Exam 3

Question 1

The Great Compromise

Answer 1

ensured small states received equal representation in the Senate, but the # of each state’s representatives in the House would be based on population, and the House was given the sole right to originate revenue-related legislation

Question 2

How many senators does each state have, and how long are their terms?

Answer 2

two, six years

Question 3

_______ of the Senate is elected every two years

Answer 3

1/3

Question 4

How long are the terms for members of the House of Representatives?

Answer 4

two years

Question 5

How many voting members are there in the House of Representatives?

Answer 5

435

Question 6

How are population shifts handled by the House?

Answer 6

reapportionment of seats among the states after each census

Question 7

Reapportionment

Answer 7

Redistribution of representatives among the states based on population change

Question 7

Impeachment

Answer 7

the power formally to charge the president, vice president, and other “civil officers” of the national government with serious crimes

Question 8

Which of the former presidents that got impeached was convicted by the Senate?

Answer 8

none of them

Question 9

What must occur for an impeached president to be convicted?

Answer 9

a two-thirds majority vote of senators present

Question 10

Redistricting

Answer 10

the way states redraw House districts after a census-based reapportionment