Legislative Branch Review

The part of the Constitution that describes the legislative branch is _________________-

• Preamble

• Article I

• Article II

• Amendments

The legislative branch of the U.S. government is also called ________________--

• cabinet

• representatives

• Parliament

• Congress

This house of Congress has 100 members and includes only 2 from each state

• House of Representatives

• Senate

• President

• Supreme Court

This house of Congress has 435 members with the number of members based on each state's population

• House of Representatives
• Senate
• President
• Supreme Court

The main job of the legislative branch

• determine if laws are unconstitutional
• veto laws
• make laws
• approve laws made by the President

What are 2 requirements to get elected to the Senate?

• 25 years old & citizen for 7 years

• 25 years old & citizen for 9 years

• 30 years old & citizen for 7 years

• 30 years old & citizen for 9 years

Who is the president of the Senate and casts tie breaking votes when needed?

• Speaker of the House

• Vice President

• Majority Whip

• Chief Justice

How frequently does the Census happen?

• 5 years

• 10 years

• 3 years

• 1 year

Senators serve

• 4 year terms

• 6 year terms

• 3 year terms

• 2 year terms

How is the number of members in the House of Representatives determined?

• Equality

• How big the state is

• The state's population

• The President picks