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MyWork Form 28/3/17 18(40 Print this page SSTH038059: Unit 1 Evaluation Student ID: C88176220 Student Name: Marin, Pol Course ID: SSTH038059 Course Name: American Government: National Level Evaluation ID: 1 Evaluation Name: Unit 1 Evaluation Unit 1 Evaluation Multiple-Choice Choose the answer that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. Which of the following was a practical reason for a bicameral legislature? a. preventing the houses from checking the other b. creating judicial review c. resolving the dispute between the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan d. the tradition established by the Articles of Confederation 2. How long does a congressional term last? a. two years b. four years c. one year d. six months 3. Who may convene a special session of Congress? a. the Senate b. the House c. the Supreme Court d. the president 4. In Congress, most of the work is done in a. hearings. https://mywaycool.nebraska.edu/?ActionFile=student/mywork&Action=View+Work&gb_uri=2799289&ptype=L Página 1 de 9 MyWork Form 28/3/17 18(40 b. investigations. c. floor debates. d. committees. 5. The size of the House of Representatives is determined by a. the 20th Amendment. b. population. c. the courts. d. state constitutions. 6. The size of the Senate is determined by a. Congress. b. the Reapportionment Act of 1929. c. Article I, Section 3, Clause 1 of the Constitution. d. Article I, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution. 7. Reapportionment refers to a. increasing the number of House members. b. increasing the number of senators. c. redistributing representation in the House. d. redistributing representation in the Senate. 8. Which of the following is an example of gerrymandering? a. a state in which congressional districts have unequal populations b. a congressional district drawn to give an advantage to a party c. a congressional district that does not include rural areas d. a congressional district that does not include urban areas 9. Which Supreme Court decision ended the practice of drawing congressional districts that were substantially uneven in population? a. Gomillion v. Lightfoot b. Powell v. McCormack c. Wesberry v. Sanders d. Hunt v. Cromartie 10. Single-member district elections provide for a. at-large elections. b. general ticket elections. c. the election of one representative by each district. d. the election of House members by the entire state. https://mywaycool.nebraska.edu/?ActionFile=student/mywork&Action=View+Work&gb_uri=2799289&ptype=L Página 2 de 9 MyWork Form 28/3/17 18(40 11. Which of the following is a requirement for a United States senator? a. twenty-five years of age b. a United States citizen for seven years c. a resident of the district he or she represents in the state d. thirty years of age 12. A constituency is a. the body of people a politician represents. b. the people who vote in an election. c. a district. d. the new members of Congress at the start of a term. 13. Why are members of Congress often reluctant to increase their salaries? a. the Supreme Court ruling in the case of Wood v. Broom b. the fear of negative public reaction c. conditions of the franking privilege d. Article I, Section 6, Clause 1 of the Constitution 14. Which of the following is TRUE of the Senate? a. It has no influence over treaties. b. Work is more evenly split between committees and the floor. c. It has a younger membership than the House. d. It has no power over appointments made by the president. 15. The Framers intended for senators to be a. young and energetic. b. less influenced by public opinion than House members. c. more in touch with their districts than House members. d. more impulsive in nature than House members. 16. The 17th Amendment made which of the following provisions? a. Senators are elected by state legislatures. b. Senators are elected by the people. c. The Speaker of the House is elected by the majority party in Congress. d. Senators are elected by the House of Representatives. 17. Suppose that a congressional representative always supports the position of her party in Congress. The representative is a https://mywaycool.nebraska.edu/?ActionFile=student/mywork&Action=View+Work&gb_uri=2799289&ptype=L Página 3 de 9 MyWork Form 28/3/17 18(40 a. trustee. b. politico. c. partisan. d. delegate. 18. The United States Constitution notes which kind of powers in the first seventeen clauses of Article I, Section 8? a. implied powers b. inherent powers c. expressed powers d. concurrent powers 19. The national debt is allowed by a. Article I, Section 8, Clause 2 of the Constitution. b. Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution. c. Article I, Section 8, Clause 6 of the Constitution. d. Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the Constitution. 20. The War Powers Resolution of 1973 did which of the following? a. It increased executive control over the military. b. It increased Congress’s control over the military. c. It removed the secretary of war from the Constitution. d. It created a secretary of homeland security. 21. Which of the following can Congress do? a. tax exports b. favor the ports of one state over those of another c. require vessels from one state to pay duties to another d. set uniform weights and measures 22. Congress first established a national paper currency in what year? a. 1884 b. 1862 c. 1865 d. 1871 23. With whom does Congress share concurrent powers for regulating bankruptcy? a. banks b. states c. courts https://mywaycool.nebraska.edu/?ActionFile=student/mywork&Action=View+Work&gb_uri=2799289&ptype=L Página 4 de 9 MyWork Form 28/3/17 18(40 d. foreign nations 24. Which part of the Constitution requires that all indirect taxes by the federal government be uniform? a. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 b. Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 c. Article I, Section 9, Clause 5 d. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 25. Which of the following is a direct tax? a. a tax on gasoline b. a tax on cigarettes c. a tax on personal income d. a tax on alcohol 26. Implied powers come from a. eminent domain. b. the Necessary and Proper Clause. c. war powers. d. peacetime powers. 27. The power of Congress to define federal crimes is a(n) a. legislative power. b. example of eminent domain. c. executive power. d. judicial power. 