A Bicameral Congress
Terms and Sessions
Size and Terms; Reapportionment
Congressional Elections
Qualifications for House Members
100
In 1789 and in 1790
In what year did Georgia's legislature became bicameral and what year did Pennsylvania's?
100
Two Years
How long does the Term of Congress last for?
100
435 members
What is the exact size of the house of Represntatives today?
100
65 seats
Until a first census could be taken the constitution set the size of the House at how many seats?
100
must be at least 25 years of age
First qualification for House members?
200
Federalism
Bicameralism
200
March 4 1789
Congress began its first term in?
200
at least 1
At least how many seats are guaranteed in the State House?
200
41 to 106
By how much House seats did the congress increase in 1972?
200
must have been a citizen of the United States for at least seven years
Second qualification for House members?
300
from overwhelming the other two branches of government.
The Framers saw bicameralism as a way to diffuse the power of Congress and so prevent, what?
300
Congress adjorns, or suspends until the next session.
When does Congress adjourn?
300
Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming.
What States today have only one representative?
300
Any person whom a State allows to vote for members of its own legislature is qualified to vote.
Who is allowed to vote in a Congressional election?
300
must be inhabitant of the State from which he or she is elected
Third qualification for House members?
400
A group of delegates who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787.
What are the Framers?
400
There is no limit
What is the constitutional limit on the number of terms any member of congress may serve?
400
435 members
How many members does a congressional District have?
400
party identification , name famil
What do informal qualifications have to do with a candidate's vote-getting abilities?
500
That he was opposed to a two-chambered legislature.
What did Jefferson tell Washington after he came from France?
500
The President
who is the only person who can call a special session?
500
Congressional terms
In 1990 people tried to persuade congress to offer a constitutional amendment to limit, what?
500
Someone drawn to the advantage of the political party that controls the State's legislature
what is the purpose of gerrymandered?
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