US Gov · Unit 2 · Paper 3

Interactions Among Branches unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3

Each paper is built from this unit’s 29 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 2, Paper 3” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.

Suggested time 31 min 28 points0/17 attempted

War Powers Resolution (1973)

Enumerated powers of Congress

House vs Senate

Discharge petition

Veto and pocket veto

Judicial review

Pork barrel and logrolling

Bureaucracy

Baker v. Carr (1962)

Executive order

Iron triangle

Checks on the judiciary

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Speaker of the House

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Executive agreement

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Filibuster and cloture

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Bully pulpit

3 pts

Free response

4 pts

In Baker v. Carr (1962), the Supreme Court held that federal courts could hear challenges to the drawing of legislative districts, reversing its earlier position that apportionment was a political question beyond judicial reach.

Identify the constitutional clause that was common to both Baker v. Carr and Shaw v. Reno.

Explain how the facts of Baker v. Carr and Shaw v. Reno led to similar holdings about judicial authority over districting.

Explain how Congress could respond if it disagreed with the Court's approach to districting cases.