Test Review Sheet: Test is on______________
US Government. Chapters 10 and 11, 12
Format:
1. Matching
2. Completion
3. Multiple Choice
4. Reading
5. Picture/Cartoon Analysis
6. Essay
Major Topics:
1. Why do we have a Bicameral Legislature?
2. Nuts and Bolts of Congress: Sessions and Terms
3. Comparing House to the Senate
4. Characteristics/Demographics of 110th Congress
5. Main roles of Congressmen
6. 3 Types of Congressional Powers: Expressed (enumerated), Implied and Inherent
7. Differences between a Strict and Liberal Constructionist Approach
8. Major Congressional Powers: Tax, Borrow, Trade, War and Currency
9. Minor Congressional Powers: Naturalization, Patents, Weights and Measures,
Postal
Major Sources of Study
1. Lecture Notes
2. Vocabulary Ch. 10 and 11, 12
3. Film Sheet: Legislative Branch
4. T/F
6. Chart: Major Congressional Powers
One of the following essays will appear on the test.
Essay 1: Compare and Contrast the characteristics, qualifications and procedures of the
House of Representatives to that of the Senate.
Essay 2: What are the three types of powers held by the Congress and examples for each
one. How are these powers related to and build upon one another?