Vocabulary1
A document that set up the nation's first central government.
The animal with the largest eyeball.
Colossal Squid
Key powers of the legislative branch?
approve or reject president's choice for key jobs
approve ambassadors, federal judges, and cabinet members
write bills/make lows
vote to go to war
This is the main responsibility of the legislative branch?
Make laws
A meeting to improve the Articles of Confederation and set up the government.
Constitutional Convention
A group of advisors to the president/executive branch, including the heads of important departments in the executive branch.
Cabinet
Bill Clinton
Donald Trump
The three presidents that have been impeached.
Sink to the bottom and crawl across (they can hold their breath for 7 minutes)
Inflate their intestines and use them as a flotation device
The animal with the longest neck in the world.
Giraffe
The animal that has a gland above its eye to filter saltwater.
Penguin
Cory Booker and George Helmy
The senators of New Jersey.
House of Representatives and the Senate
The two houses of Congress
When each branch limits, or checks, the powers of the others.
Checks and Balances
A document that describes how the new government would work.
Constitution
How do other branches check the legislative branch?
The president can veto a bill (refuse to sign it).
The Judicial branch can declare laws unconstitutional (law is not allowed/not legal).
Number of House of Representatives elected per state?
Extra credit: # of officials for New Jersey
it depends on the population of the state.
12 representatives
2 senators
An agreement in which each side gives up some of what it wants.
Compromise
To accuse or charge a government official such as the president, with a crime or misconduct.
Impeach
This type of shark is blind due to a special parasite that eats their eyes and replaces them.
Greenland sharks
How does a bill become a law?
Members of congress with the bill and then it will be voted by both houses (House of Representatives and Senate). If passed by both, it will go to the president.
If signed, it will become a low.
If vetoed by the president, it will go back to Congress and if passed by 2/3 votes majority, the veto will be overruled and the bill will become a law