Terms and Requirments
what is 2 years
What is the vice president’s responsibility in the Senate?
What is President of the Senate, votes in event of a tie
Presidents cabinet
What is Heads of executive departments who are responsible for advising the president.
3 levels of federal courts
What is supreme court, Court of appeals, and district courts
Role of legislative branch
terms for the senate
what is 6 years
What are congressional districts?
What is The area that a Congressperson represents.
name 5 executive departments
What is department of state, the treasury, education, labor, defense, homeland security, energy
number of supreme court members
what is 9
what is to enforce laws
Are there term limits for the house
what is no
New Jerseys representative in the House of Representatives?
What is Thomas H. Kean Jr.
How does the electoral college work
What is Each state receives a number of electors equal to its representation in Congress. Washington D.C. also receives three electors. Generally, a state’s votes for president determine how their electors will vote. A majority of the 538 total electoral college votes is needed to win.
Why is the supreme court known as the highest level of court?
Its rulings are final and cannot be appealed
Role of judicial branch
What is to interpret laws
are there term limits for the house
what is no
What is gerrymandering?
What is Redrawing congressional districts in order to benefit a political party.
Appointments a president can make
What is Ambassadors, Supreme Court justices, federal judges, cabinet members, heads of executive agencies.
Role citizens play in the judicial branch
What is taking part in jury duty
People who make up the legislative branch
Senate-100 senators, House of Representatives-435 congressperson
A presidents term
what is 4 years
Can Congress do anything to raise revenue?
What is raising taxes, impose tariffs, borrow money, and printing money
Role the president serves in the military
What is commander in chief
3 examples of criminal cases that would be tried in federal cases
Drug smuggling, bank robbery, counterfeiting, and crimes committed at sea
People who make up the executive branch
What is the president, the vice president, cabinet, executive departments and agencies