What is an example of a government corporation?(1 point)

Question

Responses

Rhode Island Public Transit Authority
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority

the IRS
the IRS

the TVA
the TVA

UPS
2.Which of the following excerpts from the Constitution best demonstrates the constitutional principle of checks and balances?(1 point)
Responses

“No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.”
“No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.”

“The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.”
“The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.”

The House of Representatives has “the sole Power of Impeachment,” while the Senate “shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments . . . And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.”
The House of Representatives has “the sole Power of Impeachment,” while the Senate “shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments . . . And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.”

“All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States.”
3.Which of the following has the power to declare war?(1 point)
Responses

only the Senate
only the Senate

both the House of Representatives and the Senate
both the House of Representatives and the Senate

the president
the president

only the House of Representatives

Answer 1

1. An example of a government corporation is the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority).

2. The excerpt from the Constitution that best demonstrates the constitutional principle of checks and balances is: The House of Representatives has “the sole Power of Impeachment,” while the Senate “shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments . . . And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.”

3. The power to declare war is held by both the House of Representatives and the Senate.