34 minutes.
Question 1
The activities and effects of a legislative body are not simply the products of individual member behavior.
IncorrectQuestion 2
Chamber size does not affect the procedural aspects of the legislature.
Question 4
Which of the following DOES NOT impact legislative decision-making process?
Question 5
Legislative reform was sweeping the United States during the latter part of the ___________.
Question 6
“The Young Turks” were a group of legislators in the state of _____________.
Question 7
“A commonwealth is but a civil society of men” was the saying of ______________.
Question 8
The point of the Senate for James Madison was __________________.
Question 9
_______________ has “the sole power to try impeachments.”
Question 10
According to the National Council of State Legislatures (NCSL), which of the following state as of 2017 has a “part-time” legislature?
Question 13
States with larger populations tend to prefer full-time legislatures.
Question 14
The manifest function of the First Amendment in a representative government requires that legislators be given the widest latitude to express their views on the issues of policy.
Question 15
Gerrymandering originated in the State of ___________________.
Question 16
Gerrymandering was used against racial minorities in the southern states during the “Jim Crow Era” from 1870 to 1965.
Question 17
In Rucho vs. Common Cause, 139 S.Ct. 2484 (2019), the Supreme Court held that courts are powerless to hear challenges to bipartisan gerrymandering.
Question 18
The most racially and ethnically diverse Congress since 1789 has been the ___________.
Question 19
The President of the Senate is _____________.