Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
100
The lawmaking body of government.
What is the role of Congress?
100
435 members
How many members are in the House of Representatives
100
30+ years old/ citizen for at least nine years/ be a legal resident of the state you represent.
Name a qualification to be in the Senate
200
2 houses
How many houses are in Congress?
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State's population
What is the number of representatives per state based on?
200
False
The Senate is much bigger than the House of Representatives. T or F
300
Check the actions of the other house
The System in which Congress is made up of allows each house to do what?
300
Apportionation
How are the Houses seats distributed?
300
100 members
How many members are in the Senate
400
Bicameral Legislature
To make sure that the two houses were fairly represented they created this lawmaking body. This is called...
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November.
What month are elections held for the members in the House of Representatives
400
6 terms.
How long are they elected
500
The framers wanted to make sure that both small and large states would be fairly represented.
Why is Congress divided into two houses?
500
Washington DC, Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands
Name one country/city that have one nonvoting delegate in the House.
500
Someone must take his or her place.
What happens if a senator dies or resigns before the end of a term?
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