Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Amendments
Potpourri
100
The Legislative power of the United States is vested in this
What is Congress
100
Minimum age that a President of the U.S. must be?
What is 35 years old?
100
Power of a government to take private property for public use
What is eminent domain?
100
Established the right to bear arms
What is the 2nd Amendment?
100
This first set out the basic rights of the people.
What is the Bill of Rights?
200
The term of a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
What is two years?
200
Maximum years of a term a President is strictly limited to
What is 10 years?
200
The power to determine the constitutionality of a government action.
What is judicial review?
200
Forbids slavery in the United States
What is the 13th Amendment?
200
These are powers delegated to the National Government because it is the government of a sovereign state.
What are inherent powers?
300
The drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group.
What is gerrymandering?
300
Process by which cabinet members obtain their positions
What is appointed by the President and approved by the Senate?
300
This body tries the president in an impeachment case.
What is the Senate?
300
Set minimum voting age at 18
What is 26th Amendment?
300
Succeeds the vice president in the Presidential Succession Act of 1947.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
400
The minimum age of a U.S. senator
What is 30 years old?
400
Minimum number of electoral votes a candidate has to receive to win the presidency.
What is 270?
400
This court hears both civil and criminal cases
What are the federal district courts?
400
Outlawed the making or the sale of alcoholic beverages.
What is the 18th Amendment?
400
Also known as the "elastic clause"
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
500
These are the powers that Congress does not have and may not exercise.
What are reserved powers?
500
Method by which a vice-presidential vacancy is filled
What is a vote of the combined House and Senate?
500
Court decisions that stand as an example to be followed in future, similar cases
What is precedent?
500
Gave women the right to vote in the United States.
What is 19th Amendment?
500
This assures that each state must respect and recognize the validity of actions taken in other states.
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
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