Unit 2 Terms: AMSCO AP Government and Politics verified to pass 2024

Unit 2 Terms: AMSCO AP Government and Politicsbicameral - correct answers The division of a legislature into two separate assemblies (or houses) pork barrel spending - correct answers The use of government funds for projects designed to please voters or legislators and win votes gerrymandering - correct answers Manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party marginal seats - correct answers Political districts in which candidates elected to the House of Representatives win in close elections, typically with less than 55 percent of the vote. Seventeenth Amendment - correct answers Established the popular election of United States senators by the people of the states. Prior to its passage senators were elected by state legislatures standing committees - correct answers Permanent committees that meet regularly and are assigned work on an ongoing basis conference committees - correct answers Committees of Congress appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill caucuses - correct answers Groups of members of the United States Congress that meet to pursue common legislative objectives. filibuster - correct answers An attempt to defeat a bill in the Senate by talking indefinitely, thus preventing the Senate from taking action on the bill cloture rule - correct answers Procedure that may be used to limit or end floor debate in the Senate