Chapter 5 Test 1 Review.  What day was designated by Congress to be the Tuesday following the first Monday in November in eve numbered years?

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Chapter 5 Test 1 Review

 What day was designated by Congress to be the Tuesday following the first Monday in November in eve numbered years?

 General Election Day

 Who presides over the Senate when the Vice President is absent?

 President pro tempore

 What word describes the practice of drawing district boundaries so as to purposely favor the party in power?  Filibuster  Reapportionment  Censure  Gerrymandering

 Which of the following is not a required leadership position in Congress?  Speaker of the House  President pro tempore  Majority floor leader  President of the Senate

 Majority floor leader

 What is the greatest penalty which either house of Congress may impose upon a member?  Censure  Recess  Expulsion  Cloture

 Expulsion

 What term refers to a temporary committee composed of members of both houses for the purpose of working out a compromise on a bill  Committee of the Whole  Sub-committee  Conference committee  Caucus

 Conference committee

 A. Legislative power  B. Apportionment  C. Census  D. veto   Rejection of a bill by the President

 D. veto

 A. Legislative power  B. Apportionment  C. Census  D. veto   The proportional distribution of Congressional seats among the states

 Apportionment

 A. Legislative power  B. Apportionment  C. Census  D. veto   The power to make laws

 A. Legislative power

 B. Apportionment  C. Census  D. veto   A counting of the number of people in a specific area

 C. Census

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