POL220 - U.S. GOVERNMENT EXAM 3 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Things more popular than Congress in America:
Answer:
Root canals France Colonoscopies Head lice Cockroaches *joke* maybe
Question:
2. "First Branch" of government
Answer:
a) they expected congress to be the most powerful branch
b) they saw congress as the initiator as well as a formulator of policy (public policy)
c) today, much of the power of congress lies in its ability to promote or abstract the president's programs
Question:
3. Much of initiative has passed to executive
Answer:
1. easier for one person to give direction/focus
2. tv/media have focused attention on the president
Question:
4. Bicameralism historically
Answer:
example of British parliament and colonial governments
Question:
5. Bicameralism practically
Answer:
result of Great Compromise
Question:
6. Bicameralism theoretically
Answer:
a) only bills with a consensus pass
b) House closer to the people and their wishes; senate more removed, long term wishes
Question:
7. House of Representatives Qualifications:
Answer:
a) 25 years old
b) U.S. citizen at least 7 years
c) live in state represented (not necessarily in district)
---> "safe seats"
, Question:
8. House of Representatives
Answer:
term: 2 years (no limits on number of terms)
Question:
9. Reapportionment Act of 1929
Answer:
a) number of seats frozen at 435
b) census bureau determines # of seats per state
c) congress has 60 days to reject census bureau's plan
d. since total is frozen, as some states gain - others lose
-- major population shift from snow belt to sunbelt
e) states must subdivide into appropriate # of districts
-- each district must be approx. = in population
-- gerrymandering: drawing lines to favor one party
-- each state must have at least 1 representative
Question:
10. Vacancies in the House are filled by
Answer:
special election
Question:
11. Delegates in the House
Answer:
a) one from each U.S. territory (Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Is., Samoa, N Marianas)
b) one from Washington, D.C.
c) not members of congress, so cannot vote
Question:
12. Senate Qualifications
Answer:
a) at least 30 years old
b) U.S. citizen for at least 9 years
c) live in state represented
Question:
13. Senate
Answer:
term: 6 years (staggered, so 2/3 of senate always intact)
Question:
14. 2 senators per state
Answer:
100 total
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Things more popular than Congress in America:
Answer:
Root canals France Colonoscopies Head lice Cockroaches *joke* maybe
Question:
2. "First Branch" of government
Answer:
a) they expected congress to be the most powerful branch
b) they saw congress as the initiator as well as a formulator of policy (public policy)
c) today, much of the power of congress lies in its ability to promote or abstract the president's programs
Question:
3. Much of initiative has passed to executive
Answer:
1. easier for one person to give direction/focus
2. tv/media have focused attention on the president
Question:
4. Bicameralism historically
Answer:
example of British parliament and colonial governments
Question:
5. Bicameralism practically
Answer:
result of Great Compromise
Question:
6. Bicameralism theoretically
Answer:
a) only bills with a consensus pass
b) House closer to the people and their wishes; senate more removed, long term wishes
Question:
7. House of Representatives Qualifications:
Answer:
a) 25 years old
b) U.S. citizen at least 7 years
c) live in state represented (not necessarily in district)
---> "safe seats"
, Question:
8. House of Representatives
Answer:
term: 2 years (no limits on number of terms)
Question:
9. Reapportionment Act of 1929
Answer:
a) number of seats frozen at 435
b) census bureau determines # of seats per state
c) congress has 60 days to reject census bureau's plan
d. since total is frozen, as some states gain - others lose
-- major population shift from snow belt to sunbelt
e) states must subdivide into appropriate # of districts
-- each district must be approx. = in population
-- gerrymandering: drawing lines to favor one party
-- each state must have at least 1 representative
Question:
10. Vacancies in the House are filled by
Answer:
special election
Question:
11. Delegates in the House
Answer:
a) one from each U.S. territory (Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Is., Samoa, N Marianas)
b) one from Washington, D.C.
c) not members of congress, so cannot vote
Question:
12. Senate Qualifications
Answer:
a) at least 30 years old
b) U.S. citizen for at least 9 years
c) live in state represented
Question:
13. Senate
Answer:
term: 6 years (staggered, so 2/3 of senate always intact)
Question:
14. 2 senators per state
Answer:
100 total
