Ch. 5 Lessons 1 and 2 Vocab

the upper house of Congress, consisting of two representatives from each state

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• census

• constituent

the lower house of Congress, consisting of a different number of representatives from each state, depending on population

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• gerrymander

• majority party

a population count taken by the Census Bureau

• census

• minority party

• seniority

• expressed power

a person from a legislator's district

• constituent

• enumerated power

• implied power

• gerrymander

an oddly shaped election district designed to increase the voting strength of a particular group

• gerrymander

• implied power

• elastic clause

• nonlegislative power

in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the political party to which more than half the members belong

• majority party

• minority party

• impeach

• writ of habeas corpus

In both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the political party to which fewer than half the members belong

• majority party

• minority party

• bill of attainder

• seniority

years of service, which is used as a consideration for assigning committee members

• seniority

• expressed power

• impeach

• ex post facto law

power that the U.S. Congress has that is specifically listed in the Constitution

• expressed power

• Senate

• writ of habeas corpus

• ex post facto law

another name for expressed power

• enumerated power

• impeach

• House of Representatives

• bill of attainder