Unit 4: The Legislative Branch

4.1

100

There are 435 members in this House.

What is the House of Representatives?

200

Must be at least 30 years old and a citizen for 9 years.

What is the Senate?

300

The Senate has this many representatives.

What is 100?

400

This word means two houses in Latin. It is used to describe the structure of our Congress.

What is "bicameral"?

500

All Revenue ($$) Bill start in this House because they have the Power of the Purse.

What is the House of Representatives?

4.2/4.3

100

Levy taxes, declare war, and regulate commerce are examples of what type of powers.

What are Expressed Powers?

200

Drafting for a military, or creating banks are examples of what type of power.

What are Implied Powers?

300

This type of committee directly deals with passing legislation and are permanent.

What are Standing Committees?

400

This gives Congress the power to create new powers that will help them carry-out their expressed Powers.

What is the Necessary and Proper/Elastic Clause?

500

This type of committee is needed when there are two versions of the same bill in both houses.

What are Conference Committees?

4.4

100

The term for delaying the vote for a bill by talking for a very long time, only allowed in the Senate.

What is a Filibuster?

200

The President's check on Congress if they do not want the bill to become a law.

What is a veto?

300

When a bill sits on the President's desk for 10 days after Congress is in session and the bill dies.

What is a Pocket Veto?

400

When Congress wants to override a presidential veto they need this much of a majority to do so.

What is 2/3?

500

The name for a vote of 3/4 members of the Senate to end a filibuster.

What is a Cloture?

4.5/4.6

100

A count of the US population taken every 10 years.

What is the Census?

200

The process of redrawing congressional districts to give your political party more seats in Congress.

What is Gerrymandering?

300

People represented by a representative.

What are constituents?

400

When the number of representatives in the House of Reps gets redistributed after the census.

What is Reapportionment?

500

Name at least three ways people can make an impact on legislation.

What are protests, lobbiest, emailing your representatives, strikes, public opinion polls, voting?