U.S. Citizenship and Government Term 2

Senators who consider issues related to farming are most likely to be members of a subcommittee of which standing committee?

Who decides which bills are important enough to send to the House for all members to consider?

Which committee must consider a bill before the bill can be considered by the full House?

Each statement about bills becoming laws is true except _____.

The floor leader of the major party that holds fewer seats in a house of Congress is called _____.

Which of the following describes the Cloture Rule?

What is a standing committee?

Which is an important power of committee chairmen?

The members of a conference committee are chosen by _____.

What happens when a bill is pigeonholed?

Who serves as the presiding officer of the Senate?

Where do subcommittees get their members?

What happens after the President vetoes a bill?

What happens after both houses pass the exact same bill?

What is the next step after a conference committee completes its work on a bill?

Which is the first task of the House of Representatives after it is called to order?

Sometimes, people appear before a committee to provide more information related to a bill. What is this called?

What happens after the President signs a bill?

What happens next after a bill reaches the floor of the House?

Most of the work in Congress is done by _____.

As the main author of American foreign policy, the President acts as the nation's _____.

Who received the second largest number of electoral votes in the 1796 election?

_____ are voters who have not decided on a candidate at the start of a presidential campaign.

Under a proportional system, what happens if a candidate wins at least 15 percent of the primary votes?

What does it mean that the Vice President is "only a heartbeat away" from the presidency?

If the House fails to choose a President by January 20, the 20th Amendment says that _____.

A President who has only served one term _____.

The formal qualifications for people who wish to be President are established by _____.

After a period of presidential disability, who informs Congress that the President is ready to resume office?

What significant experience did Vice President Joe Biden bring to office?

Which candidate's performance in the first televised debate helped his campaign?

Who served the most terms as President of the United States?

Political parties first _____ to nominate presidential candidates.

The _____ makes the formal selection of the President and Vice President.

Under the proportional plan to reform the Electoral College, each candidate would _____.

Which Framer presented the plan for a body of presidential electors?

The President proposes a highway construction bill to Congress and then pressures lawmakers to pass the proposed legislation. Which role is the President fulfilling?

Presidential electors were chosen to represent the interests of their _____.

What difficulty arose from the presidential election of 1796?

The vice presidency has taken on more importance in recent years because of _____.

To handle the government's many domestic and foreign affairs, the Constitution gives the President broad powers to act as the nation's _____.

What happened in 1841 after President William Henry Harrison died in office and has continued to be the practice for filling a presidential vacancy ever since?

The selection of delegates to the national convention produces _____.

The proposed national popular vote plan to reform the Electoral College calls for _____.

Why does New Hampshire hold its primary first?

An order the President gives based on the authority of the Constitution is called _____.

Which President made the decision to drop the atomic bomb in 1945?

Which is not a judicial power of the President?

Which is true about the President's role as commander in chief?

In the nation's history, Presidents have used military force _____.

When the President is elected, the U.S. Chief Justice _____.

A President's executive order is based on authority given by Congress or _____.

A pact between the President and the head of foreign country is called _____.

In the United States, the terms of a treaty cannot _____.

When the President approves a bill but also explains his plans to enforce the new law, _____ is issued.

Why is it important that troops can only remain in a foreign country for 60 days unless Congress approves?

For which branch of government is the President responsible?

President George W. Bush sent troops to Afghanistan and Iraq _____.

Most Presidents are in favor of the line-item veto because it gives them more power over _____.

Where does the President get the power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States?

Which process is used to select more than half of federal civilian workers?

What was a consequence of President Johnson ignoring the Tenure of Office Act?

The President cannot use judicial powers in cases of _____.

When President Franklin Roosevelt was elected, the country was _____.

A person who helps manage relations between countries is known as _____.

Which group is at the second highest level of the executive branch's bureaucratic pyramid?

Which agency within the Executive Office of the President is responsible for how natural resources are used?

Which executive department is responsible for producing currency, borrowing money, and managing the public debt?

Which groups serve as the main sources of advice for the President?

How do the leaders of independent regulatory commissions obtain their positions?

Why did Congress establish the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958?

Which agency advises the President about the safety of the country?

FBI, IRS, FCC, and CIA are all abbreviations for _____.

People who support the President in the Executive Office work in which type of agency?

The _____ hires, promotes, and pays people who work for the federal government.

With the growth of the Executive Office of the President, the importance of the Cabinet has _____.

