'Wesberry' presentation slideshows

The Constitution & Cases

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Unit 4 American Institutions & Practices

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Chapter 8: Political Participation AP Classes, October 8, 2013

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Take Five

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Congress

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Unit IV: Legislative Branch

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INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT CONGRESS CHAPTER 12

INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT CONGRESS CHAPTER 12. Vocabulary Congress Chapter 12. Baker v. Carr - Joint Committee Cloture - Logrolling Congressional oversight - Majority leader Constituent - Pork barrel Earmarks - Reapportionment Filibuster - Regulatory policy

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Redistricting

Redistricting . How Do We Determine Who We Are Voting For?. It Really is a Puzzle. Guidelines for Districts. What guidance does the Constitution give? General Ticket System Single Member District At-Large. 1842. Removal of General Election System State Legislatures

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Reapportionment and Gerrymandering

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INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT CONGRESS CHAPTER 12

INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT CONGRESS CHAPTER 12. Vocabulary Congress Chapter 12. Baker v. Carr - Joint Committee Cloture - Logrolling Congressional oversight - Majority leader Constituent - Pork barrel Earmarks - Reapportionment Filibuster - Regulatory policy

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Congress

Congress . The legislative branch. Members represent their constituents. Constituency-the district comprising the area which an official is elected, but this difficult for a congressman because of many demands of the people A congressman also sees his job in 3 ways:

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Institutions

Institutions. Congress. Census Redistricting Gerrymandering House of Representatives 435 seats 2year term Senate 100 6 year term . Voting Right Cases. Smith v Allwright 1944 Wesberry v Sanders 1963 Buckley v Valeo 1976 Shaw v Reno 1993/ Miller v Johnson 1995

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Differences between the House of Representatives and the Senate

Differences between the House of Representatives and the Senate. Questions. A person wants to be Senator for Arizona. If they live in Arizona but work in Nevada can they do so? Who is the leader of the House? Who is the leader of the Senate? Who serves in the absence of the Senate Leader?

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Houses and Members of Congress

Houses and Members of Congress. Section 2 Chapter 5. House of Representatives. The framers intended the House to be close to the people then the Senate Their idea was the ordinary people would serve for a brief period of time. House of Representatives. Size.

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Last Word : 5.2/5.3 due Wednesday

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Chapter 10

Chapter 10. Congress. Section 1- The National Legislature. U.S. is a representative democracy Citizens elect representatives Congress is the part of the U.S. government that makes laws. Two Houses (bicameral) Senate and House of Representatives

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Distribution of Seats in House of Representatives

Distribution of Seats in House of Representatives. Chapter 5 Sec.1 & 2. I. Size of House of Representatives. Has 435 (3) members today. This number is set by Congress not Constitution. Constitution only deals with apportionment

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Article One

Legislative Branch. Article One. The House of Representatives. Today in the House, there are 435 members. Not fixed by Constitution Set by Congress, provided that the seats in the House are apportioned among the States, based on population. Terms of House members are every 2 years.

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Definitions to know

Definitions to know . Apportionment : division of something Reapportionment : redistributing representatives in a legislative body Census : Count of population every 10 yrs Congressman at large : Congressman elected from a state as a whole and not a district

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