Who Makes the Rules: teacher key

How Laws Are Made, grade 2 edition, written for 2nd grade. Learn who makes laws in the United States, how a bill moves through Congress and what the president can do.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What does Congress do?
   • Makes laws (answer)
   • Builds roads
   • Sells food
2. Where does a bill go after it is introduced?
   • To a bank
   • To a committee (answer)
   • To a museum
3. How many senators does each state have?
   • One
   • Three
   • Two (answer)
4. The president says no to a bill and Congress votes to override. What happens?
   • It can become a law (answer)
   • It is lost for good
   • The president signs it twice
5. Which branch does the president lead?
   • Judicial
   • Executive (answer)
   • Legislative
6. What does the word senators mean here?
   • Senate members (answer)
   • Pet owners
   • School teachers

Words

• committee: small group
• veto: saying no
• override: cancel a veto
• branches: main parts
• senators: Senate members