Grade 12 · Gov / Econ
Electoral College, Congress, and the Supreme Court. Written in American English for students, parents, and teachers in the United States.
Open a card to see the answer. These are original practice items for US elementary students — not a state test copy.
Answer: chooses the president; most states are winner-take-all
A candidate can win the popular vote and lose the presidency.
Answer: House seats + 2 senators (plus D.C.’s 3)
California has the most; several small states have 3.
Answer: the US Senate delaying a vote
It is a Senate procedure students search often.
Answer: drawing district maps to favor a party
It affects House and state-legislature races.
Answer: strike down unconstitutional laws
Marbury v. Madison is the usual case name in US classes.
Answer: the House charging a federal official; the Senate holds the trial
Conviction takes a two-thirds Senate vote.
Answer: the leader of the majority in the House
Second in the presidential line after the VP.
Answer: chooses all House seats and about one-third of the Senate, not the president
The president’s party often loses seats.
Pick the next article in this topic — that is how a magazine issue is meant to be used.
