Unit 2: The Legislative Branch

Vocabulary List

Instructions: Please define the following words. Use your textbook, homework, and notes (including
powerpoints used in class) to find the definition. DO NOT google the words.

Resources to Use:
● We started this unit on 10/21.

Vocabulary Term Definition

legislate

Legislative Branch

Article I

The Great Compromise

House of Representatives
(# of members, term length, who they represent,
how states are represented in it, qualifications
to be a member of…)

Senate
(# of members, term length, who they represent,
how states are represented in it, qualifications
to be a member of…)

Congress

Enumerated powers

Implied Powers

Seventeenth Amendment

Reapportionment

Redistricting

Partisan Gerrymandering

Racial Gerrymandering

Majority-minority districts

Baker v. Carr (1962)

 Shaw v. Reno (1993)

Necessary and Proper Clause

Safe Seat

Power of the Purse

Military Powers (of Congress)

Commerce Power