Name:
Date:
Core:
U.S. History
How To Make A Law:
Reflection Questions…
Directions: Use your memory of the School House Rock video and the text you were given in class to
answer the following questions.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-eYBZFEzf8
1. Why do you think the bill describes himself as “only a bill?” ____________________________
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(hint: think about what the bill wants to become)
2. What occurs while a bill is in committee? ___________________________________________
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3. What does the word “veto” mean? _________________________________________________
4. True or False. If a bill is vetoed, then the bill can never become a law.
I think this statement is _____________ (true or false) because: ________________________
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5. Why do you think the founding fathers granted Congress the power to override a veto? _____
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(hint: think about how the past affects the present…and reactions)
More on the Back!
6. Put the following in sequential order
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b. ___________________________________
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d. ___________________________________
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Events
President signs bill into law
A bill is written
Senate votes on the bill
Bill goes to committee in the House
Someone comes up with an idea for making the country better
House of Representatives votes on the bill
Bill goes to committee in the Senate
Bill is presented to President
7. Why do you think the founding fathers made the process of making a law so complex?
(meaning: why did they make it so difficult to turn an idea into an actual law?)
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