X O N J C Y F Z K T R T T W L Q S K H L

L U K C E B M E G M P G B J H A N S J U Y P X S J

Q E O A B D M V V K A J A U N N L Q Z Z R U Z J V

K F G Y I Q N K S H S O N D L K S K P M Z O O P L

J A I I P N H A Q A N C I K G I I J A H U R O X L

E N Z Z S K C V M U P N V Y J N J L V X M G B F F

G I F Y W L E U R Y G W J D P G X X N P Q T C K E

E Q A D P P A Q M C R S Q M K P T X R X E S H Y C

W R Q B Q T Q T O B D R J C F R V F X U E E G W C

I A U C A U C M I S E Y E U X I D E F V X R Z N S

U X I T Q C M C U V N N B G P V E S I R G E S S W

D N M C O I D X P H E Y T I W I M B L S P T E M Q

O U F B T L Q N F N E O O S M L X W I A N N R Q B

Y Q R T U H C Z R S X J V Z Q E R N B E L I U Y G

U Y E O F P K Q S A S I Z E P G D R U I R W S Z K

Q E T I P O O H U F G X H Z R E K T S C Y O N G A

E E T T I M M O C T C E L E S S I T T I Q B E L J

K L N O W Z I B U G S U J L M T I L E O M P C Q T

F L O O R A C T I O N E F D S K S G R D U J P R C

Z K K O V I N A M M C I O N T D B C H U C A D J K

E O T V R B M C O P O Y O X Y N I H M T A T K H Q

D V L V Q K T F Y K I C C R G W N R U O J D A H B

 

ADJOURN

CENSURE

CLOTURE

CONSTITUENTS

FILIBUSTER

FLOOR ACTION

FRANKING PRIVILEGE

GERRYMANDERING

INCUMBENTS

INTEREST GROUPS

LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT

LOBBYING

QUORUM

SELECT COMMITTEE

STANDING COMMITTEE

 

Once you have found a word, define it on a separate sheet of paper.

Name __________________________________

Hour _____________

 

Review Packet, part two.

 

1. How does a bill become a law?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Why does Congress need to have committees?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. What type of party system does the United States have? What characterizes this system? How do you know this is what the United States has?

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. How do third parties form? What are some examples?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Describe the “necessary and proper” clause of the Constitution: What branch does it apply to? What type of power does it give this branch?

 

 

 

 

6. Describe the FIVE types of committees that exist in Congress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. How does Congress have the power to choose the president?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. What is lobbying? Who lobbies Congress?

 

 

 

 

 

9. In terms of being a political favor, what is “pork?”

 

 

 

 

 

10. How can lobbying affect the law-making process?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Use this chart to map out the film. There are some questions to help you along the way.

Senator Sam Foley dies. The governor must appoint a new Senator for his state. Who is the other Senator from the state? Who is really in charge of politics in the state?

The governor ultimately appoints Jefferson Smith. Why? When Jeff gets to the Senate, what does his want to do?   How does he plan to pay for it?

The other senator from the state does not want Jeff to know about a building project that will conflict with Jeff’s own bill. Does Jeff ever find out about this building project? If so, how?       How does Jeff react?       How does everyone else react to his knowledge of the building project?

Jeff, along with his secretary, Miss Saunders, decide to make a bold move on the Senate floor. What do they decide to do?   Jeff knows he can yield the floor for three things, what are they?     What are some of the things Jeff does while he holds the floor?       The other senator from his state brings in what?   Then what happens?

The Executive and the Legislature

 

Decipher the message and then answer the question.