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Our type of legislature (meaning 2 houses)
What is bicameral
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Number of representatives in the Senate
What is 100
100
How many representatives in the House of Reps
What is 435
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The number of representatives in each state is based on what?
What is a state's population used for?
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The names of the two houses in Congress
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate
200
Senators serve this term (how long is each term)
What is 6 years
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The years a Senator must be a citizen
What is 9 years
200
The years that is the term of a member of the House of Reps
What is 2 years
200
The years a member of the House of Reps must be a citizen
What is 7 years
200
Name the two Louisiana Senators
Who are Vitter and Cassidy?
300
Must be agreed upon by both houses before it becomes a law
What is a bill
300
Third in line to fill the place of the President
Who is the Speaker of the House
300
What two (2) purposes is the Census data is used for
What determines the number of representatives for each state and the distribution of federal resources to the states
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what percentage of votes does the Senate need to impeach the president
What is 2/3
300
Neither Senate or House can adjourn for more than this many days without the consent of the other
What is 3 days
400
Each house has one of these to record its proceedings and outside of top secret stuff Americans have access to it.
What is a journal
400
What every adult must complete every 10 years as required in Article 1.
What is the Census
400
Name 2 Presidents that have been or almost been impeached
Who are Clinton, Nixon, Johnson, Tyler
400
How old do you have to be run for the House of Representatives and the Senate?
What is 25 years old and 30 years old?
400
What is being arrested for something BEFORE it is considered illegal?
What is Ex Post Facto?
500
A persons’ right to present evidence before a court that he/she has been wrongly accused
What is a writ of habeus corpus
500
Removal from office and disqualification for any future offices
What is impeachment
500
Laws that are not given directly to the federal government are given to who?
What are the laws that are given to the states?
500
What is the House of Representatives and Senate called together?
What is Congress?
500
Name three powers that are forbidden of the states
What is entering into foreign treaties, printing money, granting the title of nobility, collecting taxes on imports or exports, build an army, keep warships in times of peace, and engage in war unless invaded or in danger