Unit 2

Front 1

To be a House of the Rep member you must be...

1) __ years old

2) __ years of citizenship

3) must ______ in state they are ____ for in which they are elected

Back 1

1)25 years old

2)must be a citizen of the United States for at least 7 years

3)must live within the state running for in which they are elected

Front 2

State legislators have abused their power to divide the state congressional districts

Back 2

Gerrymandering

Front 3

According to the Constitution, the Senate "shall be composed of ________ from each state."

Back 3

2 senators

Front 4

How many senators does Congress have?

Back 4

100

Front 5

To be a senator you must be?

1) ___ years old

2) citizen for __ years

3) must __________ in which they are elected

Back 5

1) 30 years old

2) 9 years of citizenship

3) Must live in the state in which they are elected

Front 6

How many year terms are senators elected for?

Back 6

6 year term

Front 7

There are ___ limits for senators.

Back 7

NO TERM LIMITS

Front 8

Which amendment stated that senators would be elected directly by the people in their state?

Back 8

17th

Front 9

The _____ is the president of the Senate.

He is not in elected member of Congress.

The vice President may vote in the Senate only to break a ___.

Back 9

1) Vice president

2) only to break a tie

Front 10

A 2/3 vote is required for conviction and removal of the impeachment charges.

(This power is granted only to the Senate.)

Back 10

Conduct impeachment trial

Front 11

Approval presidential appointment is a power granted only to the ____.

Back 11

Senate

Front 12

The Senate has a power to ratified treaties by a....?

Back 12

2/3 vote

Front 13

Ratified in 1870, voting cannot be denied because a person was a certain race, color, or had once been a slave.

Which amendment?

Back 13

15th

Front 14

Ratifiedin 1920;

Women gained the right to vote

Which amendment?

Back 14

19th

Front 15

Ratified in 1964;

Outlawed pull taxes

(a poll tax was in amount of money that is citizen have to pay before he or she could vote.)

Which amendment?

Back 15

24th

Front 16

Passed in 1965;

Outlawed the practice of requiring otherwise qualified voters to pass literacy test and order to register to vote.

Which Act?

Back 16

Voting rights act

Front 17

Ratified in 1971;

Citizens between the ages of 18 to 21 gained the right to vote

Which amendment?

Back 17

26th

Front 18

_________ provided that only voters who's grandfather's had voted before 1867 could vote without paining a poll tax or passing a reading test. Supreme Court declare this unconstitutional in 1915.

Back 18

Grandfather Clause

Front 19

What are three factors in predicting whether citizens will vote?

Back 19

Education

Age

Income

Front 20

Politician/ party member

Back 20

Work to support their political party platform and get reelected

Front 21

Amendment powers is when...

Back 21

Congress may propose amendments by a 2/3 vote of each house

Front 22

Electorial powers are...

Back 22

A selection of the president by the House of Representatives and or vice president by the Senate upon the failure of the Electoral College to achieve a minority vote

Front 23

Impeachment

Back 23

The house may bring charges or impeach the president, vice president or the civil officer; the Senate acts as the jury in the impeachment cases

Front 24

Education is....

Back 24

The number one indicator of whether or not someone is going to vote

Front 25

An organization design to collect money and provide financial support for the political wait political candidate is....?

Back 25

PAC

Front 26

The constitution _____ set the number of representatives in the house.

Back 26

DOES NOT

Front 27

House seats must be appointed or divided among the states on the basis of...?

Back 27

Population

Front 28

Each state is entitled to _____ in the House, no matter how small it's population.

Back 28

At least one seat

Front 29

House of Reps are elected for __ and there are ___ term limits.

Back 29

2 years

No limit

Front 30

When do members of Congress begin there term of office?

Back 30

January 3rd on odd number years

Front 31

What is the Speaker of the House?

Back 31

The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer of the house and its most powerful leader

Front 32

The Speaker of the House is always from....?

Back 32

The majority party in the house.

Front 33

What two powers are only granted to the house of reps?

Back 33

》Impeachment of Federal officials by the majority vote

》All tax bills must start in the House of Representatives

Front 34

In order to assign representation according to population a ____ is taking every 10 years

Back 34

Census

Front 35

The population of each state determines the new number of Representatives to which each state is entitled--this process is called what?

Back 35

Reapportionment

Front 36

Some states will...

Some states will...

Some states will...

Back 36

Gain reps

lose reps

stay the same

Front 37

Redistricting means

Back 37

The process of setting up new district lines after reapportionment has been completed

Front 38

Gerrymandering means?

Back 38

State legislatures have abused their power to divide estate congressional districts

Front 39

____ and ____ are always to gerrymander.

Back 39

Packing and cracking

Front 40

____ a district means drawing the lines so they include as many of the opposing parties voters as possible into one District.

Back 40

Packing

Front 41

_____ means dividing the opponents voters into other districts, to weakend opponents voter base.

Back 41

Cracking

Front 42

States gaining reps are in the ____ and ____

Back 42

South and West

Front 43

States losing reps are in the ___ and ___.

Back 43

Midwest and Northwest.