Government Test 2 ;(

Question 1

Where two preliminary meetings were held which led to the Constitutional Convention.

Answer 1

Mount Vernon and Annapolis

Question 2

Wrote the Federalist Papers

Answer 2

James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay

Question 3

“Father of the Constitution”

Answer 3

James Madison

Question 4

The group who supported the adoption of the Constitution, wanted a closer union of the states, and preferred a more effective central government

Answer 4

Federalists

Question 5

Tuesday following the first Monday in November of even-numbered years

Answer 5

General Election Day

Question 6

Who presides over the Senate when the Vice President is absent?

Answer 6

President Pro Tempore

Question 7

the forerunner of the written constitution in America

Answer 7

Mayflower Compact

Question 7

a proposed law

Answer 7

A bill

Question 8

wrote the final draft of the Constitution

Answer 8

Gouverneur Morris

Question 9

This city became the temporary capital of the new government after the Constitution had been ratified

Answer 9

New York City

Question 10

term refers to the division of power between the national and state government

Answer 10

Federalism

Question 11

From whom did the idea of separation of powers originate?

Answer 11

Charles de Montesquieu

Question 12

describes the practice of drawing district boundaries so as to purposely favor the party in power

Answer 12

Gerrymandering

Question 13

What is not a required leadership position in Congress?

Answer 13

majority floor leader

Question 14

A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide on policy or to choose candidates

Answer 14

Caucus

Question 15

What is the greatest penalty which either house of Congress may impose upon a member?

Answer 15

Expulsion

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Question 16

Only position permitted to introduce revenue and appropriation bills in Congress

Answer 16

House of Representatives

Question 17

What is not part of the process of how a bill becomes a law?

Answer 17

Censured by the whole house

Question 18

Temporary committee composed of members of both houses for the purpose of working out a compromise on a bill

Answer 18

Conference committee

Question 19

A president who was impeached

Answer 19

Andrew Johnson

Question 20

A power belonging to Congress

Answer 20

Lay and collect taxes

Question 21

Not a power belonging to Congress

Answer 21

Pass bills of attainder

Question 22

Article that established the judicial branch

Answer 22

Article III

Question 23

Article that set guidelines for ratification of the Constitution

Answer 23

Article VII

Question 24

Article that provides for amendments to the Constitution

Answer 24

Article V

Question 25

Article established the legislative branch

Answer 25

Article I

Question 26

Article that describes the Constitution as the "supreme law of the land"

Answer 26

Article VI

Question 27

Article that established the executive branch

Answer 27

Article II

Question 28

Became America's first national constitution

Answer 28

Articles of Confederation

Question 29

Put the fear of anarchy and insurrection in the hearts of many Americans

Answer 29

Shay's Rebellion

Question 30

Presided; Was in authority

Answer 30

George Washington

Question 31

the only effective way to prevent a filibuster

Answer 31

Cloture Rule | ending the debate on proposal holding vote to determine if it will pass. ## Footnote stupid notecard >:(

Question 32

Who is able to approve all presidential appointments?

Answer 32

Senate

Question 33

Provided for the surveying and orderly sale of western lands

Answer 33

The Land Ordinance of 1787

Question 34

Gave Congress the authority to put into operation both the expressed and implied powers

Answer 34

"necessary and proper" clause

Question 35

Provided a plan of government and complete religious freedom in the western lands

Answer 35

Great Decisions

Question 36

Combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans in establishing the national legislature | Slaves

Answer 36

Three-Fifths Compromise

Question 37

The central government is subordinate to the state governments

Answer 37

Confederacy

Question 38

called for a two-house legislature based upon state population

Answer 38

Virginia Plan

Question 39

called for a unicameral legislature in which each state would be equally represented

Answer 39

New Jersey Plan

Question 40

the power to make laws

Answer 40

Legislative Power

Question 41

The proportional distribution of Congressional seats among the states

Answer 41

Apportionment

Question 42

A counting of the number of people in a specific area

Answer 42

Census

Question 43

rejection of a bill by the president

Answer 43

Veto

Question 44

The representative votes according to his personal judgement rather than the views of his constituency

Answer 44

Trustee

Question 45

The Congressional monitoring of the bureaucracy to make sure that the laws are being faithfully executed

Answer 45

Oversight

Question 46

powers given explicitly to Congress by the Constitution

Answer 46

Expressed Powers

Question 47

What is the main elements of the process by which a bill becomes a law?

Answer 47

1) Introduction- authorship of the bill and introduction into Congress 2) Committee action- the bill is assigned to a committee where it is either rejected, changed, or approved as is and prepared for a vote on the house floor 3) Floor action- the bill is debated and voted on, resulting in either its rejection or approval by majority vote; if approved, it is passed to the other house to undergo the same process 4) If both house approve the bill, it is sent to the president, who will either sign the bill into law, ignore it, or reject it by veto