What is Power granted to the president by the Constitution to cancel (kill) bills passed by Congress.
100
Explain what eminent domain is.
What is The power the government to take away personal property for the benefit of the public.
100
What are the two houses of Congress?
What are House of Representatives and the Senate
100
What is the title for the leader of the Supreme Court?
Who is the Chief Justice
100
Who is the head of the Executive Branch of the US government.
Who is the President.
200
Which president is the only president to have served more than 2 terms in office?
Who is President Franklin D. Roosevelt
200
Explain what is the difference between libel and slander.
What is Slander is spoken false statements meant to damage someone’s reputation and libel is written lies.
200
What are Political Action Committees (PACs)
What are groups that collect money for candidates who support certain issues that are important to that group.
200
What is the title of the official leader of the House of Representatives and the Senate?
Who is Speaker of the House and the Vice-President
200
How many Senators are there from each state?
What is 2 from each state.
300
How many members are there in the House of Reps and the Senate?
What is House= 435; Senate= 100
300
Define double jeopardy AND plea bargain
What is Double jeopardy: stops the courts from trying to twice for the same crime and plea bargain is when a defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge to avoid conviction for a crime with a greater punishment.
300
What is a naturalized citizen?
What is A person born in another country who becomes a citizen.
300
Explain pardons.
What is The power of the President to forgive someone for a crime they have committed; a freedom from punishment for criminals.
300
Which branch of government is responsible for “proposing and passing laws”?
What is the legislative branch
400
Explain what each branch of government does.
What is Legislative:proposes and passes laws (makes laws)
Executive: enforces laws
Judicial: judge/interpret the laws
400
What proportion of both houses of Congress must vote in favor of a bill in order to override a president’s veto?
What is Two-thirds
400
Define deport/deportation.
What is when you send immigrants from America back to the country of their birth because they broke the law.
400
How many District Courts are there in the United States?
What is 94 district court
400
Who is known as the “Father of the Constitution”?
Who is James Madison
500
Explain what are the three types of powers granted by the Constitution and what they do.
What is Delegated- Powers granted to the Federal
government
Reserved- Powers kept by States’ governments
Concurrent- Powers shared by both the Federal and
States’ government
500
List the 5 freedoms guaranteed by the 1st amendment.
What is speech, press, religion, petition, and assembly.
500
List 3 of your duties of citizenship.
What is Obey laws, paying taxes, and serving on a jury
500
List the three ways that the Vice-President can become President.
What is if the president can; die, resign, or is removed from office.
500
List all 3 qualifications needed to be President and how long their terms are.
What is a native-born citizen, at least 35 years old, and 14 years residency requirement. 4 years.