Government Flashcards
The United States is a democracy, define representative democracy?
Representative democracy, is a democracy where people can elect representatives to the government and entrust them to exercise government power appropriately.
What is the Legislature responsible for?
Legislature is responsible for taking care of the public’s demands, concerns, and wills, deciding whether to make it into a law.
What type of Legislate do we have and name the house the make up our legislature?
We have bicameral legislature, which makes up two-house legislature system, such as the Senate and House of Representative.
What are the theoretical and practical reasons for having two houses?
The theoretical reason for having having two houses is to keep one house act as a check on the other house, which helps limits the power of the Congress, to keep them in line. The practical reason for having two house is that the Framers had created two house legislature to resolve the disagreement over the New Jersey and Virginia plan.
How many session does Congress have in a year and how long does the session last?
Congress have one session a year and the session usually last the entire year, but they do have breaks for a few weeks at different times of the year. Once the session ends, that is it unless the president calls back in for a special occasion.
House of Representative Qualification:
1) Age:
2) Constitutionally how many years to be U.S. citizen?
3) Where does the Representative live?
4) How long can a representative serve?
5) Are there term limits?
1) 25 years old
2) you have to be U.S. citizen for 7 years prior to the election
3) A representative lives in a district you represent, this is custom, not traditionally
4) A representative can serve 2 years
5) there aren’t any terms limits
Senate Qualification:
1) What age is qualified?
2) How many years you have to be U.S. citizen?
3) how long can Senate serve?
4) Are there term limits?
1) 30 years old
2) 9 years prior election to the election
3) senate can serve 6 years
4) There aren’t any term limits, which is the constitution
How many congressional districts are in the U.S and what law established this number?
There are 435 congressional districts in the U.S. and it was the ‘Reapportionment Act of 1929 that determined the set of numbers of seats.
How are districts distributed?
Districts are distributed among the states based on their population.
How many congressional districts does Indiana have?
Indiana have 9 congressional districts.
Congress redistributes House of Representatives seats based on what? How often does it occur?
Congress redistributes House of Representatives seats based on each 10 year census and add seats accordingly, which is why people believe they become too big to function.
If one state lose a seat, then another state has to?
If one state gain a seat, then another state has to lose one seat.
Has the average population per congressional district increased or decreased over time?
The average population per congressional districts has increased.
How many Senate seats are there total?
How many Senators do each states receive?
There are 100 Senate seats total and there are 2 Senators in each states.
Name two Indiana’s Senator?
Mike Braun and Todd Young
