The Three Branches of

Government
The Legislative Branch
The legislative branch is made up of
two groups of people: the House of
Representatives and the Senate.
Together these groups are called
Congress.

The House of Representatives: Together, the House

of Representatives
This group of people is made up of and the Senate write
representatives from each state in the and vote on laws and
country. Citizens elect one representative for actions that will
every 30,000 people that live in the state. This affect the country.
means that states with a larger population One very important
have more representatives because there are responsibility that the
more people to represent in the government. two groups have
Every 10 years, the government recounts the together is to decide
number of people living in each state. This is when and if the United
called a census. If the population in a state States should declare
increases, then that state’s number of war on another
representatives can increase too. Members country. These
of the House are elected every two years. groups of Congress
The Senate: meet at the Capitol
Unlike the House of Representatives, each Building in Washington
state has the same amount of people in the D.C.
Senate. This group of people has 2 members
from each state of the country, regardless of the
size of the state. Senators are elected every six
years.

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 The Legislative Branch

REVIEW >>>
1. The legislative branch is made up of two groups:

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2. Explain how the government decides how many people are selected
from each state to be in the House of Representatives.

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3. How many people from each state are voted to be in the Senate?

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4. What is one responsibility of Congress (the Senate and the House of

Representatives)?

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