Which is true about executive departments?

How is the Office of Management and Budget influenced by the President?

A _____ is a way of selecting individuals from a group.

Most of the people in the Executive Office work _____.

Each of the following is a bureaucrat except _____.

The Office of the United States Trade Representative advises the President on _____.

Which is given goals to meet?

Which was not one of the original executive departments?

Which of the following about independent executive agencies is not true?

The phrase domestic affairs refers to things that happen _____.

Which is an example of civilian control of the military?

Which nation has threatened world security in recent years because of its interest in becoming a nuclear power?

Ambassadors cannot be arrested, sued, or taxed in the country where they are serving because of _____.

Who is commander in chief of the armed forces?

What was the main reason for American involvement in the Vietnam War?

The United Nations International Court of Justice acts as the _____.

The _____ is responsible for handling U.S. foreign aid programs.

What is the name of the peace agreement that President Carter helped create between Israel and Egypt?

Which division of the United Nations has the main responsibility for keeping international peace?

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is a military force created by which organization?

Each military department—army, navy, and air force—is lead by its own _____.

Which U.S. government department is responsible for carrying out foreign affairs and diplomacy?

Which is a separate service within the Navy Department?

Which marked the end of the U.S. policy of avoiding involvement in the affairs of other countries?

In the 1800's, many Americans believed in the policy of Manifest Destiny. What did this mean?

After World War II, many countries believed in the principle of collective security, which means that _____.

_____ uses violence or force to achieve political goals.

Why does the State Department promote fair voting practices in foreign countries?

How are votes distributed in the United Nations General Assembly?

Which can exercise both original and appellate jurisdiction?

A good clue that a judge is practicing judicial activism is when he or she _____.

Which statement about the Supreme Court is true?

Who has the power to appoint Supreme Court justices?

Which created the courts of appeals?

Jurisdiction refers to the authority of a court to _____.

How many judges does the Court of International Trade have?

Which is one of the three actions the Supreme Court may take when it reviews a case?

Why do people ask appellate courts to review their cases?

The Supreme Court is more likely to consider reviewing a case if _____.

What is a majority opinion?

The Supreme Court declares an executive order unconstitutional. This is an example of _____.

Military commissions were created by _____.

Which is a difference between the special courts created by Congress and the constitutional courts?

Decisions of the U.S. Tax Court may be appealed to _____.

District courts are the only federal courts that _____.

Which court hears appeals about claims for benefits from people who have served in the armed forces?

How did the national judiciary function under the Articles of Confederation?

Unlike the other courts of appeals, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit _____.

A person who loses a decision in the Court of Federal Claims _____.

How many courts of appeals are in the federal judicial system?

What are courts-martial?

What court is concerned with appeals of decisions in patent, copyright, and international trade cases?

The United States Tax Court was set up to _____.

One Supreme Court justice is assigned to each _____.

The President and the Senate appoint a U.S. attorney for each _____.

Judicial restraint means that a judge will consider _____ when making decisions about a case.

What happens after a Supreme Court justice is appointed?

What was established in Article III of the Constitution?

What did the Supreme Court decide regarding military commissions in a 2006 ruling?

How is a civil case different from a criminal case?

What are military commissions?

The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in cases _____.

After the President appoints a new Supreme Court justice, which committee holds hearings to consider the qualifications of the appointee?

What does it mean when a Supreme Court justice issues a dissenting opinion?

Presidents will often choose federal judges from _____.

What is a majority opinion?

The United States has _____ court systems.

A person who loses a decision in the Court of Federal Claims _____.

Which is true about the U.S. Tax Court?

Which is true about the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces?

Why are there an odd number of justices on the Supreme Court?

In addition to local courts, the District of Columbia also has _____.

Each of the following is a duty of a U.S. marshal except _____.

A dispute over the terms of a contract is an example of a _____.

What part of the Constitution prohibits the government from setting up or supporting any one religion?

Why has the Supreme Court upheld laws that require advance notice and permits for protests in public places?

Which kind of speech does the government limit on radio and television broadcasts?

American citizens' right to free speech is guaranteed by _____.

_____ are the protections granted by government.

A demonstrator carries a sign that features a logo expressing disagreement with a government policy. The demonstrator's sign is an example of what kind of protected speech?

Shield laws protect _____.

In McCollum v. Board of Education, why did the Supreme Court strike down a public school "released time" program?

