Chapter 10 Congress

Elections that occur in the non-presidential election years- that is, between presidential elections- are called both these names:

• General Election

• Constituents Election

• Off-year Election

• Mid-term Election

The voters from each district elect one the State’s representatives from among a field of candidates running for a seat in the House from that district.

• At-large

• Single-member District

• Partisan

• Trustee

• Pot-Luck

The process of drawing districts that are drawn to the advantage of the political party that controls the State’s legislatures.

• Partisan

• Non-Partisan

• Apportioned

• Gerrymandering

The people and interests the Representatives or Senators represent.

• Trustee

• Politico

• Delegate

• Constituencies

Redistribution of the seats of the House after every decennial census is known as:

• Apportionment

• Reapportionment

• Distribution

• Gerrymandering

Representatives that believe that each question they face must be decided on its merits. Conscience and independent judgment are their guides.

• Politico

• Delegate

• Trustee

• Partisan

Lawmakers who owe their first allegiance to their political party, and will vote with the party line.

• Trustee

• Partisan

• Delegate

• Politico

The process by which Congress, through its committees, checks to see that the various agencies in the executive branch are working effectively and acting in the line with the policies that Congress has set by law.

• 17th Amendment

• 27th Amendment

• Oversight Function

• Censure Committee

The period of time during which, each year, Congress assembles and conducts business.

• Term

• Session

• The Program

• Special Session

Senators are elected to serve ___ year terms.

• 2

• 4

• 6

• life