28. The decision of the Supreme Court in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland did which of the following? a. legitimized inherent powers b. favored a strict construction of the Constitution c. favored the ideals of Thomas Jefferson d. legitimized the concept of implied powers 29. Who has the power to impeach civil officers? a. the Senate b. the House c. the Supreme Court d. the president https://mywaycool.nebraska.edu/?ActionFile=student/mywork&Action=View+Work&gb_uri=2799289&ptype=L Página 5 de 9 MyWork Form 28/3/17 18(40 30. What happens to a president who is impeached? a. The president is removed from office. b. The president is acquitted. c. The president is tried in the Senate. d. The president is sentenced in the Senate. 31. Which article of the Constitution allows Congress to propose amendments to the Constitution? a. Article I b. Article II c. Article III d. Article V 32. The handling of the Vietnam War by Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon led to the passage of a. articles of impeachment against President Johnson. b. the 19th Amendment. c. the War Powers Resolution. d. the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. 33. Who authorizes funding for the military? a. Congress b. the president c. the vice president d. the Supreme Court 34. How are treaties made? a. negotiated by the president and approved by the Senate b. negotiated by the president and approved by the House c. negotiated by a Senate committee and signed by the president d. negotiated by a House committee and signed by the president 35. Which of the following is an example of an implied power? a. establishing post offices b. borrowing money c. collecting taxes d. banning certain materials in the mail 36. Who is president of the Senate? https://mywaycool.nebraska.edu/?ActionFile=student/mywork&Action=View+Work&gb_uri=2799289&ptype=L Página 6 de 9 MyWork Form 28/3/17 18(40 a. the president pro tempore b. the vice president c. the majority whip d. the minority whip 37. Floor leaders in Congress are a. relatively unimportant. b. elected by their parties. c. able to act without concern for their parties. d. unable to vote in the Committee of the Whole. 38. The party caucus is held to a. select presidential nominees. b. choose floor leadership. c. swear in new members. d. swear in the Speaker of the House. 39. What is the main power of committee chairs in Congress? a. introducing bills b. casting the deciding vote in case of a tie c. determining which bills to discuss d. overriding a president’s veto 40. In Congress, standing committees are a. created to discuss specific bills. b. created to investigate current matters. c. permanent. d. subcommittees of select committees. 41. A joint committee is a. always permanent. b. composed of members from both Houses of Congress. c. composed of members of both parties in the Senate. d. composed of members of both parties in the House. 42. Suppose that a bill to conserve water resources is introduced in the House. The bill contains a provision for increased funding of high school science programs. The provision for increased funding is a a. joint resolution. https://mywaycool.nebraska.edu/?ActionFile=student/mywork&Action=View+Work&gb_uri=2799289&ptype=L Página 7 de 9 MyWork Form 28/3/17 18(40 b. concurrent resolution. c. resolution. d. rider. 43. The Cloture Rule allows a. senators to limit filibustering. b. the House to bring a bill out of committee. c. committees to forward bills to subcommittees. d. a quorum to meet in the House. 44. Committees hold public hearings on bills in order to a. read the bill. b. listen to the president testify on a bill. c. receive information from the public on a bill. d. debate and mark up the bill. 45. Which type of committee resolves differences between House and Senate versions of a bill? a. standing committee b. select committee c. joint committee d. conference committee 46. The seniority rule suggests that a. the longest-serving majority party member on a committee will be chair. b. a Republican can chair a committee for three consecutive terms. c. a Democrat can chair a committee for three consecutive terms. d. there can be no limit on filibustering. 47. What is the role of the president pro tempore in the Senate? a. to preside in the vice president’s absence b. to provide compromise between the two houses c. to postpone filibusters d. to bring new ideas to the majority party 48. Which congressional official is named in the Constitution? a. the president pro tempore of the Senate b. the Senate minority whip c. the House majority whip d. the Speaker of the House https://mywaycool.nebraska.edu/?ActionFile=student/mywork&Action=View+Work&gb_uri=2799289&ptype=L Página 8 de 9 MyWork Form 28/3/17 18(40 49. How can a president keep a bill from becoming law? a. pocket veto the bill b. line item veto the bill c. debate on the Senate floor d. override the bill 50. The House Rules Committee does all of the following EXCEPT a. granting rules to debate a bill on the floor. b. killing bills by not granting rules for debate. c. setting time limits for debates about bills. d. mediating disagreements among subcommittee members about bills. When you have completed this evaluation, use the tools on this page to submit it for grading. You may only submit this evaluation one time. 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1. (C)The practical reason for the establishment of a bicameral legislature in the United
States was to resolve the dispute between the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia plan.
2. (A) The Congress meets for duration of two years.
3. (D) The executive may convene a special congressional session for the Congress
4. (C)
5. (B)
6. (C) The size of the Senate is determined by Article I, Section3, Clause 1 of the
constitution
7. (C) Reapportionment refers to redistributing representation in the House
8. (B) A congressional district drawn to give an advantage to a party is an example of
gerrymandering
9. (A)
10. (D)Single member district provides for the election of House members by the entire state.
11. (D) One of the requirements for one to be a United States senator is that one must be at
least 30 years of age.
12. (A) A constituency is the body of people a politician represents.
13. (B) Members of the Congress are reluctant to increase their salaries due to fear of
negative public reaction

14. (B)
15. (C) The Framers intended for senators to be more in touch with their districts than House...


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