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Congress and Congressional Elections Quiz
December 24, 2020
</p> <section> <h2> <h1><strong>Congress and Congressional Elections Quiz</strong></h1> <h1></h1> <h2><strong></strong></h2> </h2> <p><em>by Joseph Postell</em></p> <p><em> </em></p> <p>While the forthcoming presidential election is getting most of the attention, results in this November’s election also will determine who will serve as voting members in 470 U.S. House and Senate seats and which political party will have a majority in the two legislative bodies.</p> <p> </p> <p>The quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, provides an opportunity for you to test your knowledge of Congressional elections.</p> <p><em> </em></p> <p><em>Joseph Postell, Ph.D., a member of the faculty at the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and editor of the forthcoming Ashbrook Center compendium, Congress: Core Documents. </em></p> <p> </p> </section> <section> <h2> <h2>The U.S. Constitution states that to be elected to the House of Representatives, a person must be how old and must have been a U.S. citizen for how long?</h2> </h2> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>The so-called Elections Clause (Article I, Section IV) of the Constitution puts choosing the “Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections” for Senators and Representatives in the hands of whom?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>The Constitution only mandates that Congress meet once per year. What was the original required date and what is the current required date, after a final change was made with passage of the 20<sup>th</sup> Amendment?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>U.S. Senators are elected to serve terms of how many years?</h2> <h2><strong></strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>Senators are elected “by the people thereof” rather than by State Legislatures after ratification of which Amendment to the Constitution?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>What percentage of Senators are up for reelection in the 2019 elections?</h2> <h2><strong></strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>The number of elected members of the House of Representatives has been fixed since 1929. How many Representatives are there?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>Which congressional officer is specifically mentioned in the Constitution, as chosen by the members of one of the Houses of Congress?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>The first African American was elected to serve in the House of Representatives in 1870. What was his name and what state did he represent?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>The first woman was elected to serve as a U.S. Senator in 1932. What was her name and what state did she represent?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h2></h2> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>
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