Social Studies Test on Powers of the Government

What is the nickname of the Senate?

Upper House

What is the nickname of the HOR?

Lower House

What are the names of the Senators from MA?

Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey

What is the name of the representative from MA in the HOR?

Jake Auchincloss

What is representation based upon in the Senate?

Equal representation

What is representation based upon in the HOR?

State population

Term for Senate?

6 years

Term for HOR?

2 years

Total people in senate?

100

Total people in HOR?

435

Total people in Congress

535

Minimum senate age?

30

Minimum HOR age?

25

Citizenship requirements for Senate?

9 years

Citizenship requirements for HOR?

7 years

Presiding officer title for senate?

Pro Tempore

Presiding officer title for HOR?

Speaker of the House

Special powers for Senate?

Jury for impeachment

Approve treaties

Approve president nominations

Special powers for HOR?

Begin impeachment charges

Begin tax laws

Number of MA senators?

2

Number of HOR MA reps?

9

Who was Mike Johnson?

Speaker of the house

Who was Charles Grassley?

Pro tempore

Who decides during a tie within the senate?

Vice president

Who is the vice president of the US?

J.D. Vance

Justice?

Fairness

More perfect union?

Better than the A.O.C.

Domestic Tranquility?

Peace within your home state/country

Posterity?

Future generations

Liberty?

Freedom

Ordain and Establish?

Make official

“Father of the Constitution”?

James Madison

Created a rebellion against taxes?

Daniel Shays

All bills start out as a…

Idea

A…turns it into writing

Congress person

The bill is introduced into the…or the….

House or the Senate

After being introduced to one house it goes to a…to research the topic

Commitee

Committees can…the bill or…..it

Table the bill or recommend it

The house…on the topic and….on the bill

Debates the topic and votes on the bill

Then the bill goes to the…to debate

Next house

If the second house makes changes it goes back to the…..for approval

First house

If both houses pass the bill with a…% vote it goes to the….

51% vote it goes to the president

The president can..

Veto the bill

Sign the bill

Do nothing

If the president leaves the bill for….days it becomes a law

10

Congress can override a president’s veto on a bill with a…vote from both houses

2/3rds

Definition of Veto?

Reject/forbid

Who acts as a jury for impeachments?

Senate

What military actions can Congress take?

Deploy an army, a navy, a state militia, and declare war

Can a president declare war under any circumstances?

No

What money actions can Congress take?

Punish Counterfeiters

Tax citizens

Borrow money

What are tribunals?

Courts

What is commerce?

Trade

Can Congress punish Pirates?

Yes

One special power is that in the house they begin tax bills…true or false?

True

Who confirms you to be the Secretary of State?

Senate

Is the main job of the HOR and the Senate to make laws?

Yes

Is Ed Markey a member of the HOR for MA?

No, he is a member of the Senate

Is the speaker of the house currently a republican?

Yes, his name is Mike Johnson

Is the vice president the tie breaker for the Senate or HOR?

Senate

Leaving a bill for 10 days and tabling the bill are the same thing

False