Legislative

What are the two bodies of congress?

• House and Senate

• Senate and Executive

• Congress

The census is taken every _ years.

• 5

• 20

• 15

• 10

The total number of congresspersons in both the House of Representatives and the Senate equals

• 50

• 200

• 535

• 432

 What is the role of the Speaker of the House?

• Makes the rules

• Gathers people to meetings

• Gives members permission to speak, sends bills, counting votes

Under this system, each branch of government has some control over the other two branches

• House rep

• Checks and Balances

• Executive

• Congress

Power used by the Senate to talk a bill to death

• Veto

• Death

• Filibuster

• Senate

How many amendments are there today in the Constitution?

• 29

• 20

• 27

• 10

 Oddly shaped district designed to increase the voting strengths of a particular group

• Pocket Veto

• Veto

• Gerrymandering

• Constituents

Which branch has the power to make the laws?

• Judicial

• Executive

• Legislative

TRUE/FALSE The purpose of the Bill of Rights was to limit the powers of the federal government

• True

• False