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