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Made up of two houses

• bicameral
• unicameral
• diametrical
• tricameral

Has two sessions

• term
• adjourn
• tour
• season

Period each year when Congress meets

• term
• adjourn
• tour
• session

To end a meeting of congress

• term
• adjourn
• tour
• session

Why did the framers of the Constitution create a bicameral Congress?

• To settle a conflict during the Constitutional Convention
• The need to mimic existing British institutions.
• A desire to break from all tradition.
• requirements set by the British monarchy.

Special sessions of Congress

• are called by the President to deal with some emergency situation
• are called whenever a senator filibusters
• are never called.
• are used to handle the everyday business of Congress

A count of the population

• Census
• statistics
• reapportionment
• Gerrymandering

The act of distributing differently

• Census
• statistics
• reapportionment
• Gerrymandering

The practice of drawing district lines to favor one political party.

• Census
• statistics
• reapportionment
• Gerrymandering

Occurs between presidential elections

• Off-year election
• At-large elections
• On-year elections
• Gerrymandering