Name_______________________

Article 1: The Legislative Branch

Part 1: By the Numbers
1. What is the total number of representatives for Tennessee? _________

2. Add the total number of representatives and senators. That number is your electoral
number, meaning the number of electoral votes your state has in the presidential election.
What is that electoral number? ________

3. Determine which state or states have the most representatives. List the top five states
and how many representatives each has.




4. Which states and territories have only one representative?






Part 2: General Info
1. The laws of the United States are made by the ______________.
2. Congress is made up of _______ houses.
3. The upper house of Congress is called the ________________.
4. The lower house of Congress is called the ________________.
5. The form of government where people vote on people to make decisions for them is
called _________________________.
6. People in the Senate are called _______________.
7. There are _____________ members in the Senate.
8. There can be no more than ________ members in the House of Representatives.
9. Tennessee has _____________ representatives.
10. The two people who represent me in the Senate are:

11. The congressperson who represents me in the House is ________________________.
12. Each senator is elected for a period of ___________ years.
13. Each congressperson is elected for a period of _______ years.
14. Congress meets in a building called the ____________________.
Name_______________________
Part 3: The People that Represent You
Read the biography of each of your two senators and the congressperson that represents
you to fill in the following chart. For each, answer the following questions:
1. What 6 points about their life do you find most interesting?
2. How old are they?
3. How long have they been in office?
4. What Political Party do they belong to?
5. Which issues do they care most about?