APPORTIONS

Question 1

The problem of dividing up a fixed number
of things or objects among groups of different sizes.

Answer 1

Apportionment

Question 2

a method of dividing a population into several parts

Answer 2

Apportionment

Question 3

In politics, this takes the form of allocating a limited number of ______________amongst voters.

Apportion is used to determine how many people a member of theh ouse of representative will ________

Answer 3

1.) representatives
2.) represent

Question 4

1.) The first census was to be taken in-________

2.) . In the spring of ____, they passed a bill to apportion
the House, using a method proposed by 3.) ______________ and now known as Hamilton’s method.

Answer 4

1.) 1790

2.) 1792

3.) Alexander Hamilton

Question 4

1.) The ratio between the total population and the total number to apportion

2.) The whole number part of the quotient of a population divided by the standard divisor

3.) the standard quota rounded down to a whole number

4.) the standard quota rounded up to a whole number

5.) The standard quota rounded off to a whole number.

Answer 4

1.) Standard Divisor
2.) Standard Quota
3.) Standard Quota Lower (or Lower Quota)
4.) Standard Quota Upper (or Upper Quota)
5.) Standard Quota Round Off (Round Off Quota)

Question 5

1.) The thing being divided up can exist only
in __________numbers.

2.) We must use all of the things being
________up, and we ________use any more.

3.) Each group must get at least ____of the
things being divided up.

4.) The number of things assigned to each
group should be at least approximately
____________to the population of the
group.

Answer 5

1.) Whole

2.) Divided, Cannot

3.) One

4.) Proportional

Question 6

LIST OF APPORTIONMENT METHODS

Answer 6

1. Hamilton’s Method
   (1852-1911)
2. Jefferson’s Method
   (1791-1842)
3. Adam’s Method (1832)
4. Webster’s Method (1842)
5. Huntington-Hill Method
   (1940-PRESENT)

Question 7

1.) When was the Hamilton’s method approved?
2.) Who vetoed this method?
3.) This method was later adopted in____ through _____

Answer 7

1.) 1791
2.) President Washington
3.) 1852 through 1911

Question 8

proposed a new method of apportionment
after President Washington vetoed Hamilton’s Method in
1791.

Answer 8

Thomas Jefferson

Question 9

Jefferson’s Method was used
in Congress from _____ to
_____

Answer 9

1791-1842

Question 10

This method tends to favor
larger states.

Answer 10

Jefferson’s Method

Question 11

An apportionment method proposed by former U.S. President John Quincy Adams

Answer 11

Adams Method

Question 12

Who proposed the websters method in 1782 - 1852

Answer 12

Daniel Webster

Question 13

It is credited to Edward Vermilye Huntington and Joseph Adna Hill.

Answer 13

Huntington-Hill Method