Miscellaneous
Vocabulary
House of Representatives
Senate
President
100
The delegates that wrote the constitution
What is the Framers
100
congress' duties and responsibilities beside making laws
What is nonlegislative powers
100
The population count taken every 10 years by a certain bureau.
What is census?
100
2 from each state
What is the amount of senators per state
100
the presidents branch
What is the executive branch
200
When the House and the Senate meet during special sessions or times of crisis
What is a joint session
200
House where representation is equal
What is the Senate
200
the amount of voting members of the House of Representatives
What is 435
200
the amount of terms a senator serves
What is 6
200
the people that elect the president instead of having tons of people elect him or her
What is the electoral college
300
535 citizens that make new laws and address issues facing our country
What is members of congress
300
House where representation is based on population of the state
What is the House of Representatives
300
an oddly shaped district designed to increase the voting strength of a particular group
What is gerrymander
300
What happens when a senator dies
What is state law fills it in until an election
300
the maximum years a president can serve (including 2nd term)
What is 8 years
400
The people represented by elected representatives
What is Constituents
400
powers of congress clearly stated in the constitution
What is expressed powers
400
the amount of nonvoting members in the House of Representatives
What is 6
400
the presiding officer of the senate
What is vice president
400
the president that refused to give up tapes of his conversations to aide in an investegation
What is president Nixon
500
He or she presides over the House and leads its majority party
What is the Speaker of the House
500
another name for expressed powers
What is enumerated powers
500
True or false? the practice of gerrymandering has been stopped
What is False
500
person who replaces the vice president if unable to attend the senate
What is Pro tempore
500
what the president can do to a law that is trying to be passed
What is veto
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