Legislative Branch

The Legislative Branch is also known as ....

• Congress

• The President

• Supreme Court

• FBI

The writers of the Constitution created a _________ Legislature

• Bicameral

• Tricameral

• Unicameral

• Quadcameral

Bicameral means _____

• Two house

• One house

• Three house

• Four house

Which is NOT one of the houses in Congress?

• House of Representatives

• Senate

• House of Commons

Article ___ of the Constitution describes the design and powers of Congress.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Expressed powers of Congress _________.

• Are directly written into the Constitution

• Are NOT directly stated in the Constitution

• Are told to Congress by the President

• Are supreme court powers

What gives Congress the ability to have "implied powers" (powers not written down in the Constitution.

• The Elastic Cause (Necessary and Proper Clause)

• The Spandex clause

• The stretchy pants clause

• The do whatever we want clause and whatcha gonna do about it?

The House of Representatives has ___ members

• 400

• 538

• 435

• 100

The Senate has ___ members

• 100

• 50

• 200

• 435

Members of this house serve 2 year terms.

• House of Representatives

• Senate