American Government Unit 2: Congress

What was the primary goal of the framers in structuring the Congress?

• To create a legislative branch that was powerful enough to govern and to check the power of the president, yet not so powerful that it would exercise tyrannical rule.

• To create a legislative branch that was more powerful than the president.

• To create a legislative branch that had no power over the president.

• To create a legislative branch that was solely based on state representation.

What type of legislature did the Constitution create?

• A bicameral, or two-house, legislature.

• A unicameral, or one-house, legislature.

• A tricameral, or three-house, legislature.

• A quadricameral, or four-house, legislature.

On what basis is the House of Representatives structured?

• Based on population.

• Based on state representation.

• Based on wealth.

• Based on geographical size.

On what basis is the Senate structured?

• Based on state representation.

• Based on population.

• Based on wealth.

• Based on geographical size.

Which chamber of Congress is considered closer to the people?

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Supreme Court

• Executive Office

Approximately how many people reside in each congressional district according to the 2020 census?

• 500,000

• 1,000,000

• 761,169

• 850,000

How did the framers conceive the Senate?

• As a chamber closer to the people

• As a more elite, more deliberative institution

• As a body subject to the whims of mass politics

• As a lower-house counterpart

How often are House members elected?

• Every year

• Every two years

• Every four years

• Every six years

Originally, who chose the members of the Senate?

• The President

• The House of Representatives

• State legislators

• The Supreme Court

What did the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913 change about the election of senators?

• Senators were chosen by the President

• Senators were chosen by the House of Representatives

• Senators were chosen by state legislators

• Senators were elected by popular vote within the states