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Civics Test Part 2
Combines #4
Question | Answer |
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What is the purpose of the Legislative Branch? | They make laws |
what two houses make up the Legislative Branch? | Senate and the House of Representatives |
What are the powers of the Senate? | Senate ratify treaties, confirm presidential appointments,and impeachment trials |
In order to serve as a Senator,the US constitution sets three requirements?What are they? | 1. Have to be at least 30 years 2.at least 9 years as a US Citizen 3. Have to live in the state that you wanna represent |
What is the length of one term in the Senate? | 6 years |
How many members serve in the senate? | 100 members( 2 are selected form each state) |
Who do Senators represent? | Everyone from their state Ex:Alabama’s senators are Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville |
Identify the leadership roles in the Senate. | The majority chooses a leader and communicates with presidents(Chuck Summer) |
What is the Vice President’s role in the Senate? | They break ties within the votes; presides over it |
What are the powers of the House of Representatives? | They initiate revenue bills, they impeach, and they choose the electoral president of the votes aren’t enough or if there is a tie |
In order to serve as a Representative, the US Constitution sets three requirements.What are they? | 1.have to be at least 25 years old 2.at least 7 years as a US citizen 3.be a resident in the state you wanna represent |
What is the length of a term in the House of Representatives? | 2 years |
How many members serve in the House of Representatives? | 435 members |
Identify the leadership roles in the House of Representatives? | They approve presidential appointments; speaker of the house(Mike Johnson) |
What is Congress’s role in the Supreme Court? | Approve Supreme Court Justices |