Government Unit 3 Test

Legislative Branch

makes the laws

Bicameral

a 2 part legislature

Unicameral

a 1 part legislature

435

How many people are in the House of Representatives?

218

How many people does a party in the House of Representatives need to win?

100

How many members are in the Senate?

101 - Vice President is involved

How many members are __elected__ into the Senate?

51

How many members of the Senate are needed for a party to win?

Ohio General Assembly

legislature of state

Rob McColley (R)

Represents District 1 in the Ohio Senate

Jim Hoops (R)

A member of the Ohio House of Representatives representing District 81

J.D. Vance

A Republican representing Ohio in the US Senate

Sherrod Brown

A Democrat representing Ohio in the US Senate

Marcy Kaptur (D)

An Ohio member of the US House of Representatives

15

How many seats is Ohio allowed to have in the US House of Representatives?

2

How many Senators does Ohio have?

Williams County Comissioners (3)

Rummel, Westfall, and Hilkert

St. Joseph Township Legislatures (3)

Muehlfeld, Moffett, Perry

Edgerton Village Council (6)

Gruver, Wallace, VanAusdale, Wampler, Blinzler, Karnes

Edgerton Local Board of Education (5)

Siebenaler, Bowsher, Hug, Giesige, Swank

Term

how long they are elected to be in office

2 years

How long is a House of Representatives term?

6 years

How long is a Senators term?

Term limits

only allows people to be in term 2 times back to back

Apportion

to give everybody a part of it, to distribute

Every 10 years

How often does reapportionment happen?

Session

a period of time in which Congress assembles and does work

17th Amendment

establishes that people will elect Senators

Single member district

voters pick 1 representative per region

At-large district

all of the available seats are filled from a region as a whole

single member district

What kind of district is the Ohio House?

Continuous body

an elected organization never leaves office at the same time

Senate

What is an example of a continuous body?

Article 1, Section 8

Where is the “Powers of Congress” found in the constitution?

Strict Constructionist

small government, ran by Thomas Jefferson

Liberal Constructionist

big government, ran by Alexander Hamilton

Copyright

designed to protect someone’s creative ideas

The rest of your life, plus an additional 70 years after death.

How long is a copyright good for?

Patent

the sole right to manufacture or sell an invention

20 years

How long is a patent good for?

eminent domain

government has the ability to take private property, connected with the 5th Amendment

18th Amendment

prohibition, bans alcohol

Impeach

to bring charges against a public official

Trump, Clinton, and Johnson

What presidents have been impeached?

Necessary & Proper Clause

Article 1, Section 8, par. 18

Elastic Clause

gives Congress all power to make laws (implied powers)

Power to Tax

charge levied by government to collect money for public services

Direct Taxes

you pay it yourself (income tax)

Indirect Taxes

taxes charged to one that are passed on to another (sales tax)

Commerce Power

power of Congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade

Legal Tender

any kind of money that must be accepted by law

Currency Power

legal power to make & regulate money

Counterfeiting

crime of a person printing or making their own money

Bankruptcy

cannot or refuse to pay debt or little money left to pay off debt

Naturalization

process to become a citizen (take a test)

Postal Power

Congress has the power to establish post offices and routes used within the US

Nancy Pelosi

Speaker of the House

Speaker Pro Tempore

temporarily in charge of the House if the Speaker cannot be there

Kevin McCarthy (R)

Minority Leader of the House

The Whip

their job is to make sure the parties stay in line (“whips” them into shape)

Kamala Harris

President of the Senate (Vice President of United States)

President Pro Tempore

temporarily in charge of Senate if the President of Senate can’t attend

Committees

where most of the work gets done, they make the decisions

Seniority Rule

the longer you’ve been around, the more experience you have

Unwritten Custom

what has evolved over time

Standing Committee

permanent, the MOST important

Select Committee

usually temporary

Joint Committee

committee of both houses, some are temporary & some are permanent

Conference Committee

temporary joint committees

Appropriations (both), Armed Services (both), Budget (both), Judiciary (both), Veterans’ Affairs (both)

What are 10 standing committees of Congress (both houses)? So 5 each.

Bill

a proposed law

Public Bill

designed to apply to everyone

Private Bill

deals with specific personal manners

Appropriation Bill

authority to draw money from the Treasury but does not grant budget authority

Simple Resolution

covers matters effecting only one house of Congress

Joint Resolution

deal with temporary or unusual matters

Concurrent Resolution

deal with concerns of both houses

Rider

a non-related issue that is added to a Bill

Quorum

the smallest number of members to be present

Simple majority

1 over half

First it starts with an idea, then goes to committees, then the Floor of the House, then the Senate, then another committee, back to Senate, then to the President.

How does a bill become a law?

Committees

Where does a bill spend most of its time?

Filibuster

an attempt to talk a Bill to death

Cloture

a way to officially shut down a filibuster

60 (3/5)

How many Senators have to agree for a __cloture__ to pass?

Veto Override

the House & Senate can vote and override the veto

290 (2/3)

How many House members are needed for a __veto override__?

67 (2/3)

How many Senators are needed for a __veto override__?

27th Amendment

Congress can’t give themselves a pay raise until surviving an election

1789; 1992

When was the 27th Amendment established and proposed?

Nancy Hollister

first female governor in Ohio; governed for 11 days

11th Amendment

gives rules for lawsuits against states

12th Amendment

creates a new way of selecting vice president and president

13th Amendment

abolished slavery

14th Amendment

guarantees rights of citizenship

15th Amendment

gives voting rights to slaves

16th Amendment

gives federal government power to collect taxes

19th Amendment

women have the right to vote

20th Amendment

sets the dates of presidential and congressional terms

21st Amendment

repeals the 18th Amendment (prohibition)