Category 1
In this chamber of Congress, every state gets two representatives no matter its population.
What is the Senate?
In this chamber of Congress, each state's representation depends on its population size.
What is the House?
The president can temporarily stop a congressional bill from becoming a law by applying this power.
What is a veto?
What is 35 years old?
This person is in charge of casting the tie-breaking vote in the Senate, if there is a tie on a bill's vote.
Who is the vice-president?
Since WWII, more than ____% of U.S. military engagements have been waged solely on presidential authority.
What is 80%?
Most representatives work in this profession before being elected to Congress.
What are lawyers?
If a U.S. president has a low approval rating, their party tends to lose seats halfway through their term during these elections.
What is midterm elections?
For Congress to override a veto, they need to have this much majority in a following vote.
What is 2/3rds majority?
According to the War Powers Act, the president must explain to Congress the use of military action in foreign countries within _______ hours.
What is 48 hours?
This is the assumption that nations will be deterred from nuking the U.S. due to a possible retaliation.
What is mutually assured destruction?
To win a party's nomination for president, a candidate first has to win the majority of the states' ___________ elections and caucases.
What are primary elections?
The process in which the party in power draws it's state's House districts' boundaries in a way that will favor them.
What is gerrymandering?
She is the representative for Florida's 3rd District (including Alachua County) in the House of Reps.
Who is Kat Cammack?
Incumbents to Congress have a ____% probability of reelection.
What is 90%?
These are presidential orders that force federal departments to execute directives in a specific way.
What are executive orders?
Congress can ____________ a president to attempt to remove them from office.
What is impeach?
This is a term referring to the news and media attention the president receives to express their platform.
What is the Bully Pulpit?
Incumbents must cater to their ___________; the people residing in their state or district.
What is their constituency?
What is $20 million?
This is the total number of seats, or representatives, in the House of Representatives.
What is 435?
This theory argues that a president should mostly defer to Congress, and their chief duty is just overseeing the administration of the government.
What is the limited president theory?
This theory argues that the president should be assertive, limited only by what the Constitution prohibits.
What is the stewardship theory?
This federal department is headed by the Secretary of State, and is the nation’s top diplomatic agency.
What is the Department of State?
This is a term that refers to the gradual concentration of Republicans in rural areas, and Democrats in urban areas.
What is the "Big Sort?"
This term describes how there is a “surge” in the number of voters in a presidential election, and a substantial “decline” in the midterm election.
What is the "surge and decline" theory?
The growing partisan divide in Congress has led to _____________ ____________, causing for fewer laws to get passed, and making less Americans approve of Congress's job.
What is legislative deadlock?
The House of Rep experiences ______________ based on states' population shifts every ten years.
What is reapportionment?
Every ten years, the responsibility of _____________ (drawing district lines) in most states rests with the state legislatures.
What is redistricting?
He is the current Secretary of State.
Who is Marco Rubio?