Civics Review Chapter 1 - 7

3. Who does the Constitution name as president of the Senate?
4. Who is the father of communism?
9. Who is the presiding officer and most powerful leader of the House of representatives?
10. Who is the father of capitalism?
12. The philosophy that the government should keep its hands off the economy.
15. What document formed the basis for the first government of the United States of America?
16. A proposed law.
18. What is one power the legislature branch has over the executive branch?
20. A required government expenditure that continues from one year to the next.
24. To draw a district's boundaries to gain an advantage in elections.

1. Who wrote Common Sense?
2. Who is the leader of the Senate in the absence of the vice-president?
5. What is the term of office for a senator?
6. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
7. A method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote.
8. A system of government in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government.
11. American colonist, disguised as Native Americans, boarded British ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 chests of British Tea.
13. What idea is used to justify power in monarchies?
14. What philosopher of the Enlightenment believed all men were born with natural rights such as life, liberty, and property?
17. A person who advocates or supports a system of government in which several states unite under a central authority.
18. Elected official who is already in office.
19. What is the term of office for a representative?
21. Once introduced a bill goes to the appropriate ______ for hearings.
22. The money that people and businesses pay to support the activities of the governments.
23. A resolution passed in the same form by both houses.