Executive Branch
The head of the Executive Branch.
Who is the President?
These are the names of the two houses in Congress.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
The main responsibility of the Judicial Branch
What is interpreting laws?
According to the 4th Amendment, the police need this to enter your home.
What is a warrant?
This group wanted a strong federal government.
Who are the federalists?
The main responsibility of the Executive Branch
What is to enforce laws created by Congress
They serve for 2 year terms.
How long is a term for a member of the House of Representatives?
These members of the judicial branch have lifetime appointments.
What is the term of a Supreme Court justice?
This amendment guarantees freedom of speech and religion.
What is the 1st Amendment?
This group thought that power should stay with the states.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
The number of terms a president can be elected to serve.
What is two?
They serve for 6 year terms.
How long is a term for a member of the Senate?
This is the number of Justices on the Supreme Court.
What is nine?
This person write the Bill of Rights.
Who is James Madison?
These were essays written by supporters of the Constitution (like Hamilton and Madison) to convince people to ratify, or approve, the new government.
What are the Federalist Papers?
This is the power the president has to reject a bill passed by Congress.
What is the power of veto?
This is based on population.
How is representation determined in the House of Representatives?
This member of the Executive Branch appoints federal judges.
Who is the president?
This branch uses the Bill of Rights to determine the conditionality of a law.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This is the document that the Federalists wanted to replace with a new government.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This is what is meant by the president being "Commander in Chief."
What is being in charge of the military?
Every state gets 2.
How is representation determined in the Senate?
These members of the Legislative Branch confirm federal judges.
Who are Senators?
"I plead the ____." This means you're not going to speak.
What is the 5th?
He is considered the "leader" of the Federalists.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?