7.6 Interactive Knowledge Check: The Legislative Branch: How Congress Works

1. The structure of the legislative branch, which is outlined in Article I of the Constitution, was the result of which compromise during the Constitutional Convention?

2. Which of the following can best be described as the primary responsibility of Congress?

3. According to Article I of the Constitution, which of these powers belong(s) to Congress?

4. The Constitutional Convention established a two-house legislature, or this term, for the United States government

5. How many members currently serve in the U.S. House of Representatives?

6. How many members currently serve in the U.S. Senate?

7. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution establishes that Congress has the power to make all laws ___________

8. Which landmark Supreme Court decision focused on whether Congress had the authority to create a national bank?

9. In the debate over the national bank, ________ believed Congress did have the power to create one, while ____________believed it did not.

10. In a landmark Supreme Court decision, Chief Justice John Marshall argued that, although there was no specified clause in the Constitution granting Congress the power to create a bank, ______

11. Justice Marshall used the Supremacy Clause of Article VI of the Constitution to argue that ___________

12. Which of the following was a significant question about the interpretation of the Commerce Clause in Article I of the Constitution?

13. What is true about the president’s veto power, established by the Constitution?

14. During the 1930s, Congress’s power to regulate commerce was contested in several Supreme Court cases concerning the policies of the __________

15. The case of Wickard v. Filburn (1942) dealt with Congress’s authority to do what?

16. During which era did Congress have the broadest authority to regulate commerce?

17. In what case did the Supreme Court strike down the Gun Free Schools Act on the grounds that Congress had exceeded its authority to regulate commerce?

18. During which time period did the Supreme Court strike down the most federal laws?

19. What has to happen before a bill becomes a law?

20. The formal and enumerated powers of Congress are found in