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Legislative Branch
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the role of the Legislative Branch? | To make the laws |
| What is the legislative branch called? | Congress |
| What are the names of the 2 chambers of Congress? | 1. Senate 2. House of Representatives |
| What are the people in the Senate called? | Senators |
| What are people in the House of Representatives called? | Representatives |
| Who elects Senators and Representatives? | People in each state get to vote on their Senators and Representatives! |
| How many Senators does each state get? | Each state has 2 Senators! |
| How many Representatives does each state have? | It depends on how large the population of the state is |
| What is the branch of government that makes the laws | Legislative Branch |
| Organized groups that attempt to influence the government by electing their members to important government offices | Political Parties |
| Organization of people who share political, social or other goals; and agree to try to influence public policy to achieve those goals. | Interest Groups |
| A person who is employed by and acts for an organized interest group or corporation to try to influence policy decisions | Lobbyist |
| A person running for political office | Candidate |
| The course of action the government takes in response to an issue or problem | Public Policy |
| What the public thinks about a particular issue or set of issues at any point in time | Public Opinion |
| An effort undertaken by government authorities as well as political parties and other entities to register to vote all persons otherwise entitled to vote. | Voter Registration Drives |
| A primary election in which voters may choose in which party to vote as they enter the polling place | Open Primary |
| A primary in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote | Closed Primary |
| Engaging in activities aimed at influencing public officials, especially legislators, and the policies they enact. | Lobbying |
| A committee set up by a corporation, labor union, or interest group that raises and spends campaign money from voluntary donations | (PAC) Political Action Committee |
| A general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision. | Referendum |
| Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause. | Propoganda |
| The process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census | Reapportionment |
| The official count of a population conducted every 10 years | Census |
| The redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census, to accommodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population. | Redistricting |
| Process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power. | Gerrymandering |
| Constitutional authorization for Congress to make any law required to carry out its powers | Necessary and Proper Clause |
| What are the powers of Congress? | Collect taxes, borrow money, regulate commerce with other nations, coin money, declare war, control armed forces, make necessary laws. |
| What is a law that makes an act criminal although the act was legal when it was committed | Ex Post Facto Law |
| An order to produce an arrested person before a judge. | Habeas Corpus |
| What is the Structure of Congress? | Bicameral: House of Representatives and Senate |
| A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses | Bicameral |
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