Congress and Boundaries

This term is used to describe the process of redrawing district lines within a state to account for population shifts.

• Reapportionment

• Redistricting

• Gerrymandering

Term for bringing charges against an elected official, a power that rests with the House of Representatives.

• Political Sabotage

• Impeach

• Cloture

• Conviction

This occurs when district boundaries are redrawn in a way that favors one party over another.

• Redistricting

• Gerrymandering

• Reconfiguring

• Reapportionment

The process of allocating House seats to each state and adding or subtracting seats based on population changes.

• Reconfiguration

• Gerrymandering

• Redistricting

• Reapportionment

People that House and Senate members represent in Congress.

• Lobbbiests

• Constituents

• Citizens

• The People of the. United States

This changed the way Senators were chosen and today we elect them directly.

• Precedent

• 11th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 10th Amendment