Congress Overview Quiz

Judicial Restraint and Judicial Activism

Marbury v. Madison

McCulloch v. Maryland

<p>Executive orders issued by the president</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Constitutional and Legislative</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Checks on the Judicial Power, Public Opinion and the Courts, and the shift in focus of the courts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Public Opinion and the Courts, and Congress can propose amendments to the Constitution</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Legislature courts are established by Congress to handle specific tasks, while constitutional courts are established by the Constitution and have broader jurisdiction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Senatorial Courtesy is an unwritten tradition that gives senators from the president's party significant influence over the appointment of federal judges in their state.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Appoint federal judges</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They must be at least 25 years old, a citizen for at least 7 years, and live in the district they are running in</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They must be at least 30 years old, a citizen for at least 7 years, and live in the state</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Trustee, Delegate, and Politico are the three types of Congressional representation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A Filibuster is a tactic used in the Senate to delay a vote on a bill by speaking continuously for an extended period of time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The most common tactic for controlling the floor of the House of Representatives is double-tracking.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reapportionment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gerrymandering is the process of manipulating district boundaries for political gain. Malapportionment is when districts have vastly unequal populations, thus diluting the vote of some citizens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A 'trustee' acts on their own conscience, while a 'delegate' votes based on the majority opinion of their constituents.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A 'politico' attempts to balance their own beliefs with those of their constituents.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The House's leadership structure has significant power, including control over which bills are debated for how long and to what depth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Logrolling is a process of exchanging favors, where legislators agree to support each other's bills, even if it is not in their own constituents' best interest.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>This Supreme Court case effectively brought about a 'one person, one vote' system where legislative districts had to be equal in size to ensure equal representation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In the 'Shaw vs Reno' case, the Supreme Court ruled that states might have to re-draw districts even when they were not racially motivated, as long as the districts were 'too bizarre, too irregular, too disconnected, too oddly drawn' based on race.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Entitlement programs are government-funded programs that provide benefits to citizens who meet established requirements.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Congress determines 'discretionary spending' each year, while 'mandatory spending' is required by law.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The 17th Amendment enacted in 1913 mandated the direct election of Senators by the public.</p> Signup and view all the answers