1. is formal disapproval of a senate or house member’s actions.

gerrymandering

expulsion

franking privilege

censure
2.
the conducts product safety research.

national labor relations board

securities and exchange commission

national aeronautics and space administration

consumer product safety commission
3.
the president appears before a joint session of congress to deliver

the state of the union address

new laws

new foreign policy

appropriation bills
4.
the united states has not had a draft since

1973

1945

2003

1980
5.
if congress is not in session and the president does not sign a bill within 10 days, it has been

postponed

automatically approved

killed by “pocket veto”

sent to the house of representatives
6.
are laws passed by lawmaking bodies

statutory laws

criminal laws

civil laws

common laws
7.
a commutation forgives a person for his or her crime and eliminates any punishment for it.

true

false
8.
the runs the u. s. space program.

national aeronautics and space administration

u. s. commission on civil rights

federal election commission

national labor relations board
9.
the senate is the house of equal representation for the states.

true

false
10.
the department of state issues and visas to keep track of people traveling to and from the united states.

orders

passports

foreign policy

justice
11.
the thirteenth amendment declared that no state could take away life, liberty, or property.

true

false
12.
the u. s. state department was created on july 27, 1789.

true

false
13.
the department of can send armed forces into foreign countries that have suffered from a natural disaster to carry out relief efforts.

homeland security

defense

justice

the treasury
14.
the lowered the voting age in national, state, and local elections.

twenty-sixth amendment

twenty-third amendment

nineteenth amendment

twenty-fourth amendment
15.
the quality of any government depends on the

amount of taxes collected

political party of the president

quantity of political parties

quality of the people who serve
16.
rights guaranteed to all u. s. citizens are called

suffrage

labor rights

civil rights

human rights
17.
statutory law, common law, administrative law, and constitutional law are all sources of law.

true

false
18.
initially, the vice president’s primary job was to preside over the in recent years, presidents have given their vice presidents more responsibilities.

state governors

supreme court

senate

house of representatives
19.
senators must be naturalized citizens.

true

false
20.
the president is responsible for

declaring war

appointing senators

commanding the u. s. armed forces

amending the constitution