- The Chapter 7 Test will be on Thursday, 2/7 (A-Day) & Friday, 2/8 (B-Day). It will cover lessons 1, 2 and 4 (not lesson 3). Use your study guides to review.
- The Study Guide for Chapter 7 will be due as a homework assignment on Friday, 2/8, for periods 5B & 7B. (There will be a different "bill-writing" homework assignment given out tomorrow for 1A, 2A, & 4A classes to be due on Monday, 2/11. Directions for the assignment will be uploaded to the blog tomorrow.)
- Chapter 7 Study Guide
· 30 questions
· Multiple choice, short answer, matching, true/false, and extended response
1. Study vocabulary words.
2. Why is Congress a bicameral body?
3. What happens to bill after it is introduced on the floor?
4. Which section of the Constitution gives Congress its power?
5. Who decides whether the House or Senate will vote on a bill?
6. What is the elastic clause?
7. When are members of the Senate allowed to add riders to a bill?
8. What is the “necessary and proper” clause?
9. Who is the leader of the House of Representatives?
10. Who is the leader of the Senate?
11. How often does Congress adjust the number of seats each state has in the House of Representatives?
12. Describe the expressed powers of Congress.
13. Describe the implied powers of Congress.
14. How does the president check the powers of Congress?
15. Does the Senate or House of Representatives have stricter requirements?
16. How is each term of Congress divided?
17. What is representation in the House based on?
18. What is the purpose of committees?
19. When the Constitution was written, what did smaller states want?
20. Describe the differences between the House and Senate.
21. What is the difference between expressed and implied power?
22. What is the difference between public and private bills?
23. Which type of congressional committee is permanent?
24. Why are Senator’s terms staggered?
25. What are the requirements for becoming a Senator? Representative?
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