Unit Test. Procedure: Warm Up/Attendance (5 min) While students enter the room, they will be able to study while I take attendance.

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1 Unit Test Objective: Standards: LWBBAT articulate what happens in the legislative branch. C2.1.3 Explain how the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights reflected political principles of popular sovereignty, rule of law, checks and balances, separation of powers, social compact, natural rights, individual rights, separation of church and state, republicanism and federalism. C2.2.3 Use past and present policies to analyze conflicts that arise in society due to competing constitutional principles or fundamental values. C2.2.5 Use example to investigate why people may agree on constitutional principles and fundamental values in abstract, yet disagree over their meaning when they are applied to specific situations. C3.1.1 Analyze the purposes, organization, functions, and processes of the legislative branch as enumerated in Article I of the Constitution. C3.1.5 Use case studies or examples to examine tensions between the three branches of government. C3.1.6 Evaluate major sources of revenue for the national government, including the constitutional provisions for taxing its citizens. C3.2.1 Explain how the principles of enumerated powers, federalism, separation of powers, bicameralism, checks and balances, republicanism, rule of law, individual rights, inalienable rights, separation of church and state, and popular sovereignty serve to limit the power of government. Materials: Unit Test Procedure: Warm Up/Attendance (5 min) While students enter the room, they will be able to study while I take attendance. Questions for Test (10 min) Students will have 10 minutes to ask any last minute questions before the test. Test (55 min) Students will have the rest of the hour to complete their test. If they are done early, they can work on assignments from other classes, read a book, or sleep. They cannot talk until everyone is done with the test. Homework: Students will not have any homework. Assessment: Summative assessment is completed through the unit test.

2 Legislative Unit Test Name Date Part I: True or False Circle whether the statement is true (T) or false (F). If it is false, explain in a sentence why it is false. (Hint: Do not just say one word is incorrect.) T F 1. The membership of the House of Representatives is looked at after every census. The process of determining the number of representatives from a state is called redistricting. T F 2. The House of Representatives consists of 100 members with an informal atmosphere because of flexible rules. T F 3. The House Rules Committee directs the flow of major legislation through the House. T F 4. In times of crisis, Congress can and has delegated additional powers to the President such as controlling transportation and communication.

3 T F 5. Congress has the power of legislative oversight where it can review how effectively the laws they created are doing in the nation. T F 6. The Senate has a small role in tax legislation. It can only try to change tax bills that have been passed in the House. T F 7. Lobbyists, Political Action Committees, and Joint Committees have a large influence over the laws that Congress makes. T F 8. Joint resolutions can be made to correct an error from a previous law, and only the President s signature is needed. It can also be done to propose constitutional amendments which do not require the President s signature. T F 9. Gibbons versus Ogden is one of many landmark cases that have come from the Supreme Court. This case is focused on a Georgia motel owner who attacked the law that prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation.

4 T F 10. A filibuster is a means to stall the legislative process by talking continuously, delaying issues in a committee, or presenting other roadblocks. Part II: Matching and Sequencing Section 1: Place the correct letter in the space provided. 1. Permanent groups set up in Congress. 2. A group made up of House and Senate members handling matters such as the Library of Congress. 3. Given to Congress in Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1-18 of the Constitution 4. Specialty group focusing on different responsibilities such as Health 5. Temporary commitment to a specific issue such as organized crime or hunger 6. Creates ways for raising money through law 7. Implies that Congress has powers beyond those given in the Constitution 8. Creates ways to authorize spending money by law 9. Temporary group created when House and Senate have different views of the same bill. a. Select Committee f. Expressed Power b. Revenue Bill g. Standing Committee c. Subcommittee h. Conference Committee d. Joint Committee i. Necessary and Proper Clause e. Appropriations Bill

5 Section 2: Place these steps of How a Bill Becomes a Law in order from the first step to the last step. Then answer the short answer question below.,,,,,,,,, a. Mark up f. Final Action b. Conference Committee Action g. Referral to Other Chamber c. Subcommittee Review h. Bill is drafted d. Committee Action i. Committee Action to Report Bill e. Voting j. Overriding a Veto Part III: Essays Answer in complete sentences and paragraph form Question 1. Pick one from Questions 2 and 3, and answer it in complete sentences and paragraph form. o Explain what it means for Congress to be a bicameral legislature. How are the two parts similar and different? Give a total of three examples. o Explain the different types of Constitutional Powers. Give an example of each of the types and explain what Congress does with the power. Explain how the powers of Congress are limited and give an example of this o How do Representatives and Senators help their constituents?

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Legislative Branch Unit Day Section Standard(s) Focus Day Section Standard(s) Focus 1 Congressional Membership LWBBAT understand a rough outline of Congress. LWBBAT describe the similarities and differences of the House and Senate. on historical background