Intro to Congress

Like a room with a partition, Congress is one congress made up of two

• Houses
• Parts
• buildings
• branches

Congress is bicameral because it helped

• resolve disputes between branches

• resolve disputes between free and slave states

• resolve disputes between Northern and Southern states

• resolve disputes between large and small states

Congress is bicameral because of the theory of

• checks and balances

• British Parliamentarianism

• House of Commons and House of Lords

Powers of Congress that are written in the Constitution

• Expressed
• Implied
• Inherent
• Regulatory

Powers of Congress that are NOT stated in the Constitution

• Expressed

• Implied

• Inherent

• Regulatory

Powers that belong to all sovereign nations

• Expressed

• Implied

• Inherent

• Regulatory

Which official is this: 2 per state, 6 year terms, 30 yrs old

• Justice

• Representative

• President

• Senator

Who tries impeachment cases?

• House of Representatives

• Senate

• President

• Supreme Court

Who is the official "president" of the Senate?

• Vice President of the US
• President of the US
• Speaker of the House
• Majority Leader

How are the 435 members divided between the states?

• A life-sized game of Hungry-Hungry Hippos

• Evenly between the states

• By each states' wealth

• By states' population