Wordle
The President has the power to _________ or cancel/reject bills.
What is veto?
The main objective of the Legislative Branch.
What is make laws?
The main objective of the Executive Branch.
What is enforce laws?
The main objective of the Judicial Branch.
What is interpret laws?
Name of the meeting to change the government in the United States.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
Category
Branches of Government
Presidents can __________ criminals (set them free).
What is pardon?
The leader of the House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
The main leader of the Branch.
Who is the President?
The highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
Compromise
What is an agreement between 2 or more people/groups that disagree?
The meaning/purpose of checks & balances.
Our balanced system of government is to make sure that no branch has more power than another branch.
Courtroom officer whose job is to make sure no violence takes place in the courtroom
Who is the Bailiff?
The total number of Congressmen in the House AND the number per state.
What is 435 AND based on population?
The length of a Presidential term.
What is 4 years?
The accused person in a trial.
Who is the defendant?
Agreement where slaves only counted as a percentage of the population.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
Before the trial, the accused person must ________ guilty or not guilty before a judge
What is plead?
TWO of the four remaining jobs of the Legislative Branch.
What are...
1. create annual budget for US government
2. tax citizens to raise $ for budget
3. can declare war on other countries
4. investigate Presidential conflicts
The Vice President's role in the Legislative Branch.
What is leader of the Senate and tie breaker?
The length of a Supreme Court Justice's term.
What is lifelong, or as long as they want?
The name of the proposal where representation in Congress would ONLY be based on the population of each state.
What is the Virginia Plan?
In order for the US Constitution to pass, it needed to be ___________ by all 13 states (another word for approve).
What is ratified?
The steps for creating a NEW law.
What are:
1. Anyone can write a bill and propose it to Congress.
2. The bill goes to a special committee who edits it, gives it feedback, possibly rejects it if it’s really bad.
3. The bill is brought to both houses of Congress. Both houses have people debate for and against the bill.
4. Both houses vote to pass the bill. If there is a majority in BOTH houses, the bill passes.
5. If the bill passes, the President of the US can sign the bill and it officially becomes a law. OR the President can veto (cancel) the bill.
6. Congress can override the President’s veto by getting ⅔ vote in both houses.
The main responsibilities of the president.
What are:
1. Sign bills to become laws or veto them
2. Enforce the laws by leading law enforcement agencies (FBI, Police, etc.)
3. Sign treaties with other countries
4. Pardon criminals of federal crimes
5. “Commander in Chief” - Supreme leader of armed forces (Army & Navy)
The way most cases reach the Supreme Court.
What are appeals from lower courts?
The ages you need to be to run for president, senator, and congressman.
What are 35, 30, and 25?