Directions: Use the Word Bank Below the Chart to Help You Complete It

Name ______Period ______

Directions: Use the word bank below the chart to help you complete it.

House of Senate Representatives

Number of members

Term (years)

Number per state

Age Requirement

Citizenship Requirement

% Elected every two years Method of selection (how do we pick them) Size of constituency (how many people do they represent)

Presiding officer (leader)

Your elected official(s)

What party has control

New York State's number will

Word Bank:

Depends on population Republicans Roughly 500,000 per district 25 Speaker of the House Based on population Republicans 7 Kirsten Gillibrand 435 Chuck Schumer 2 Direct Vice President Remain the same 100 9 30 Entire state 2 33 1/3% Chris Collins 100% 6 Chosen by state legislatures until 17th Amendment (now it is direct election) Directions: Please answer the following questions.

1. Why do you think that senators seem to have more prestige than representatives?

2. What evidence in your completed chart suggests that the House of Representatives was intended to reflect the interests of the people, and also be more accountable to public opinion than the Senate?

3. Based on your information in the chart, what was the only body of the Federal Government that was originally set up as a direct form of democracy?

4. The current breakdown of the House of Representatives is:

______Republicans ______Independents

______Democrats ______Vacancy

What political party controls the House? ______

The Speaker of the House is ______

5. The current breakdown of the Senate is:

______Republicans ______Democrats ______Independents

What political party controls the Senate? ______

President of the Senate is ______- mainly a figurehead

Sen. Majority Leader is ______Sen. Minority Leader is ______

6. Based on the above breakdown of the House and Senate what would the Democrats like to see happen in the November 2018 congressional election? (Answer for both houses)

7. Based on the above breakdown of the House and Senate what would the Republicans like to see happen in the November 2018 congressional election? (Answer for both houses)

8. What is a divided government? What is one benefit and one cost associated with a divided government?