Executive
The maximum number of years the President can be in office.
What is 8.
Number of years a member of the House of Representatives is in office before having to run for reelection (how long is their term)
What is 2 years
This gives you the right to 'bear arms'
What is Amendment 2
You need 2/3 of Congress to agree in order to do this.
Override a presidential veto.
This group interprets the Constitution and tells us what it means.
What is the Judicial branch
He was the leader of Jamestown who made people work if they wanted to get paid.
John Smith
Hillary Clinton won this in 2016
Number of years a member of the Senate is in office before having to run for reelection (how long is their term)
What is 6 years
This prevents you from having to testify against yourself.
What is the 5th Amendment
This group can impeach a President.
Who is Congress
This is an alternative plan for electing the President.
Popular Vote
or District Electoral Vote
The big business in Jamestown
Tobacco Farming
You need at least this many Electoral College Votes to win the Presidential election
What is 270
They must approve the following Presidential Acts
Treaties, Appointments of judges, Appointment of Cabinet members
This outlaws Cruel and Unusual Punishment
What is the 8th Amendment
Who is the President.
This branch of government makes sure that the laws are followed and carried out
Name of the company that invested in Jamestown Colony
Virginia Company
There are this many Electoral College Votes total
538
How are the Congress elected?
What is Directly (with the popular vote).
No search and seizure of your belongings without probably cause (a reason to believe a crime may have been committed)
What are the legislative and executive branches.
This branch of government makes the laws.
What is the Legislative branch.
Name of the indigenous people who occupied the land where Massachusetts Bay colony was established.
Wampanoag
This is how we determine the number of electoral college votes each state gets.
Number of senators plus number of representatives in the House of Representatives = Total number of Electoral College votes for a state.
Not a Legislative Branch question but...What does it mean when the Preamble states that the Constitution was written to 'ensure domestic tranquility"
It means that the Constitution was written to make sure that there is peace in the nation.
The five parts to the first Amendment.
Freedom of speech, religion, press (printing in newspapers) and right to petition the government and to assemble in a group.
Congress controls funding of troops and is the branch who can Declare War. Who are they limiting with this power?
What is the Executive Branch?
Which article of the Constitution addresses the role of the Judicial branch?
Article III
Name of first group of English people to settle in Massachusetts
Pilgrims
What are the most powerful things that the President can do?
Veto a bill and stop it from becoming a law.
Appoint judges.
Send troops into battle.
Number of members of the House of Representatives
435
Amendment 3
If Congress passes a law that violates the Constitution, this branch can strike it down.
What is the Supreme Court?
This branch of government has the power of the purse.
What is legislative branch.
Name of document signed by Saints and Strangers binding them together under 1 government.
Mayflower Compact
What does 'enforce the laws' mean?
It means to make sure the laws are carried out and followed and if they are not to hold the people who are ignoring the law accountable.
Number of members of the Senate
100
Who does the Bill of Rights protect and who do they protect them from?
The Bill of Rights protects the people from the government.
The Supreme Court can rule a law unconstitutional. But this branch can try to respond by passing a new law or proposing a constitutional amendment.
What is the legislative branch?
This was added after the Constitution was ratified and approved.
Bill of Rights - 1st 10 amendments
What were the Navigation Acts
England began passing a series of laws called Navigation Acts in the 1650s. The laws forced colonists to sell their raw materials to England even if they could get a better price elsewhere. Goods bought by the colonies from other countries in Europe had to go to England first and be taxed. All trade goods had to be carried on ships built in England or the colonies. The crews on the ships had to be English as well. The purpose was for England to profit off of the colonies and for England to be able to control Colonial Trade.