Each of these activities is protected by the constitutional right of free expression except _____.

In the United States, which groups are allowed to hold meetings?

What does the Free Exercise Clause state?

The Supreme Court has ruled that a citizen of the United States cannot be convicted using evidence that was obtained illegally. Which amendment did the court use to reach this decision?

Which case was the Supreme Court's first ruling on the Establishment Clause?

The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution to limit the power of _____.

Which refers to a series of Supreme Court rulings that used the 14th Amendment to protect basic rights of citizens from state governments?

Which is true about the right of association?

Which protects a peaceful political organization from having to report its membership to the government?

Each of the following is part of the Lemon Test for determining whether state aid to church schools is constitutional except _____.

The right of free speech protects each of the following activities except _____.

Which limitation can local governments place on the right of assembly?

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has each of these powers except _____.

The following practices are protected under the Free Exercise Clause except _____.

Which is an example of the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of assembly?

The relocation of U.S. citizens of Japanese descent during World War II was a violation of which constitutional principal?

The government may prohibit an assembly for any of the following reasons except _____.

The Supreme Court has ruled that states can require the owners of shopping centers to allow which activities on their property?

Which power is given to Congress by the "clear and present danger" rule?

When the Declaration of Independence says that unalienable rights are "endowed by their Creator," it means those rights are _____.

Why has the Supreme Court upheld laws that require permits for protests in public places?

Which case was the Supreme Court's first ruling on the Establishment Clause?

Where did the colonists get the belief in personal freedom?

Three years after its original ruling, the Supreme Court reversed its opinion about which law?

Why is the 9th Amendment important?

Which accurately describes the principle of prior restraint?

In Cox v. Louisiana, 1965, the Supreme Court upheld limitations on which public gatherings?

Based on previous Supreme Court rulings, which would be considered a display of the Ten Commandments that does not violate the Constitution?

Which principal behind the Constitution guarantees that a person's basic freedoms cannot be taken away?

Guarantees of personal freedoms against possible threats from the government are called _____.

In the 1925 case Gitlow v. New York, the Supreme Court ruled that _____.

In Everson v. Board of Education, why did the Supreme Court allow the state to provide busing for church schools?

Which is true about religious guarantees under the 1st Amendment?

How do the rights of assembly and petition apply to private property?

When people are treated unfairly because of their race, religion, gender, age, or physical condition, they experience _____.

An effort to violently overthrow or harm the government is called _____.

In Bigelow v. Virginia, 1975, the Supreme Court extended protection to which form of speech?

Which form of commercial speech was ruled to be protected by the Constitution in a Supreme Court decision?

Which is an example of libel?

What did the Supreme Court's decision in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, 2000, rule about the right of association?

What is one reason the Supreme Court ruled that chaplains can offer prayers in Congress and in state legislatures?

Which is the only crime defined in the Constitution?

Why did Congress and individual states pass preventative detention laws?

In District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court found that the District of Columbia's strict gun control law _____.

How did the Revolutionary War influence the inclusion of the 2nd Amendment in the Constitution?

How has the Supreme Court interpreted the 6th Amendment guarantee of a speedy trial?

The guarantees of due process imply a right _____.

In the case of Rochin v. California, the Supreme Court ruled that the _____.

According to the Constitution, when can a writ of habeas corpus be taken away?

Until the Civil War, the protection of civil rights had been left mostly to _____.

Which constitutional amendment introduced the right of due process?

In its 1972 Furman v. Georgia ruling, why did the Supreme Court strike down all state laws allowing the death penalty?

How does the Supreme Court usually rule in cases that involve overcrowding in prisons?

The Supreme Court has adopted the exclusionary rule to protect citizens from _____.

_____ may suspend a writ of habeas corpus in a time of war.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the military draft and imprisonment _____.

Which of the following is payment of bail supposed to guarantee?

Which problems can arise regarding police power and the rights of citizens?

If the police broke into a person's home illegally to look for evidence, that could be _____.

To ensure a fair and impartial jury in a federal case, the jury members must _____.

A new sentencing law is enacted and the punishment is applied to a person who committed a crime five years ago. This is an example of what?

What is the difference between de facto segregation and de jure segregation?

In addition to the 14th Amendment, which part of the Constitution says that states cannot discriminate unfairly?

Which is true about the efforts to cut immigration in the 1920's?

