House of Representatives
Senate
Powers
Census and Realignment
Mixed Bag
100
This is the name for the lower house.
What is the House of Representatives?
100
This is the name for the upper house.
What is the Senate?
100
A power that is reserved for the States.
What is a reserved power?
100
Distributing the 435 House seats among the 50 states after the US census that takes place every 10 years.
What is reapportionment?
100
Who has the power to select a cabinet and appoint Federal Judges?
Who is the President of the US?
200
This is the number of Representatives that is in the US House of Representatives.
What is 435?
200
This is the number of Senators that make up the US Senate.
What is 100?
200
A power that is reserved for the US Congress.
What is an enumerated power?
200
redrawing the district lines with in a state after reapportionment.
What is redistricting?
200
How many electoral college votes does Missouri have?
What is 10?
300
How many members of the House of Representatives does the smallest state receive?
What is at least one member?
300
How many members of the Senate does each state have?
What is two?
300
This is another name for the necessary and proper clause.
What is the elastic clause?
300
which must happen first, redistricting or reapportionment
What is reapportionment?
300
the vice president of the US is also the president of what?
What is the Senate?
400
What percentage of the house is elected every year?
What is 100%?
400
How many Senators are elected every year?
What is 1/3?
400
A power that is assumed to exist, even though it is not expressly stated in the Constitution
What is an implied power?
400
Drawing strangely shaped districts to put more of one party in a district.
What is gerrymandering?
400
When the Vice President is absent, who serves as the presiding office of the Senate?
What is the President Pro Tempore?
500
Name the qualifications to become a member of the US House of Representatives.
What is 25 years old, 7 years a citizen of the US, citizen of the state you will represent
500
Name the qualifications of a US Senator.
What is 30 years old, 9 years a citizen of the US, and a citizen of the state in which you live.
500
When the national government and the state government share powers.
What is federalism
500
Name two types of gerrymandering.
What is packing and cracking?
500
the total number of electoral college votes.
What is 538?
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