The Legislative Branch Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. Andrew Jackson
2. In 1790, Congress decided to create a federal city as the nation's capital. What is the name of this city?**
   Washington, D.C
3. The _________ of the US serves as president of the Senate.
   Vice President
4. A _______ or a majority of members must be present to vote. No _______, no vote.
   Quorum
5. The person in charge of the house of reps
   Speaker of the House
6. Congressional powers are _________, meaning they are specifically named in Article I, Section 8, of the US Constitution.
   enumerated
7. this amendment gave DC Residents the right to vote in presidential elections
   Twenty-Third
8. For house of reps . A person must be at least ___ years old and have been a US citizen for a minimum of ____ years.
   35 & 7
9. the total number of house of reps
   435
10. NYC
11. 10. **What concept, derived from the Constitution, ensures that the government must act in accordance with established laws?**
    Rule of Law
12. the 1st president to be impeached
    Andrew Johnson
13. after each census, the state legislatures meet to redraw district lines
    Redistricting
14. The total number of senators
    100
15. A new Congress begins in ______ following the latest congressional election.
    January
16. What power does Congress have allowing it to remove members who have broken the law?
    Impeachment
17. State legislatures often redraw district lines in a way that benefits the party that controls the legislature.
    Gerrymandering
18. The modern Congress is _______, meaning it has two houses, or legislative chambers.
    Bicameral
19. Every state has __ senators
    Two
20. Boston
21. In 1913, the _________ Amendment changed the Constitution to elect senators by popular vote.
    Seventeenth
22. For house of reps . A person must be at least ___ years old and have been a US citizen for a minimum of ____ years.
    30 & 9
23. The group of representatives and senators who serve together in the two-year period between congressional elections is known as a _________.
    Congress
24. The Legislative branch has the power to ________ laws.
    make