Legislative Branch
What is the Senate and House of Representatives?
How long is the term of a U.S. president and how many terms can they serve?
The 22nd amendment limits presidents to two, 4-year terms.
How many justices sit on the United States Supreme Court?
What is 9?
What are the first three words of the United States Constitution?
What is “We the people”?
Which of the following is not a core value of U.S. Citizenship: freedom, liberty, equality, or taxation?
What is taxation? The core values are freedom, liberty, and equality.
Which of the 2 parts of Congress has the greatest number of members?
What is the U.S. House of Representatives? The HOR has 435 voting members. The senate has 100.
How many members does the presidential cabinet consist of: 3, 15, or 25?
The presidential cabinet consists of 15 members who head the executive departments such as the secretary of the treasury, secretary of defense, and the secretary of agriculture.
True or False: Out of the approximately 10,000 requests for review every year, the Supreme Court only hears about 1,000 cases.
What is false? The court hears only 75-80 cases per year.
What are the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution typically called?
What is the Bill of Rights?
The rule of what is the principle that everyone, including government officials, is subject to the law and that individual rights and liberties must be protected?
What is the rule of law?
Members of congress can introduce an idea for a new law. What is the term for such a proposal?
What is a bill?
Which of the following is not one of the powers of the president: enacting national laws by executive order, nominating judges to federal courts, nominating heads of federal agencies?
What is enacting national laws by executive order? An executive order manages federal officials and agencies. It does not create new national laws.
What is the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that determined that separate but equal was not constitutional?
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas? It rules that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutiona.
The first amendment guarantees 5 key freedoms. Name 2.
What is freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom to petition the government?
Which of the following are ways that citizens may participate in government: signing a petition, contributing money to a candidate, engaging in protests, or running for office?
What are the three steps for a bill to become a law?
The Senate and House of Representatives must pass the bill, and the president must sign it.
If the president cannot serve, the vice-president assumes his powers. Who assumes power if the vice president also cannot serve?
Who is the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives?
Name one single current Supreme Court Justice.
The current United States Supreme Court justices are Chief justice John Roberts, and associate justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh.
Which of the following groups are guaranteed due process rights by the U.S. Constitution: all registered voters, all U.S. citizens, or all persons within the United States?
What is all persons within the U.S.? Despite voting status or citizenship, they are guaranteed due process by the 5th and 14th amendments.
When Ben Franklin left the constitutional convention in 1787, how did he describe the new government that had been created: a democracy, a republic, or a parliamentary system?
What is a republic? The founding fathers did not opt for a direct democracy where citiznes would vote directly. Instead, citizens elect representatives that make laws on their behalf, which makes our nation a republic.
Name one of the three requirements for service in the U.S. Senate.
What is at least 30 years of age, or a U.S. citizen for at least 9 years, or a resident of the state they represent?
A presidential executive order directs federal agencies or officials. Who is the only U.S. president never to have issued an executive order?
Who is President William Henry Harrison, who died a month into his presidency?
The Supreme Court building has a room that has been referred to as the highest court in the land. Is it a basketball court, a dining room with a gourmet kitchen, or a theater?
What is a basketball court?
Which U.S. States name was misspelled in the United States Constitution?
What is Pennsylvania, which was spelled Pensylvania?
What kind of citizenry did Thomas Jefferson famously say was vital for our survival as a free people: a kind citizenry, an educated citizenry, a well-armed citizenry, or a strong citizenry?
What is an educated citizenry? Jefferson believed that an informed populace was essential for a thriving democracy.