UPDATED Chapter 6 (Government)

A term of Congress lasts for two years.

• True

• False

The majority/minority whips assists the majority/minority leaders in their duties.

• True

• False

The Vice President is a member of the Senate.

• True

• False

The nonlegislative powers of Congress include the power to check other government branches.

• True

• False

Congressmen sometimes abuse their power by drawing congressional districts that favor one political party over another. This is called gerrymandering.

• True

• False

The President of the Senate is the

• Vice President

• President Pro Tempore

The purpose of the _________ was to limit/deny certain powers to the federal government.

• U.S. Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Federalist Papers

Each Congress last for a term of _________ years

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

Senators serve

• four-year terms

• six-year terms

• three-year

• two-year terms

The bicameral structure of Congress arose from

• an agreement made at the First Continental Congress

• The attempt to model the U.S. government after that of Great Britain

• a disagreement about representation at the Constitutional Convention, which resulted in the Great Compromise

• our federal form of government