Vocabulary
If you open this up, you won't find dishes or cups. Instead you'll find the group of advisors that help the president.
What is the cabinet?
This is the main function of the legislative branch.
What is making the law?
This is the main function of the executive branch.
What is to execute or carry out the law?
This is the main function of the judicial branch.
What is to interpret the law?
Before the Constitution, there was this failed document.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This word means to accuse a government official for committing a crime. No fruits were harmed in the making of this clue.
What is impeach?
These are the main members of the legislative branch.
Who are the Senate and House of Representatives?
There are a few others that are a part of this branch, but this position is the most well known.
Who is the president?
It's sort of in the name, but who are the main members of this branch?
Who are the Supreme Court Justices.
This well-known founding father kept debates during the early days respectful.
Who is George Washington?
Let's agree to both give up something we want in order to move forward with our day.
What is compromise?
Some quick math tells us that there are 100 senators in total in the Senate which means each state gets this many senators.
What is 2?
Aside from citizens of the United States, a turkey in November can also receive this treatment of releasing it from punishment by the president.
What is pardon?
This Article of the Constitution officially describes this branch.
What is Article III?
In order to make sure there are no ties in a decision, there are this many supreme court justices.
What are 9?
Rejected! The president has this special power to say no to bills to prevent them from becoming a law.
What is veto?
This group of the legislative branch gets to have final say in who the president picks for his cabinet.
What is the Senate?
This member of the executive branch cannot declare war, but can command the armed forces during war.
Who is the president?
This member of the Judicial Branch is in charge of overseeing the impeachment trials of the president.
Who is the Chief Justice?
Who doesn't love a little money in their pocket? We can thank this branch for creating our national currency.
What is the Legislative Branch?
Like a see-saw, this term describes the system in place to prevent any branch of government from being too powerful.
What are checks and balances?
Sorry, Mr. President, but this many of us in the Legislative branch have chosen to overrule your veto.
What is two-thirds?
The president can't directly make any laws, but he can make proposals for new laws during this speech?
What is the State of the Union?
This branch is in charge of deciding whether these two things are unconstitutional.
What are laws and treaties?
In May of 1787, 55 delegates met in Philadelphia at this meeting in order to improve the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Constitutional Convention?