Executive Branch
This person is the head of the executive branch of the US government.
What is the president?
This body is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
What is Congress?
This is the highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What is the "supreme law of the land (the United States)"
What is the Constitution?
The executive branch's primary responsibility is to __ this law.
What is enforce?
The number of Representatives each state gets is based on this.
What is population?
The judicial branch interprets this.
What is the Constitution?
This person becomes the President if the President dies or quits while in office.
Who is the vice-President?
Congress is another name for which branch of the US government.
What is the Legislative branch?
The President can veto a bill passed by this branch.
What is the Legislative Branch (Congress)?
This branch is responsible for making laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
The Supreme Court has this many justices.
What is nine?
A person who sits on the Supreme Court is known as
Who is a Supreme Court justice?
This branch of the government has two chambers.
What is the Legislative branch (Congress)?
The President serves this many years per term according to the Constitution.
What is four years?
Senators serve for this many years per term.
What is six years?
This power allows courts to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
Name the two people who helped Thomas Jefferson edit the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Benjamin Franklin and John Adams?
This term means to add or change the Constitution.
What is amend?
This group advises the President and is made up of the heads of executive departments.
What is the Cabinet?
This chamber of Congress has 100 members total.
What is the Senate?
The Supreme Court will hear cases when __________ have disputes. (not people)
What are states?
He is known as "The Father of the Constitution"
Who is James Madison?
Term that means when the national government shares power with state governments.
What is federalism?