House of Representatives
The Senate
Baker v Carr
Shaw v Reno
Legislative Tactics
100
How many members are in the House of Representatives?
435 Members
438 Members including D.C Delegates (3 non-voting members)
100
How many members in the U.S. Senate total AND per state?
100 members of the Senate
2 members per state
100
This is the main principle of the Baker v Carr case?
What is ONE MAN, ONE VOTE.
100
Shaw vs Reno was based on which specific type of gerrymandering?
What is Racial Gerrymandering.
100
This legislative tactic allows unlimited debate in the Senate.
What is the Filibuster?
200
Name 2 of the 3 requirements needed to be a member of the House of Representatives.
What is:
1) 25 years old
2) Citizen for 7 years
3) Resident of state they represent (Must live in district they represent)
200
Name 2 of the 3 requirements to become a Senator.
What are:
1) 30 years old
2) Citizen for 9 years
3) Resident of State you represent in Congress.
200
How many years had it been since Tennessee had redistricted?
What is 60 years?
(More than 50 years also acceptable as an answer.)
200
Creating this type of district was ruled unconstitutional according to Shaw v Reno. (Must say the vocabulary word)
What is a Majority- Minority District.
- A district that uses race as the primary factor in drawing district lines.
200
Wasteful government spending usually attached to bills is sometimes called this?
What is Pork or Pork Barrel legislation.
300
After the census, members of the House of Representatives are distributed to each state based upon the population of that state. This is called:
What is REAPPORTIONMENT?
300
Name the two senators from New York State.
Who are Chuck Schumer & Kirsten Gillibrand?
300
Why was the Supreme Court hesitant to rule on this court case?
1) They deemed the case to be too partisan/political parties and called it a political question.
OR
2) They thought it might violate the principles of checks and balances and federalism.
300
Why did Southern states have to submit their redistricting plans to the federal government/Department of Justice?
What is - This was a requirement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
300
An attempt by members to gain the support of other members in return for their support on the member's legislation; "I'll support your bill, if you will support mine."
What is LOGROLLING?
or Quid Pro Quo
400
This is the name for partisan redistricting.
What is Gerrymandering?
400
This is the power of the Senate to approve presidential treaties and federal appointments such as Supreme Court nominations.
What is the power to "advise and consent."
400
What types of cases does the Supreme Court have original jurisdiction over? Name 2 types.
What is
1) Disputes between the states
2) Disputes among ambassadors and other high-ranking ministers.
3) Disputes in which a state is a "party".
400
Who is this person? How was she involved in this case? 
Who is Attorney General Janet Reno of the U.S. Justice Department. She asked North Carolina to create one more district to help elect an African America representative to the House.
400
What do we call it when Congress adjourns and a bill is left on the president's desk after ten days.
POCKET VETO
500
These types of bills can only start in the House of Representative.
What are APPROPROPRIATIONS BILLS? or
REVENUE BILLS
500
How do you stop a filibuster?
Invoke cloture with 3/5 (60) majority vote.
500
Constitutional Clause and Question of this case.
Does the Supreme Court have jurisdiction over questions of legislative apportionment?
Fourteenth Amendment - Equal Protection Clause
Does the lack of redistricting violate the principle of one man, one vote (dilute voting power of voters in urban areas)?
500
Constitutional Question and Clause of this case.
Did the North Carolina residents who objected to the majority-minority district raise a valid question under the Fourteenth Amendment?
Basically…Is racial gerrymandering legal? or
Does this violate the principal of one man, one vote?
500
Who had the longest filibuster and which bill were they trying to prevent from passing?
Who is the Strom Thurmond and the 1954 Civil Rights Act?