Lesson 4.02 The House of Representatives

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The House of Representatives Review

Review the key terms, events, and people from the lesson.

1. Gives each state in the House one vote to choose the President if there is no majority in the Electoral College and gives the Senate authority to choose the Vice-President.
   1. Twelfth Amendment
   2. Fourteenth Amendment

   Answer: a. Twelfth Amendment

2. Members of the House of Representatives must be at least ______ years old.
   1. 25
   2. 35

   Answer: a. 25

3. Based on the concept of ____________, each seat in the House represents a congressional district and should represent the same number of people, approximately 700,000.
   1. apportionment
   2. gerrymandering

   Answer: a. apportionment

4. Party politics often creeps into the process of reapportionment since the party in power usually draws boundaries to its own political advantage therefore the process is often called __________.

   1. apportionment
   2. gerrymandering

   Answer: b. gerrymandering

5. The most powerful member of the House of Representatives and serves as its presiding officer.
   1. The President
   2. Speaker of the House

   Answer: b. Speaker of the House

6. The ___________ is the floor leader for the party with the most members in the House and serves as the assistant to the Speaker of the House.

   1. majority leader
   2. minority leader

   Answer: a. majority leader

7. Both parties elect a _________ to “encourage” members of their party to support the party’s position and to vote with the party leaders.
   1.  hammer
   2. whip

   Answer: b. whip

8. This committee, also known as the “Speaker’s Committee,” basically sets the rules for how, when, and under what rules debate will take place on a bill.
   1. Ways and Means Committee
   2. Rules Committee

   Answer: b. Rules Committee

9. There are twenty of these permanent committees in the House and every bill passed through either house in Congress is first considered by a _________ committee.

   1. standing
   2. sitting

   Answer: a. standing

10. The House of Representatives establishes these temporary committees with a specific timeline to complete a specific task like investigation into a matter.

    1. select committee
    2. volunteer committee

    Answer: a. select committee

11. The House of Representatives occasionally forms ______________with the Senate to tackle issues that impact both chambers of Congress.

    1. opposition committees
    2. joint committees

    Answer: b. joint committees