Government - Unit 2 Legislative Branch Review

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  1. 1. Article 1 of the _________________ cover the Legislative Branch.
  2. 3. The power to remove a ___________ from office is called the Impeachment Power.
  3. 6. Thomas Jefferson believed is a __________ interpretation of the Constitution.
  4. 9. The US Congress has two houses (Senate & House of Representatives), meaning it has a ___________________ legislature.
  5. 11. ____________________ has 9 members in the US House of Representatives.
  6. 12. The US ____________ is made up of 100 members.
  7. 14. Congress has two main functions; one is _______________ and the other is making laws.
  8. 16. Clarksville, TN is in the 7th US Congressional ________________.
  9. 20. The Constitution is called a “Living Document” because the _______________wanted it to change with the times.
  10. 21. The term length for the House of Representatives is ___ years. Two
  11. 24. Mark Green is the representative for the 7th _________________ District of TN.
  12. 25. 25 years old, 7 years a US _______________, resident of state in which elected are the qualifications to become a member of the House of Representatives.
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  1. 2. To ______________ a President’s veto, a 2/3 vote must happen in both houses of Congress.
  2. 4. The Speaker of the House is the next in line for US President after the ______________.
  3. 5. The US House of Representatives consists of 435 ______________.
  4. 6. By declaring the law unconstitutional the _____________ stop a Congressional Bill from becoming a law.
  5. 7. Alexander Hamilton favored a _______________ interpretation of the Constitution.
  6. 8. Marsha Blackburn & Lamar Alexander are the 2 US ____________ from Tennessee.
  7. 10. Expressed, Implied, & _______________are the three different ways in which the US Constitution grants powers to Congress.
  8. 13. The term length for the US Senate is ___ years.
  9. 15. The Necessary and Proper clause is also called the ___________ clause.
  10. 17. Congress has the authority to “regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with Indian ____________.”
  11. 18. Veto is the ________ word for I forbid.
  12. 19. Lobbyist pressure Congressmen and try to sway their vote either for or against pieces of _______________.
  13. 22. ___________ are guaranteed to have at least 1 member in the House of Representatives no matter how small.
  14. 23. 30 years old, 9 years a citizen, and _____________ of state in which elected, are the qualifications to become a US Senator.