Legislature and Executive

What is the Legislative Branch?

• Congress: the House of the Representatives and the Senate

• The President

• Government

• Supreme Court

How many representatives are there in the House of Representatives?

• 235

• 335

• 435

• 535

How many representatives does each state in the U.S. get?

• 2

• It depends on the population within each state.

• The President decides.

• The people vote.

How many members in the Senate?

• 100

• 200

• 300

• 400

How many senators does each state get?

• 2

• It depends on the population

• 3

• 4

Senators serve

• 4 year terms

• 6 year terms

• 3 year terms

• 2 year terms

The bicameral structure of Congress arose from

• an agreement made at the First Continental Congress.

• the attempt to model the U.S. government after that of Great Britain.

• a disagreement about representation at the Constitutional Convention.

• our federal form of government.

Why are senators' terms staggered?

• to control the size of the upper house

• to ease the burden on state election systems

• to prevent the Senate from gaining too much power

• to shield the Senate from sudden shifts in public opinion

Congress's power to coin money is

• an elastic power

• an enumerated power

• an implied power

• a nonlegislative power

The Constiutiton gives Congress the right to impeach

• any member of Congress involved in serious wrongdoing

• any official involved in serious wrongdoing

• only federal judges

• only the president