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., attempted to bring about changes in _____.

Which is an example of de facto segregation?

Which are banned from entering the United States?

Recent Supreme Court rulings have indicated that affirmative action programs in schools _____.

Which describes aliens?

Naturalization is a process by which _____.

Which Supreme Court ruling said that affirmative action programs must show some "compelling governmental interest"?

The Civil Rights Act of 1968 was considered an important victory for the civil rights movement because it meant that _____.

Public lands set aside by the government for Native Americans are called _____.

Denaturalization is _____.

Why is the Civil Rights Act of 1964 an important act of legislation?

Which is true when comparing men and women in the workplace?

_____ applies to laws that touch on the basic rights of a "suspect class."

Title IX was largely responsible for the growth of _____.

According to the Supreme Court, how should men and women be treated?

Today, which group of immigrants is given special preference?

In 1790, the U.S. government did not count _____ as part of the population.

Senators who consider issues related to farming are most likely to be members of a subcommittee of which standing committee?

Where is a bill sent if it is approved after the third reading?

Which is the best example of the seniority rule?

What is the Committee of the Whole?

What is a joint resolution?

Who presides over the Senate when the president of the Senate is not present?

What is one difference between how debates are scheduled for discussion in the Senate and the House?

What is one similarity between joint committees and conference committees?

Who is the most important leader in both houses of Congress?

What is an idea for a new law or a change to an old law called?

The _____ requires that every bill, order, and resolution be presented to the President.

Who usually handles bills on the Senate floor?

Who is the leader of the House of Representatives?

What must happen before a bill is presented for discussion to the entire House or Senate?

Which is not a responsibility of a subcommittee?

On which House calendar would a bill that deals with money or property be placed?

What type of committee includes members from both houses of Congress?

One of the President's main duties is to _____.

A pact between the President and the head of foreign country is called _____.

If the President does not agree with a law, it is his or her responsibility as chief executive to _____.

When the President accepts the legal existence of another country, it is known as the power of _____.

With the exception of federal judges, what is true about the President's removal power?

Which action can Congress take to check the power of a presidential veto of a bill?

It is not uncommon for an executive agreement to be made _____.

Sometimes people worry that the President will make decisions _____.

Which speech is the President required by the Constitution to give?

How is an executive agreement different from a treaty?

The President takes action to solve problems in various areas such as civil rights, with the approval of _____.

Which refers to the President's military role?

What is the President required to do within 48 hours after sending troops to another country?

The President's appointment power comes from _____.

The Constitution grants the President the power to veto legislation and Congress the power to override that veto. Which principle of government is described in this statement?

Which legislative power has never been used by a President?

Most of the current powers of the President are _____.

Which is true about the executive branch?

The Food and Nutrition Service is part of _____.

The individuals and agencies in _____ are responsible for directly assisting the President.

The President's traditional group of advisers is called _____.

What is the main responsibility of the Selective Service System?

Why was the passage of the Pendleton Act historically significant?

_____ are the agencies of the executive branch that make up the Cabinet.

In what area does the Office of Policy Development provide advice to the President?

Within the Executive Office of the President (EOP), which is the main responsibility of the Office of Administration?

After the Office of Management and Budget identifies how federal money should be used, who authorizes the spending?

Which type of unit is charged with regulating business?

The infantry, artillery, and armored cavalry are all part of which military department?

Who was the first secretary of state?

Which region of the world did the United States help to rebuild with the Marshall Plan?

Which division of the United Nations is called "the town meeting of the world"?

The Korean War ended with what result?

Which statement describes the policy of deterrence that the United States adopted after World War II?

Which is not one of the top five countries to which the most members of the U.S. armed forces are deployed?

The Marshall Plan was a foreign aid program put in place _____.

Which is responsible for securing U.S. borders and ports?

Beginning in 1899, the Open Door policy increased trade between the United States and which nation?

Offices that are concerned with _____ focus on the nation's relationships with other countries.

Which is not a part of U.S. foreign policy?

Which is the main responsibility of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence?

In the Lend-Lease program, the United States provided foreign nations with military and other supplies in return for _____.

A legal document issued by a nation that identifies a person as a citizen of that nation is called a _____.

The NATO nations have agreed that in the case of an attack against a member nation, _____.

A person appointed by the President to represent the United States in a foreign country is _____.

What was the cause of the first Gulf War in 1991?