Unit 2 check

Unit 2 check: Interactions Among Branches of Government

15 questions from 15 lessons in Unit 2. Answer each one, and if you miss, follow the link back to where it is taught, then try again. Your score counts first tries.

Question 1 · from 2.1 · Fill the statement

Apply the representation rule.

The House uses representation, while the Senate gives states representation.

Question 2 · from 2.2 · Fill the statement

Classify the budget obligation.

Existing-law Social Security benefits illustrate spending; an annual infrastructure appropriation illustrates spending.

Question 3 · from 2.3 · Fill the statement

Use the stated decision rule.

A member follows constituents’ interests on a local bill as a , but relies on personal judgment on another issue as a . The combination illustrates a politico approach.

Setup for question 4

Original teaching situations: distinguish what each institution can do.

Fictional administration activity counts for trend practice; not historical data or a measure of policy impact.
Teaching period	Executive orders	Bargaining meetings
1	5	12
2	8	9
3	11	6

Question 4 · from 2.4 · Sort it

Classify the presidential action’s immediate function.

Legislative interaction

Foreign policy and military command

Domestic civilian administration

Setup for question 5

Original teaching situations: distinguish what each institution can do.

Question 5 · from 2.5 · Fill the statement

Apply the institutional distinction.

A president nominates judges to the national trial courts, courts of appeals, and highest court. These are respectively the , , and , each included in the required appointment categories.

Setup for question 6

Original teaching situations: distinguish what each institution can do.

Modern source context

Historical source summaries: Proclamation 9844 asserted statutory emergency authority for military support and construction at the southern border in 2019. The enrolled H.J. Res. 46 sought to terminate that emergency using the National Emergencies Act. These are evidence of the claimed authority and institutional opposition; the summaries do not supply a complete record of legislators’ motives or later litigation.

Source at hand for the written task

Hamilton writes in Federalist No. 70: “A feeble Executive implies a feeble execution of the government.” He connects executive unity to decisive action and identifiable responsibility, while naming dependence on the people and responsibility as republican safeguards. Use this passage and the modern historical sources above for the written response.

Question 6 · from 2.6 · Multiple choice

What institutional mechanism does the enrolled resolution in the modern source summaries illustrate?

Question 7 · from 2.7 · Spot the error

Select the statement that makes an institutional error.

Question 8 · from 2.8 · Match

Match each term to its distinguishing institutional feature.

Question 9 · from 2.9 · Fill the statement

Apply the similarity requirement.

Following an earlier legal rule in a case with materially similar facts illustrates .

Question 10 · from 2.10 · Fill the statement

Identify the required case’s protection.

Brown held state-imposed school segregation unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Clause.

Question 11 · from 2.11 · Fill the statement

Separate access and implementation.

Removing a category of appeals concerns appellate ; postponing compliance concerns .

Question 12 · from 2.12 · Fill the statement

Identify the roles in a recurring policy alliance.

A conducts legislative oversight, a administers the program, and an advocates policy interests.

Question 13 · from 2.13 · Fill the statement

Identify the financial policy field.

Federal campaign-finance disclosures concern the portfolio; securities-market disclosures concern the portfolio.

Setup for question 14

These are fictional separate teaching periods. Each report requires equivalent review time in this simplified exercise; staff remain constant. The counts measure reporting requirements, not program quality.

Original teaching scenario
Teaching period	Program staff	Comparable reports due
1	5	10
2	5	15
3	5	20

Question 14 · from 2.14 · Multiple choice

Which conclusion is supported by the pattern and stated assumptions?

Question 15 · from 2.15 · Spot the error

Select the statement that makes an institutional error.

0 of 15 answered.