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200 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 300 CongressMembership More Congress Constitutional Principles Constitution Debated
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-Name the agreement which created our two house Congress? Row 1---100 Question
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-Great Compromise or Connecticut Compromise Row 1---100 Answer
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-Name the two houses of our Congress? Row 1---200 Question
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-House of Representatives and Senate Row 1---200 Answer
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-How is representation based in the lower house? Row 1---300 Question
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-population based Row 1---300 Answer
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-How old must you be to serve in the lower house? Row 1---400 Question
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-25 Row 1---400 Answer
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-How long are the terms in the lower house? Row 1---500 Question
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-2 years Row 1---500 Answer
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-How many total members are in the lower house? Row 2---100 Question
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-435 Row 2---100 Answer
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-This term refers to the odd shaped districts in some states that seem to favor one party over another? Row 2---200 Question
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-gerrymandering Row 2---200 Answer
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Row 2---300 Question -Each member in the lower house represents what part of their state?
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-district Row 2---300 Answer
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Row 2---400 Question -What term represents the idea of citizens they serve?
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-constituents Row 2---400 Answer
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-How old must you be to serve in the upper house? Row 2---500 Question
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-30 Row 2---500 Answer
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-How long are the terms in the upper house? Row 3---100 Question
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-6 years Row 3---100 Answer
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-How many total members? Row 3---200 Question
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-100 Row 3---200 Answer
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-This is the right of Congressmen to send mail without paying postage? Row 3---300 Question
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-franking privilege Row 3---300 Answer
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-This term being a representative has been kicked out of Congress for misconduct? Row 3---400 Question
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-expulsion Row 3---400 Answer
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-This term means that Congress has formally voted to discipline a member for misconduct? Row 3---500 Question
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-censure Row 3---500 Answer
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-This term is often used to describe the broad concept we have of freedom of speech? Row 4---100 Question
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-freedom of expression Row 4---100 Answer
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-This is the legal term for publicly telling a false and damaging statement about someone? Row 4---200 Question
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-slander Row 4---200 Answer
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-This is the legal term for the false and damaging printing of a statement about a person. Row 4---300 Question
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-libel Row 4---300 Answer
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-This is the statement in the 1st Amendment that forbids the government from proclaiming an official religion within the United States? Row 4---400 Question
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-establishment clause Row 4---400 Answer
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-This is a famous phrase not from the Constitution but from a letter by Thomas Jefferson that discusses his belief in the role between the government and religion? Row 4---500 Question
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-separation of church and state Row 4---500 Answer
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-Name the concept that all three branches of government are designed so that they have the ability to stop other branches from becoming abusive? Row 5---100 Question
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-checks and balances Row 5---100 Answer
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What idea says that the powers of government should be divided so that government will be less likely to abuse the rights of its citizens? Row 5---200 Question
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-separation of powers Row 5---200 Answer
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-What term describes the system of having multiple governments on the national, state, and local levels? Row 5---300 Question
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-federalism Row 5---300 Answer
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-These are powers that are given only to the national government such as the power to declare war, raise an army, coin money, or make treaties? Row 5---400 Question
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-enumerated, delegated, expressed, exclusive Row 5---400 Answer
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-These are powers that are only given to the states such as education, marriage laws, zoning regulations? Row 5---500 Question
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-reserved powers Row 5---500 Answer
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