What do you already know
about CONGRESS?
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Unicameral or Bicameral?
Size of each house?
Current Speaker of the House?
Current Minority Leader of the House?
Previous Speaker of the House?
Minority leader of the Senate?
Majority leader of the Senate?
Unlimited debate in the Senate?
The way to stop unlimited debate in
the Senate?
What do you already know
about CONGRESS?
10. Who draws Congressional district
lines?
11. How often are they redrawn?
12. What institution decides what states
pick up seats in the House and lose
seats in the House?
13. Oddly shaped districts
14. Districts that vary greatly in size
(population)
15. Qualifications for the House (Age,
residency as citizen)
What do you already know
about CONGRESS?
16. Qualification for the Senate (Age, residency
as citizen)
17. How long is the term for a member of the
House?
18. How long is the term for a member of the
Senate?
19. What amendment allowed for the direct
election of U.S. Senators?
20. Why not originally directly elected by the
people?
21. How were Senators chosen in the original
Constitution?
What do you already know
about CONGRESS?
22. Identify a power of the Senate but not
of the House.
23. Identify a power of the House but not
of the Senate.
24. True or False Only the Congress has
the power, constitutionally, to declare
war.
25. State 3 reasons why Congressional
incumbents have huge electoral
advantage.