The Legislative Branch

the people who live within the particular geographic area a member of Congress represent

• constitution

• covenant

• constituents

• census

Congress charges an official in the executive branch with wrongdoing and brings them to trial.

• oversight

• impeachment

• racial diversity

• apportionment

the distribution of House seats among the states based on

• number of votes

• number of candidates running

• population

• taxes collected

True or False: Gerrymandering measures the population to make sure that each House member represents approximately the same number of people.

• True

• False

Which house of Congress gives small and large states equal representation?

• House of Representative

• Senate

Indirect Tax

• tax levied on one person but passed on to another for payment to the government

• tax a company pays directly to the government

• tax an individual pays directly to the government

• tax levied on one person but returned back immediately

legal documents that require a person to testify in a certain matter.

• writ of habeas corpus

• bill of attainder

• ex post facto laws

• subpoenas

a law that punishes a person without a trial.

• writ of habeas corpus

• bill of attainder

• ex post facto law

• subpoenas

laws that criminalize an action that took place in the past and was legal at time

• writ of habeas corpus

• bill of attainder

• ex post facto laws

• subpoenas

a court order that forces the police to present a person in court to face charges, except in cases of rebellion or invasion

• writ of habeas corpus

• bill of attainder

• ex post facto laws

• subpoenas