Constitution
Article that discusses the Legislative Branch
What is the first article?
a law written by the legislative branch
What is a statute?
Number of years between elections in the House
What is 2 years?
Number of members in the Senate?
What is 100?
Man that warned against political parties
Who was George Washington?
Compromise that created Congress
What is the Great Compromise/ Connecticut Compromise?
an association of voters with broad common interest who want to influence or control decision making in government by electing the party’s candidates to public office
What is a Political Party?
Number of members in the House
What is 435?
Age qualification for the Senate
What is 30 years old?
Type of party system most commonly used in other countries
What is a term?
a politician who has already been elected to office
What is an incumbent?
Leader of the House of Representatives
Who is the Speaker of the House?
The name for committees that only exist for a certain period of time
What are select committees?
The role of Political Parties in which most party work is done
What is local county organization?
Set the permanent size of the House of Representatives
What is the Reapportionment Act?
a strong party organization that can control political appointments and deliver votes
What is a Political Machine?
Type of bill that has to start in the House of Representatives
What is a tax bill?
Who is the Vice President?
Parties that replaced the Federalist and Anti-federalist
What are the Democrats and the Whigs?
An unrelated amendment that is added to a bill that is outrageous and causes a bill to die
What is a Poison Pill?
issues considered most significant by government officials
What is Public Agenda?
Citizenship Requirement for the House
What is 7 years?
Amendment that called for Senators to be elected by the people
What is the Seventeenth Amendment?
Deciding factor in who runs in the General Election
What are Primary Elections?