AP GOV - Teacher Made Final

What do Congressional Committees do?

• Decide policies suitable for Legislative Review

• Gather and evaluate information

• Effectively consider proposed bills

Which type of Congressional Committees are permanent and consider broader areas of policy?

Standing Committees

Which type of Congressional Committees are temporary and consist of both House and Senate members, with the common goal of making a compromise bill in the case of differences within Congress?

Conference Committees

Which type of Congressional Committees consist of both House and Senate members and can be temporary or permanent?

Joint Committees

Which type of Congressional Committees are temporary and set up for a specific purpose?

Select Committees

What is the job of the House Rules Committee?

Decide what bills get to go on the floor and how long they get to be debated.

Which chamber of Congress generally has less rules?

Senate

What is it called when a senate member exploits the unlimited debate rule and attempts to stall a session by yapping too much?

Filibuster

How is committee member and leadership assigned in Congress?

Each party assigns its own members to committees, the majority party gets the first pick

What is the first step of a bill being signed in both the House and Senate?

Introduction

What is the second step of a bill being signed in both the House and Senate?

Going to a committee

What is the third step of a bill being signed in both the House and Senate?

Voted on and debated in the floor

What happens if a bill gets rejected by either one of the Congressional chambers?

The bill is either dropped or goes through the entire process again

What is Congressional oversight?

Supervision of the Federal Bureaucracy and the Executive Branch by Congress.

• Part of the “Iron Triangle” System, Congress can control the money that goes to the Bureaucracy through the “power of the purse”

Which political role involves aligning with something your party believes in to make your party members happy?

Politico

Which political role involves using your logic to decide what is best for the people?

Trustee

Which political role involves aligning with what the majority of your constituency wants?

Delegate

Who draws district lines for selecting representatives?

State Legislatures

What is a signing statement from the president?

A statement on a bill that says how exactly he wants it to be implemented.

Which Congressional House approves presidential appointments to the cabinet?

Senate

What was the 25th amendment?

Outlined the specific rules of presidential succession

What types of cases is the Supreme Court most likely to hear?

• Cases involving states as parties

• Cases involving ambassadors and government officials

• Cases that are a common issue/have other cases like them in a different state

• Cases relating to the fundamentals of the Constitution/BOR

What are the 5 first amendment rights?

• Speech

• Religion

• Press

• Assembly

• Petition

What was the main purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Desegregating all public places

What clause did Congress use to justify the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Commerce Clause

Fourteenth Amendment

Gave every person born or naturalized in the US the right to a citizenship

Main points of The Letter From a Birmingham Jail

• There are just and unjust laws

• Peaceful protest that is unheard will turn into violent protest

• Comparison of Civil Rights Movement to American Revolution

• If you are willing to break a law, no matter the law, you should accept the consequences

Which amendment supports the Letter From a Birmingham Jail?

14 amendment

What are the 5 core American values?

• Equality of Opportunity

• Rule of law

• Limited Government

• Free Enterprise

• Individualism

Factors that make a poll credible

• Random sampling(public poll)

• Expressed margin of error and sample size

• Non bias questioning

Sampling Error

Margin of error in a polls findings, typically + or - 3

• Done through running the poll with multiple groups and comparing the average

Who typically votes the most(demographic of people)?

Older people with more education and money

• More likely to have policy in their favor

15th Amendment

Allowed black people(men) the right to vote).

24th Amendment

Abolishment of poll taxes

26th Amendment

Lowered voting age from 21 to 18

4 Linkage Institutions

• Media

• Interest Groups

• Political Parties

• Elections

What are reserved powers?

Powers given to the states only

What are concurrent powers?

Powers given to both the states and national government

What are enumerated powers?

Powers only given to the national government