Legistalive Branch
What is he Legislative Branch also known as?
What is the Congress.
What does the president have to sign?
What is laws?
How are the members of the Supreme Court Justice chosen?
What is nominated by the President.
If you break down the word Democracy, What does Demos and Kratos mean?
What is Demos means "people"and Kratos means "power".
What is the purpose of a bill of rights and constitution?
What is to establish the rules and regulations for how a government should function and be structured, and to define the rights of citizens.
The Bill of Rights is an amendent to the constitution which goes over fundamental individual rights and civil liberties against government overreach, guaranteeing freedoms like speech, religion, press, assembly, and due process of law.
What 2 groups is the Legislative Branch made up of?
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate
What does veto mean?
What is even though the congress voted for the law the president does not have to agree
Why is the supreme court so important
What is it has the final say about whether something is constitutional.
What is a Democracy?
What is a System of Government ruled by the people.
How many amendments does the Bill of Rights and the Constitution have?.
What is 10 for the Bill of Rights and 27 (counting the 10 from the Bill of Rights) for the whole Constitution.
How many Senators from each State are in Congress?
BONUS: How many House of Representatives in total?
What is 2 (100 in total).
435 (different amount from each state depending on population)
How long can someone be the president?
What is 8 years, 2 terms of 4 year.
Why is there an uneven number of justices on the supreme court?
What is The U.S. Supreme Court has nine justices because the law requires it, and an odd number helps reduce the chance of a split decision.
When did Democracy 1st appear in civilizations?
What is Democracy started 508-507 BC.
Who first proposed a bill of rights,and why was the proposal rejected.
Who was George Mason of Virginia. It as rejected because it was seen as not necessary.
A person must be ____ years old to be in the senate and _____ years old to be part of the House of Representatives.
What is 30 years old to be in the senate and 25 years old to be part of the House of Representatives.
Who is the president in charge of appointing?
Who is the Vice President,Speaker of the House of Representatives,Supreme Court, etc
Why does the supreme court exist?
What is to act as the highest court in the US and to ensure equal justice under law.
Where did Democracy originate?
In ancient Athens and Greece.
How does the bill of rights/constitution try to ensure justice and fairness?
What is before a law is passed the judicial system must examine it to make sure it follows the constition and bill of rights by not taking away people's rights or letting the government over power the people.
The Senator is in term for ____ years and the House Representatives are in term for _____ years.
What is The Senator is in term for 6 years and the House Representatives are in term for 2 years.
Who works directly under the president?
Who is the Cabinet.
What is 9.
When did Democracy begin in the United States?
What is the 1630s.
Who were the Federalists, and why did they think a Bill of Rights was unnecessary?
What is an early US national political party that advocated a strong central government and held power from 1789 to 1801 that was against the Bill of Rights because They said since the new Constitution limited the power of the government so no bill of individual rights was needed.