Q's 26-50

Question 1

26. What are the qualifications for becoming a Member of the House of Representatives?

Answer 1

25 or more years old
7 years a citizen
Live in the state they represent

Question 2

27. What are the qualifications for becoming a Senator?

Answer 2

30 or more years old
9 years a citizen
Live in the state they represent

Question 3

28. What are the qualifications for becoming President of the United States?

Answer 3

35 or more years old
Natural born citizen
Live in the U.S. for the last 14 years.

Question 4

29. What is the term of office for the House of Representatives?

Answer 4

2 years

Question 5

30. What is the term of office for a Senator?

Answer 5

6 years

Question 6

31. What is the term of office for the President of the United States?

Answer 6

4 years

Question 7

32. How many members of the House of Representatives?

Answer 7

435

Question 8

33. How many members of the Senate?

Answer 8

100

Question 9

34. How is the number of Members of the House for each state determined?

Answer 9

By population size

Question 10

35. How is the number of Senators from each state determined?

Answer 10

Two from each state

Question 11

36. How many Members of the House does CA have today?

Answer 11

55

Question 12

37. What is a census?

Answer 12

A counting of the people

Question 13

38. How often does the United States take the census?

Answer 13

10 years

Question 14

39. Why does the United States take the census?

Answer 14

To determine the representation for each state

Question 15

40. Why is the Senate called the “House that never dies”?

Answer 15

⅓ of the Senate is up for election every 2 years, therefore they always have Senators who have some experience.

Question 16

41. What is “the full faith and credit” clause?

Answer 16

If two people make a contract in one state they cannot get out of it by going to a different state.

Question 17

42. What are enumerated powers?

Answer 17

Powers listed or numbered in the Constitution

Question 18

43. What are implied powers?

Answer 18

Powers not written in the Constitution, but are suggested by the powers that are written.

Question 19

44. What are reserved powers?

Answer 19

Powers not granted in the Constitution to the national government, so they are state powers.

Question 20

45. What is “the necessary and proper” clause?

Answer 20

At the end of the list of powers given to the Congress in the Constitution it gives any powers needed to carry out the listed powers.

Question 21

46. What is the “elastic” clause?

Answer 21

The “elastic clause” is the nickname for the Necessary and Proper clause because it allows Congress to stretch the powers given to them.

Question 22

47. Which power of Congress has been stretched the most?

Answer 22

The most elastic power of Congress has be the interstate commerce clause.

Question 23

48. What are the 3 types of government that describe where the power is in a government?

Answer 23

Unitary
Federal
Confederate

Question 24

49. What are the 3 types of government that describe who has the power?

Answer 24

Democracy
Oligarchy
Monarchy

Question 25

50. What does impeachment mean?

Answer 25

To accuse of wrong doing