Compromise Written Into Law: teacher key

How Laws Are Made, grade 12 edition, written for 12th grade and up. A federal law passes through committees, two houses and the president, and courts can review it. The United Kingdom, Canada, California and federal agencies have their own steps.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. By what margin did the convention adopt the Great Compromise on July 16, 1787?
   • One vote (answer)
   • Two thirds
   • Unanimously
2. What does the Tenth Amendment say about powers the Constitution neither gives to the United States nor forbids to the states?
   • They belong to Congress
   • They belong to the states or to the people (answer)
   • They belong to the president
3. Why does Britannica tie judicial review to a written constitution?
   • Courts check whether actions fit that document (answer)
   • Courts write the document
   • Congress cannot read it
4. What is the difference between a regular veto and a pocket veto?
   • A pocket veto can be overridden
   • A pocket veto cannot be overridden by Congress (answer)
   • A regular veto needs no signature
5. In this passage, what does "enrolled" describe: "it is called enrolled and is sent to the president"?
   • A bill passed by both houses in identical form (answer)
   • A bill still in committee
   • A bill the president has vetoed

Words

• bicameral: two-house
• enrolled: final passed copy
• codification: organized collection
• ordinance: local law
• regulations: agency rules