legislative branch 2020

Senators serve....

• 4 year terms

• 6 year terms

• 3 year terms

• 2 year terms

The bicameral (two houses) structure of Congress arose from

• an agreement about population between the framers of the Constitution

• the attempt to model the US government after that of Great Britain

• a disagreement about representation at the Constitutional Convention

• our federal form of government

When the House and Senate wish to do business together, or there is a time of crisis they hold a....

• bicameral congress

• general election

• joint session of congress

• press conference

When district lines are drawn to unfairly favor one political party over the other it is called..........?

• gerrymandering

• political parties

• state population

• press conference

What is the basis of Representation in the House of Representatives

• vice president

• population

• representatives

• legislative

The _______________ casts a Senate vote only in the case of a tie

• vice president

• population

• representatives

• legislative

focus on their districts, rather than the entire state

• vice president

• population

• representatives

• term

the two year period during which Congress meets

• vice president

• population

• representatives

• term

Framers planned for this branch to be the most powerful

• vice president

• population

• representatives

• legislative

The lower house of Congress where representation is based on the population count

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Majority Party

• Minority Party