Vocabulary
The 3 different parts of the U.S. government.
What are branches?
The first national government that was weak and had very limited powers.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
What are the names of the two houses of the legislative branch?
What are the Senate and House of Representatives?
Who is in control of the executive branch?
Who is the president, or chief executive?
What is the key role of the judicial branch?
What is to interpret laws?
A formal agreement between 2 or more nations.
What is a treaty?
The document that created a strong national government and still exists today.
What is the Constitution?
What is the main role of the legislative branch?
What is make laws?
What is the key role of the executive branch?
What is carrying out the laws?
How many judges make up the Supreme Court?
What is 9?
The system that keeps any one part of the national government from becoming too powerful.
What are checks and balances?
He was the president of the Constitutional Convention.
Who was George Washington?
How many members from each state are in each of the two houses of Congress?
What are: Senate 2, House of Representatives depends on state population?
In what 2 ways can the president influence laws?
The president can veto laws and can propose laws to Congress?
How are the justices appointed?
What is: they are appointed by the president and approved by the Senate?
The act of accusing a government official of serious crimes.
What is impeachment?
He wrote the final draft of the Constitution.
Who is Gouverneur Morris?
How does Congress (legislative branch) influence the appointments made by the president?
Congress must approve president's choice of ambassadors, cabinet, and federal judges.
What is the name of a special talk in which the president makes proposals to Congress each year?
What is the State of the Union?
What is it called if a law does not align with the Constitution?
What is unconstitutional?
To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law. Only the president has this power.
What is veto?
What was the main disagreement the delegates faced during the Constitutional Convention?
What is national vs. state power to ensure each state has an equal say?
How does Congress influence the economy?
It has the power to collect taxes and create national currency.
How long is a term for the president?
What is 4 years?
How long do Justices serve?
What is "for life?"