Same Idea, Different Machines: teacher key

How Laws Are Made, grade 11 edition, written for 11th grade. A U.S. law passes through two houses, committees and the president, and courts can review it. The United Kingdom, Canada and California have their own steps.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Which two bodies must approve a bill before it becomes an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom?
   • The House of Commons and the House of Lords (answer)
   • The Senate and the House of Commons
   • The Governor General and the King
2. What did the Great Compromise give each state?
   • The power to veto federal laws
   • Equal seats in the Senate (answer)
   • Equal seats in the House
3. Why might a president's threat to veto matter before a bill reaches the desk?
   • It can change what lawmakers put in the bill (answer)
   • It makes the House skip its vote
   • It ends the session of Congress
4. What does an agency need before it can issue a rule?
   • A vote of the Supreme Court
   • A written constitution
   • A law that gives it authority (answer)
5. In this passage, what does "codification" describe: "a codification of all general and permanent laws"?
   • A secret code
   • An organized collection (answer)
   • A new amendment

Words

• bicameral: two-house
• judicial: of the courts
• codification: organized collection
• federalism: shared power
• regulations: agency rules