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____ 1. Bicameral A.| Lawmaking
____ 2. Senate B.| In this part of Congress, there is equal representation for each state.
____ 3. House of C.| The state legislative branch
Representatives D.| The process of making a state into congressional zones.
____ 4. General Assembly E.| To look over
____ 5. Implied Powers F.| Two houses
____ 6. Reapportionment G.| In this part of Congress, representation is based on population.
____ 7. Redistricting H.| After the session, the number of HOR seats is determined for each
____ 8. Proportional state.
____ 9. Oversight I.| Corresponding in size
____ 10. Legislative J.| Powers that are suggested but not stated

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 | The two houses are: ___________ and House of Representatives.

, | Congress is ____________________________, which means there are two houses.

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 | The Senate and House of Representatives have _______________ and
 subcommittees. Committees have the main responsibility of writing, debating
and __________________ out specifics of a bill.
 | Representatives chose to be on different committees based on their
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 | It is hard to make bills into laws because:

( + | Procedure: There are ton of steps

| _____________________ Rule: Two houses of Congress have to approve it with a

________ majority vote.

| Politics: The United States is a __________________ system. It is hard for the

Republicans and Democrats to agree on things.

| Checks and Balances: The two houses check each other. The president checks

the powers of Congress.
| Society and Culture: People and ideas are slow to _______________ . For example, it
took the U.S. _____________ years to give women the right to ____________.


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You will be playing a board game on how a bill becomes a law. It is similar to Chutes and Ladders. I need a
volunteer to play this game with me on the board. You will then be broken up into groups of 4 to play this
game together. The first team to win, will win a PRIZE!!!

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Play the Board Game. Your group MUST read each step. I will be around to see that you are workingǥ if
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DzIt usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then after it has done its work, it usually takes a
hundred years to get rid of it.dz ȄHenry Ward Beecher
In a BCR, explain why laws are so hard to make and why they have been designed this way.