Vocab
The body that makes the formal selection of the nation's President:
What is the electoral college?
Formal agreement between two or more sovereign states:
What is a treaty?
Under this idea, government must be conducted according to constitutional principles:
What is constitutionalism?
The Constitution of the United States has how many amendments:
What are 27 amendments?
To reject an act of Congress:
What is veto?
This is the rule of law:
What is the government and its officers, in all that they do, are always subject to --never above-- the law?
Which two principles of the Constitution are illustrated by the formal amendment process:
What are federalism and popular sovereignty?
This is another word to declare illegal, null and void, of no force and effect:
What is unconstitutional?
This is how an amendment ratified:
What is either (1) by the State legislatures of 3/4 of the States or (2) by conventions held in 3/4 of the States?
This was the highest grossing movie of 2021:
What was Spider-Man: No Way Home?
This is an amendment:
What is an addition to the Constitution?
This branch created the federal courts that fall below the Supreme Court:
Who is Judicial branch?
What principle is defined as the division of power among a central government and several regional governments:
What is federalism?
Process did the Framers put in place to change the Constitution in the future:
What is a formal amendment?
This is an executive agreement:
What is a pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign state?
This is senatorial courtesy:
What is a custom in which the Senate majority party only approves presidential appointments who are acceptable to the senators of the majority party within a particular state?
The Constitution places __________ under the direct control of the President:
What are the armed forces?
Within the principle of checks and balances, explain one check each branch of government has over the other two branches, listing 6 total checks:
What are:
The legislative branch makes laws, but the President in the executive branch can veto those laws with a Presidential Veto.
The legislative branch makes laws, but the judicial branch can declare those laws unconstitutional.
The executive branch, through the Federal agencies, has responsibility for day-to-day enforcement and administration of Federal laws. These Federal departments and agencies have missions and responsibilities that vary widely, from environmental protection to protecting the Nation’s borders.
The President in the executive branch can veto a law, but the legislative branch can override that veto with enough votes.
The legislative branch has the power to approve Presidential nominations, control the budget, and can impeach the President and remove him or her from office.
The executive branch can declare Executive Orders, which are like proclamations that carry the force of law, but the judicial branch can declare those acts unconstitutional.
The judicial branch interprets laws, but the President nominates Supreme Court justices, court of appeals judges, and district court judges who make the evaluations.
The judicial branch interprets laws, but the Senate in the legislative branch confirms the President’s nominations for judicial positions, and Congress can impeach any of those judges and remove them from office?
This is how an amendment proposed:
What is either (1) by Congress by a 2/3 vote in both houses or (2) at a national convention called by Congress when requested by 2/3 of the State legislatures?
This president broke the "no-third-term tradition:
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
This the advisory body to the President:
What is the cabinet?
According to the Constitution, who regulates foreign and interstate commerce:
Who is Congress?
These are the six basic principles of the constitution:
What are:
Limited Government, Judicial Review, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, Popular Sovereignty, Federalism?
An amendment may be proposed by a __________ vote in each house of Congress and be ratified by __________ of the State legislatures:
What is 2/3; 3/4?
Of the nearly __________ joint resolutions calling for amendments that have been proposed in Congress since 1789, only __________ have been sent to the States, and only __________ were ratified:
What is 15,000; 33; 27?