WORKSHEET-THE CONGRESS



WORKSHEET-THE CONGRESS

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MATCHING

1. ___ legislative branch of the National Government

2. ___ portion of the Constitution establishing date

for the start of each Congress

3. ___ portion of the Constitution establishing the

legislative department

4. ___ provided historical precedent for the Framers

of the Constitution

5. ___ bring charges against

6. ___ length of each term of Congress

7. ___ length of each session of Congress

8. ___ the people of their districts or States

9. ___ State that once had a unicameral legislature

10.___ initially opposed bicameral legislature

11.___ has authority to call special session of Congress

12.___ created as a compromise between Virginia Plan

and New Jersey Plan

13.___ legislative body with equal representation

14.___ most important posts go to party members with

longest record in Congress

15.___ inherent power to take private property for public use

MULTIPLE CHOICE

___ 16. The size of the House of Representatives:

a. changes every second year. c. an unlimited number of non voting delegates.

b. is fixed at 435 members. d. depends on the nation's population.

___ 17. Each State is guaranteed:

a. equal representation in the House c. an unlimited number of non voting delegates.

b. at least two members in the House. d. at least one seat in the House.

___ 18. Puerto Rico:

a. is represented in the House by a Resident Commissioner.

b. is not represented in Congress.

c. is represented by a non voting delegate.

d. has only one Representative in the House.

___ 19. The Constitution directs Congress to reapportion seats in the House based on:

a. the decennial census. c. each State's physical size.

b. voting patterns in presidential elections. d. the composition of the previous Congress.

___ 20. According to the Constitution, any person that a State allows to vote for members

of the most numerous branch of its own legislature:

a. may not participate in congressional elections.

b. is eligible to be a member of the House.

c. is qualified to vote in congressional elections.

d. may vote for Representatives for not Senators.

Indicate whether the following items refer to the Senate, the

House, both houses of Congress, or neither house of Congress.

Write the proper letter:

"S" for Senate

"H" for House

"B" for both

"N" for neither

___ 21. members are elected to two-year terms

___ 22. members were once chosen by State legislatures

___ 23. members can be sued for statements made while attending a session

___ 24. number of representatives is based on population

___ 25. well over 1/3 of members are lawyers

___ 26. cannot adjourn without the consent of the other house

___ 27. Fifteen members have been expelled

___ 28. has expelled only four members

___ 29. elections for members are held on the same day in every State

___ 30. well over half the members are lawyers

___ 31. a person must be U.S. citizen for at least nine years to become a member

___ 32. minimum age for members is 25 years old

___ 33. majority of members are men

___ 34. meets in the Capitol

___ 35. has 435 members

___ 36. members are elected to four-year terms

___ 37. must assemble at least once a year

___ 38. represents a cross-section of the American people

___ 39. members can fix their own salaries

___ 40. members are elected to six-year terms

___ 41. has women members

___ 42. about 1/4 are Roman Catholic

TRUE-FALSE

___ 43. Most Senators and Representatives were born in the States they represent.

___ 44. Constituents often ask for help from members of Congress.

___ 45. Representatives & Senators never exercise the oversight function.

___ 46. Compensation to members of Congress is limited to salary & health insurance.

___ 47. Senators and Representatives give themselves yearly pay increases.

___ 48. The Speaker of the House is the highest paid member of Congress.

___ 49. "Legislative immunity" applies only to those speeches made on the floor of

Congress.

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A. Constituents

B. Pennsylvania

C. Bicameral legislature

D. Article 1

E. Four years

F. British Parliament

G. Senate

H. 20th Amendment

I. Thomas Jefferson

J. One year

K. Virginia

L. President

M. Congress

N. Eminent domain

O. Two years

P. Impeach

Q. Adjournment

R. Seniority rule

Name ________________

Period ___

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