TEKS US History High School - H.20.B: Government Relationships
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High School - U.S. History
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- Q1Many members of Congress disagreed with President Roosevelt's proposed solution to the problem described above because -the Constitution required hearings to confirm judicial appointmentsthe time required for judicial proceedings would increasethe power of the executive branch would increaseSupreme Court justices were subject to term limits60sH.20.B: Government Relationships
- Q2How does the pattern of distribution of political representation shown in these graphs affect relationships within the government?The president determines which pieces of legislation are passed.Members of Congress compete to be majority leaders.Leaders of Congress assign legislation through committees.The president must negotiate to get congressional support for the executive agenda.30sH.20.B: Government Relationships
- Q3Which speaker expresses the main argument against President Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court?Speaker 4Speaker 1Speaker 3Speaker 260sH.20.B: Government Relationships
- Q4The events described in this excerpt provide evidence of which political situation?The refusal by the Supreme Court to intervene in legislative mattersAn increase in the number of legislators who vote against party linesGrowing solidarity between the executive and judicial branchesA lack of cooperation between the legislative and executive branches60sH.20.B: Government Relationships
- Q5The Supreme Court's actions in agreeing to hear this case illustrate -separate roles of state and national governments in a federal systemkey aspects of a democracy based on popular sovereigntychecks and balances between branches of the federal governmentlegal rulings of a partisan nature as a result of judicial activism60sH.20.B: Government Relationships
- Q6What role did the Supreme Court play in this declaration?The court ruled that requiring literacy tests to vote was unconstitutional.The court ruled on the constitutionality of the vote recount in Florida.The court determined that campaign contributions are forms of free speech.The court ruled Florida's use of butterfly ballots violated the Equal Protection Clause.30sH.20.B: Government Relationships