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1
The Great Compromise
A)pertained to admitting slave and free states to the Union.
B)balanced the interests of farmers with bankers.
C)dealt with representation in the Congress.
D)dealt with both representation in the Congress and the admission of slave and free states to the Union.
E)All these answers are correct.
2
For a bill to pass in either chamber of Congress,
A)it must receive the support of a third of its members.
B)it must receive the support of a simple majority of its members.
C)it must receive the support of two-thirds of its members.
D)it must be passed within two weeks of its passage by the other chamber.
E)it must be passed within a month of its passage by the other chamber.
3
Political candidates have to raise money
A)every four years.
B)almost continually.
C)two months before becoming a candidate.
D)beginning one year before the election.
E)None of these answers is correct.
4
Incumbents have a big advantage in elections because they
A)can more easily raise money.
B)are already known by the voters.
C)have already proved they can win an election.
D)both are already known by the voters and can more easily raise money.
E)All these answers are correct.
5
In 1911, the number of House seats was frozen at
A)455
B)453
C)495
D)445
E)None of these answers is correct
6
The scheduling of bills in the Senate is left up to
A)the Senate Scheduling Committee.
B)the Senate majority leader.
C)each of the Senate committees.
D)the Senate historian.
E)the Senate parliamentarian.
7
Through a vote for cloture, the Senate
A)confirms presidential appointees.
B)can end a filibuster.
C)overrides a presidential pocket veto.
D)accepts the House version of a bill.
E)closes its legislative session for the year.
8
Permanent committees in Congress are known as
A)standing committees.
B)conference committees.
C)special committees.
D)congressional committees.
E)planning committees.
9
In the U.S. House of Representatives, who is the most powerful individual?
A)the majority leader
B)the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee
C)the Vice President
D)the Speaker of the House
E)None of these answers is correct
10
Both houses of Congress
A)are subject to the procedural rules set forth in the Constitution.
B)are responsible for creating their own procedural rules.
C)are subject to the procedural rules set forth in the Federal Register.
D)All these answers are correct.
E)None of these answers is correct.
11
Most of the legislative work of Congress is performed by
A)the standing committees and subcommittees with jurisdiction over particular policy areas.
B)the joint committees chosen to coordinate actions between the two chambers of Congress.
C)the select committees chosen to study special problems on a temporary basis.
D)the steering committees that decide party stands on particular bills.
E)party leaders in both chambers.
12
Which two U.S. presidents were impeached?
A)Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton
B)Herbert Hoover and Bill Clinton
C)Andrew Jackson and Bill Johnson
D)Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew Johnson
E)Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton





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