Legislative Branch
Across
- 3. two-year term; must be twenty-five years old (qualifications)
- 5. Every 10 years a census is taken and the census bureau redistributes the 435 congressional members
- 7. two-party system
- 9. Number of years in a senator's term in office
- 12. method of gerrymandering; pushing opponents into as few districts as possible
- 14. current speaker of the house
- 16. When a state gains or loses seats districts are redrawn. This is done by the states
Down
- 1. age; qualification to be a senator
- 2. president pro tempore on daily matter
- 4. first name of governor for whom gerrymander gets its name
- 6. a charge of misconduct made against the holder of a public office
- 8. Synopsis: _______ of us; After a global pandemic destroys civilization, a hardened survivor takes charge of a 14-year-old girl who may be humanity's last hope.
- 10. head of the senate
- 11. method of gerrymandering; spreading opponents out among many districts
- 13. declare war (a power of)
- 15. looks more difficult than it actually is