USG Topic 4 Test

The House

100

This is the amount of seats that make up the House of Representatives

435

200

This is how long a term is for a member of the House of Representatives

2 Years

300

Presiding officer of the House of Representatives, currently Mike Johnson (R-LA)

Speaker of The House

400

Group that favored a strict interpretation of the Constitution

Strict Constructionists

500

Group that favored a liberal interpretation of the Constitution

Liberal Constructionist

The Senate

100

This is the amount of Seats that make up the Senate

100

200

This is the age one has to be to qualify to run for Senate

30

300

This is how long a term is for a member of the Senate.

6

400

Presiding Officer of the Senate, Currently JD Vance (Vice President)

President of the Senate

500

President that was impeached by the House, but was acquitted by the Senate

Andrew Johnson & Bill Clinton

Congress

100

This is how long a term of Congress is

2 years

200

This is how long a session of Congress is

1 year

300

Representatives that vote in favor of what “the folks back home” want are known as this

Delegates

400

Representatives who vote in line with the leaders of their political parties

Partisans

500

The process of drawing congressional districts that favor a political Party

Gerrymandering

Congress at work

100

When a committee puts a bill to the side, allowing it to die in committee, it is known as this

Pigeonhole

200

The floor leader from the party that holds the majority of the seats in the House

Majority Leader

300

The floor leader from the party that holds the minority of the seats in the House

Minority Leader

400

Members of the Senate are unrestrained in their use of debate time, often leading to lengthy, random speeches known as _______

Filibuster

500

If the President does not act on a bill within 10 days, and Congress adjourns before those 10 days, the bill is considered dead. This process is known as

Pocket Veto

Powers of Congress

100

Powers given to Congress Explicitly, in its specific wording

Expressed Powers

200

Powers given to Congress by reasonable deduction from the expressed powers

Implied Powers

300

Powers given to Congress because it is a National Government

Inherent Powers

400

Legal proceeding in which the bankrupts assets are distributed among those to whom a debt is owed

Bankruptcy

500

Congress creating a National Bank, because it was deemed necessary and proper to the execution of the expressed money powers is an example of this

Necessary and Proper Clause