Potpourri
This type of central government shares it power with state governments.
What is federalism?
Who is Ben Franklin?
This house has 435 members
What is the House of Representatives?
The head of the executive branch.
Who is the President?
This branch of government creates laws.
What is the legislative branch?
This agreement gave fractional representation to slaves in the constitution.
What is the 3/5s compromise?
This plan called for a bicameral (Two house) congress based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This upper house has 100 members.
What is the Senate?
The leader of the executive branches foreign policy.
Who is the Secretary of State?
The responsibilities of the judicial branch.
What is ruling on laws constitutionality?
This agreement held the colonies together before the ratification of the constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation
This number of states was required to approve the constitution.
What is 9 of 13?
This house has the power of the purse.
What is the House of Representatives?
President's power to decline legislation.
What is a veto?
Branch with 9 members
What is the Supreme Court?
This city held the convention.
Where is Philadelphia?
This is the principle that the power of the constitution and the government is rooted in the power of the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
This population count determines the number of congressmen states receive.
What is the census?
A president's removal from office.
What is impeachment?
Branches of government without the power to declare war.
What are the judicial and executive branch?
This three word statement starts the preamble to the constitution.
Who are we the people?
These were agreed upon to keep the branches of government from becoming too powerful.
What are checks and balances?
The current leader of this upper house is Mitch McConnell.
What is the Senate?
The executives primary function.
What is to enforce and execute the laws.
Branch with the longest term length.
Who are the Supreme court justices? These justices are granted a lifetime appointment.