AP Gov 2.1 to 2.3 (Legislative)

Senator Kimball receives a flood of calls and emails from constituents supporting passage of a bill to increase gun control. Even though Senator Kimball strongly supports the 2nd Amendment, he believes he has been sent to Washington to represent the will of the people who elected him to office so he votes to pass the gun control bill. Which model of representation do his actions embody?

Delegate

Congress is on the verge of another government shutdown since they have not agreed to a spending bill. The difficulties in working with the other party on these types of issues is most likely caused by

Divided Government

Which of the following is an accurate conclusion based on the data in the chart above and your knowledge of drawing Congressional District lines?

Gerrymandering is a tool that can benefit various parties, depending on how it is employed.

Which of the following ideological perspectives is most consistent with the passage?

Conservative

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate? A House of Representatives Senate Led by the president pro tempore Led by the vice president B House of Representatives Senate Initiates revenue bills Nominates cabinet members C House of Representatives Senate Must approve Supreme Court nominees Must approve treaties D House of Representatives Senate Debate on bills is limited Debate on bills can be unlimited

D House of Representatives Senate Debate on bills is limited Debate on bills can be unlimited

Which of the following best describes the opinion of the cartoonist, as illustrated in the cartoon above?

The legislative branch has lost influence in matters related to the military

Which of the following statements is reflected in the data in the chart?

The strategy that likely leads to the most evenly split Congress would be the Proportionally Partisan Strategy

In which year did Congress pass all stand-alone appropriations (spending) bills on time? A 1977 B 1980 C 1993 D 2012

A 1977

Which of the following categories accounted for the majority of spending in 2017, according to the chart? A Mandatory B Net interest C Discretionary D Pork-barrel

A Mandatory

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the powers between the Senate and the House of Representatives? Senate House of Representatives

C) Senate - Ratifies Treaties House of Representatives - Initiates articles of impeachment

Which of the following best reflects the holding in the case Baker v. Carr (1962) ? Responses A. Declared that racial gerrymandering was a violation of the due process clause. B. Stated that the Tenth Amendment exclusively reserves the power to review congressional districts to the states. C. Created a one-person, one-vote standard for reviewing congressional districts. D. Stated that the Seventeenth Amendment requires regular review of the constitutionality of congressional districts.

C. Created a one-person, one-vote standard for reviewing congressional districts.

Which of the following powers of Congress is most related to the cartoon above?

Congress' ability to oversee the president's military decisions

Which of the following is an enumerated power of Congress?

Determining an annual budget for government expenditures

A member of Congress is trying to decide how to vote on a bill protecting the environment. The member's constituents believe protecting the environment is the most important issue in the election and will vote on the bill based upon their constituents' desires. In this situation, the member of Congress is acting most like a

delegate

Which of the following best describes the message in the political cartoon?

A decision promoting non-partisanship was decided along party lines.

Which of the following statements accurately summarizes the reasoning for the decision in Baker v. Carr (1962) ? Responses A. Because rural districts had fewer people, representation was unevenly distributed; thus, Baker was denied equal protection under the law. B. To ensure equal protection under the law, there should be an equal number of rural and urban districts in a state. C. There should be redistricting every ten years at the federal level, but the state can choose not to redistrict at the state and local levels. D. Congressional redistricting must involve traditionally excluded groups in the process or it violates the equal protection clause.

A. Because rural districts had fewer people, representation was unevenly distributed; thus, Baker was denied equal protection under the law.

Which of the following statements is true based on the bar graph? A In 1981, 25 percent of stand-alone appropriations bills were passed on time. B From 2011 to 2016, no stand-alone appropriations bills were passed on time. C From 1989 to 1991, 100 percent of stand-alone appropriations bills were passed on time. D In 2017, 50 percent of stand-alone appropriations bills were passed on time.

B From 2011 to 2016, no stand-alone appropriations bills were passed on time.

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate? A House of Representatives Senate The majority and minority parties control legislative scheduling and rules equally. Minority party members can threaten to filibuster a bill the majority party wants to pass. B House of Representatives Senate The Constitution's framers intended it to reflect the will of the people. The Constitution's framers designed it to represent the interests of the states. C House of Representatives Senate Most legislative work takes place in the standing committees. Based on its size, it tends to have stricter rules affecting the legislative process. D House of Representatives Senate Members serve two-year terms with a term limit of up to twelve years. Members serve six-year terms with no term limits.

B House of Representatives Senate The Constitution's framers intended it to reflect the will of the people. The Constitution's framers designed it to represent the interests of the states.

Census data is important in drawing congressional districts that are proportionate to the population shifts within a state. This idea was challenged when Tennessee's state legislature failed to reapportion congressional districts in the case

Baker v. Carr

Which of the following Supreme Court cases is most relevant to the topic of the cartoon above?

Baker v. Carr

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the rules for debate used by the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate? A House of Representatives Senate Debate is unlimited. Debate is unlimited. B House of Representatives Senate Members can filibuster. Members cannot filibuster. C House of Representatives Senate Debate is limited. Members can filibuster. D House of Representatives Senate Members cannot filibuster. Only the majority leader can filibuster.

C House of Representatives Senate Debate is limited. Members can filibuster.

Which of the following describes the ruling in Shaw v. Reno (1993) ? Responses A. The Voting Rights Act was ruled unconstitutional. B. The poll tax was eliminated. C. Racial gerrymandering was ruled unconstitutional. D. It was decided that congressional districts needed to be equal in size.

C. Racial gerrymandering was ruled unconstitutional.

Baker v. Carr (1961) Shaw v. Reno (1993)

D) Baker v. Carr (1961)- Ruled the court could legislate changes to unequally apportioned districts. Shaw v. Reno (1993) - Ruled that race was not an acceptable factor to determine voting districts.

"On legislation, the Senate's treasured tradition is not efficiency but deliberation. One of the body's central purposes is making new laws earn broader support than what is required for a bare majority in the House. The legislative filibuster does not appear in the Constitution's text, but it is central to the order the Constitution sets forth. It echoes James Madison's explanation in Federalist 62 that the Senate is designed not to rubber-stamp House bills but to act as an "additional impediment" and "complicated check" on "improper acts of legislation." It embodies Thomas Jefferson's principle that "great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities... The legislative filibuster is directly downstream from our founding tradition. If that tradition frustrates the whims of those on the far left, it is their half-baked proposals and not the centuries-old wisdom that need retooling. Yes, the Senate's design makes it difficult for one party to enact sweeping legislation on its own. Yes, the filibuster makes policy less likely to seesaw wildly with every election. These are features, not bugs. Our country doesn't need a second House of Representatives with fewer members and longer terms. America needs the Senate to be the Senate." - Mitch McConnell, The New York Times (August 22, 2019) Which of the following statements is most consistent with the author's argument in the passage?

The filibuster is essential to the preservation of the government the Founders envisioned.