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12 Cards in this Set
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What are the two chambers of Congress? |
The House (the people) and the Senate (senators) |
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What made large states take over the house and small states take over the senate? |
The Great Compromise |
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How many reps does each state get in the House? |
At least 1, but no limit on how many there can be |
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How many years are in a term in the House? |
2 year terms with no term limits |
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Define arbitrary and what is the cap # of seats in the House? |
Arbitrary meaning that it is not in the constitution, 435 seat cap |
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What is reapportionment? |
process of allocating seats in the house to each state |
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What is malapportionment? |
# of people in a state's legislative districts being grossly unbalanced |
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Baker V Carr |
Equal protection for citizens, regarding apportionment issues |
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Reynolds V Simms |
State legislatures must be apportioned with equal population |
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Wesberry V Sanders |
House of reps must be equal in population |
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Thornburg V Gingles & Miller V Johnson |
district lines cannot be drawn in a way to dilute minority representation |
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Gerrymandering |
a tactic used during apportionment process |
