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9th grade · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 10

How Laws Are Made

Bills, vetoes and initiatives

What your child practices

How a bill becomes law in Congress and in Sacramento, committees, vetoes and overrides, regulations, and how citizens and interest groups influence lawmaking.

California Content Standards learning standard: 12.7.5; 12.7.6 · how public policy is formed and carried out, and lawmaking at the federal, state and local levels

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    What is an amendment to a bill?

    • A change to the bill's wording before it passes
    • A court case
    • A constitutional amendment
    • A veto

  2. Question 2

    To override a governor's veto, the California Legislature needs…

    • a recall
    • a simple majority
    • a two-thirds vote in each house
    • a court order

  3. Question 3

    What must happen before a bill goes to the president?

    • The Supreme Court must approve it
    • Both the House and Senate must pass the same version
    • Only the House must pass it
    • Governors must sign it

  4. Question 4

    Which is the best evidence to bring when testifying on a bill?

    • Insults
    • Rumors
    • Facts, data and personal experience related to the bill
    • Unrelated stories

  5. Question 5

    What is a sponsor of a bill?

    • A voter
    • A company that pays for it
    • The judge who rules on it
    • The lawmaker who introduces it

  6. Question 6

    In California, citizens can put a proposed law on the ballot through…

    • an initiative petition
    • a filibuster
    • an executive order
    • a veto

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