Government Chapter 10, Questions

Which of the following is one of the qualifications for membership in the House of Representatives?

Candidates must live in the state from which they are elected

Which is determined by the census that is taken every 10 years?

Number of House seats per state

How many terms of Congress are there in a year?

One-half

Which part of the Senate is up for election at any one time?

One-third

When members of Congress cast their votes in line with their party's platform and the views of their party's leaders, they are voting as

Partisans

If the two houses of Congress cannot agree on a date for adjournment, the President may

Prorogue the session

How is each state's representation in the Senate determine?

Representation is equal to that of every other state

Why is the Senate called the "upper house" ?

Senators generally need a wide range of knowledge to serve well

By creating a bicameral Congress, the Framers of the Constitution

Settled the conflict between the New Jersey and Virginia Plans

Why are there two houses of Congress?

So the two houses may check one another

In the case Wesberry vs. Sanders, what was the Supreme Court ruling?

States must draw congressional districts of generally equal population

Which of the following comparisons of the House and Senate is true?

The House is larger than the Senate

What must occur before the full Senate can act upon a bill?

The Senate committee considering the bill decides whether to move it to floor consideration

A member of the House must be at least

25 years old, and a citizen of the United States for at least 7 years

How do members of the Senate and House of Representatives represent the people of their state differently?

A senator always represents the entire state

Which is longer, a term, or a session of Congress?

A term

Why is the Senate called a "continuous body"?

All of its seats are never up for election at the same time

Which of the following was an important reason that the Framers favored a bicameral legislature?

Both Parliament and the colonial legislatures were bicameral

What determines the number of representatives for each state?

By the population of the stat

When members of Congress vote according to what they believe the voters want, they are voting as which of the following?

Delegates

How often are elections held for the House of Representatives?

Every two years

Since 1842, all seats in the House of Representatives have been filled

From single-member districts

Rather than raise their own salaries, members of Congress often

Give themselves more fringe benefits

In their role as servants of their constituents, members of Congress

Help citizens deal with the federal bureaucracy

Each state is represented according to population in which of the following?

House of Representatives

Which is true about a senator's term in office?

It is three times longer than the term of a member of the House

What was the effect of the Reapportionment Act of 1929 on the House of Representatives?

It limited the number of seats in the House to 435

When does each new term of Congress begin?

January of every odd-numbered year

The Framers hoped that _____ would help make the Senate a more responsible body than the House.

Longer terms

Who elects the Speaker of the House of Representatives?

Majority party members

Which of the following statements about members of Congress is true?

The average Congress member is over the age of 50

What is the most likely explanation for a congressional district to change shape?

The district was drawn to the advantage of the party in control of the state legislature

Besides screening bills, what is another major function that members of Congress perform as committee members?

The oversight function

For whom do senators and representatives work?

The people who elect them

Until 1913, senators were chosen by

Their State's legislature

Which correctly describes most senators and members of the House of Representatives?

They are mostly upper-middle-class Americans

When may the President ask Congress to hold a special session?

To deal with an emergency situation

How many sessions are there within each term of Congress?

Two

The most important limit on congressional pay raises is the threat of

Voter backlash

When would a State elect two senators in the same election?

When one of the Senate seats for that State has been vacated by death, resignation, or expulsion