Who Has the Last Word: teacher key

How Laws Are Made, grade 10 edition, written for 10th grade. Congress writes a law and the president can sign or veto it. Courts can examine laws, and agencies issue rules.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Which plan gave each state representation based on population or wealth?
   • The Virginia plan (answer)
   • The New Jersey plan
   • The Connecticut plan
2. How was the Great Compromise adopted on July 16, 1787?
   • By a margin of one vote (answer)
   • By a unanimous vote
   • By the president's signature
3. What can an agency not do?
   • Collect public comments
   • Issue a rule without authority from a law (answer)
   • Propose a regulation
4. What did Chief Justice John Marshall's decision establish?
   • The pocket veto
   • Judicial review (answer)
   • The Daily File
5. In this passage, what does "bicameral" describe: "a bicameral legislature"?
   • One with two houses (answer)
   • One based on wealth
   • One that meets every year

Words

• bicameral: two-house
• amendments: changes
• enrolled: final passed copy
• regulations: agency rules
• judicial: of the courts